Laura,
There is no data to support what you are saying; and, yes Dr. Buchanon
and Dr. Ross have NOT said that the protocol will work this way. Sorry.
Wish I thought differently. We are only HOPEFUL that it will work in
the long term.
Suze
Laura Trunk wrote:
>
> > 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
>
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