Yes, I accept the fact that you are sorry. All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] International & Experience > > Laura, the above gives a better POSSIBILITY of healthier dogs, it does NOT > > guarantee that you will get healthier dogs. While testing and culling for > > one or more defects, you could be setting a different equally bad defect > > into your line. > > I am so sorry I thought this was true. It was just my common sense kicking > that led me to believe that if I carefully bred only phenotypically clear > dogs that health would POSITIVELY improve. > > You see, I was looking at the fact that people who showed their dogs and > bred for type, all had fairly nice looking Cavaliers that were pretty much > in line with the standard for the breed--with differences of course. But > those puppy mill/backyard bred dogs look COMPLETELY different--long and > lanky, poor skeletal structure, long narrow heads--nothing like the ones > show breeders show and breed--even though at one time they came from the > same dogs. It seemed common sense to me that if you wanted to get a certain > type, you could selectively breed towards that type and it would come and > that the puppy millers/backyard breeders didn't do so, so their dogs didn't > look right. Also I have read about 10 books on genetics, a slew of > articles, and gone to at least 5 seminars on genetics and, if my memory > serves me right, I thought the same *rules* of genetics applied to both type > and health. I honestly do not remember reading or being told that it works > differently for health as compared to type. So dumb me, I falsely assumed > that if I selectively bred for health I would of course improve on that and > would eventually have a different *type* of health from others just as I > have a different type of Cavalier from others. > > I am sorry I thought this. Here after all these years I finally realize > that it was a sheer accident that show breeders ended up with such a > different type of Cavalier and puppy millers/backyards breeders weren't as > lucky. One of those little *surprises* nature pops on us all the time. > > 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. ========================================================= "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.
