Myra -- may I continue with your train of thought here -- if we know for certain that if we breed affected diseased dogs to affected diseased dogs, we will produce affected diseased puppies -- then the only way to know that we are not doing this is by checking the parents for the various specific diseases. I know of no other way to avoid this. Anne
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. ========================================================= "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.
