Good grief no. Mine aren't either.
>From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] International & Experience >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:12:49 -0500 > >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 > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >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 > > > > > >========================================================= > > >"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. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > ========================================================= > > "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. > >-- >Suze at Llawen Cavaliers >"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man >to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica >"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > >========================================================= >"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. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "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.
