HI Suze, I completely agree with you and I have stated as so before, that I use testing as a tool for not only giving my puppies their best shot in life, but for knowing as much as I can about the dogs that I am breeding. I can't understand how or why people do not test...it is like shooting in the dark. But that is my own personal opinion.
Although, I don't advertise as such and I will not use testing as a mode of selling puppies...I will say in defense of others, that the buying public hears only what they want to hear and sometimes no matter how many different ways a breeder may try to educate, some people (not all) will only pull forth the portions of the conversation that fits their purposes and do not hear the rest. I see this all the time..not just in dogs, but in my work in general. I work in a very busy resort and no matter how many times we go over cancellation policies, room descriptions, etc, people will swear up and down that they were never told of these things. It can be very frustrating as we document everything that we tell people on their reservation and know that they had been told. It is very possible that these people chose to hear only the portion that the mother of the dog was tested and didn't hear the rest. If they indeed know that the mother now has MVD, (and if the breeder has told them this) then I have to believe that that they must have some clue that the potential for MVD is there for their dog as well. Just an opinion, Kind regards, Kim Ballymena Cavaliers Nordic Angoras ========================================================= "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.
