Hi, Myra,
I surely agree with this in theory. I wouldn't pay the cardiologist
otherwise. <G> However, I'm addressing the advertising aspect here. MY
puppies aren't worth more than someone who does exactly the same testing
merely because I *say* I test for things and they wait to be asked.
Suze
Myra Savant wrote:
>
> Suze, it isn't necessarily that we are all thinking that if we breed clear
> dogs to clear dogs we will get clear dogs. It is more that we all know
> for a dead certainty that if we breed affected diseased dogs to affected
> diseased dogs, we will produce affected diseased puppies. Myra Savant
>
> >From: Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List
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> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] International & Experience
> >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:54:03 -0500
> >
> > > 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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