> Do you really believe this? I wish that this list could do polls as now > I'm curious to know if I am SO off base as to believe that it is usual > and customary practice for all good breeders of Cavaliers to fully test > and breed to fully tested breeding stock?
Yes, due to vast experience looking for stud dogs and the many phone calls I get from pet buyers, I believe this with all my heart. Everyone says they fully test, but few can produce the paperwork to show it was really done. I saw Myra also has had the same experience and so have most of the breeders on the Premier List. She put it so well. What have I found? Similar things. Stud dogs done, but not the bitches. Hips not xrayed at all or x-rayed but never sent to OFA or PennHIP or x-rayed and actually found to be dysplastic (and yes they are being bred), seldom are there patellar luxation clearances, eye certificates in most cases but often 18-36 months old or older, either no cardiologist heart clearance at all or it is more than 12 months old--often more than 24 months old! It is the rare breeder indeed who if you walked into their house and checked the records of every intact dog of breeding age (we'll say breeding age is 2-7 years for girls and 2-10 years for boys) they own you would find PennHIP or OFA clearances on HIPS, vet signed clearances on PATELLAS, current (less than 12 months old) ACVO or CERF clearances on EYES, and current (less than 12 months old) cardiologist clearances on HEARTS on ALL of them--not counting, of course, those who will never be bred or won't be bred until all the clearances are current again. 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.
