Laura, What I've been told is there may!!! may!!! may be a difference or there may not.
Jo Ann Carvill BJ Cavaliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bjcavaliers.com > > There is NO immediate promise from any cardiologist, opthamologist > or > > orthopedic specialist to whom I have spoken that progeny from any animal > > they examined will be healthier. Polygenetic disorders don't improve > > that way as you know. So far as I am aware there is not even any > > promise of long term improvement in terms of eliminating MVD or > > RD...even HD from the population. > > The "promise" is a *hope* of improvement in the long term. That is what > > I meant about breeding selectively for health is for the improvement of > > the breed; not for today's buying public. > > So these experts specifically told you that if you take Ch. MVD Clear at > Seven Stud Dog (by Ch. MVD Clear Till Seven Stud Dog out of Ch. Brood Bitch > Clear Till Eight) and bred him to two bitches--Ch. MVD Clear at Seven Brood > Bitch (by Ch. MVD Clear Till Nine Stud Dog out of Ch. MVD Still Clear at Ten > Brood Bitch) and Ch. Brood Bitch Who Developed MVD at Age Three (by Ch. MVD > Stud Dog Who Has Grade III MVD at Age Four out of Ch. Brood Bitch Who Has > Grade I MVD at Age Four)--there won't be ANY difference WHATSOEVER between > the children of those two bitches in regards to the *average* onset of MVD? > > Laura Trunk > Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
