Claudia wrote: "I will give you all a perfect example of this. many years ago a friend had a top winning gordon setter. his pedigree was ofa clear for 6 generation. he was bred to a bitch also ofa clear for 6 generations. well guess what! the result was a litter of 12, 9 of which were dysplastic! there are no guarantees in life and i dont care how many generations of heart clear parents you breed, S**T happens".
This is an excellent example of why breeding dogs "for excellence" is not for the faint of heart. This breed has multiple areas of concerns that are deeply penetrated in its genetic make-up. One guarantee in CKCS...when you think you have solved and/or reduced an "issue" than you are only fooling yourself and maybe others... 1 + 1 does not always = 2 Testing is to gain knowledge to improve "our individual breeding families"...but it does not offer any guarantees or absolutes. Even breeding nonsymptomatic to nonsymptomatic in MVD in Cavaliers does not always produce delayed onset form of MVD in the respected offspring...But it does increase the odds according to retrospective investigations. Remember the aggressive form of MVD is always waiting as our silent demon in this deeply penetrated gene pool. We need additional concrete research... Take care, Kathy Yonkers Stuarthome CKCS -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ========================================================"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.
