Laura If you have all the problems that you have quoted I would be seriously looking at the stock I was breeding from
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] annual checkups > > Typical annual exams on dogs never include something you cannot see for > yourself. If my dogs are off in any way, I keep a very close eye on them and > they go in immediately if necessary. I think if you know your > animals-weight, personality, lumps, bumps etc. you know how they are most of > the time. Mine have all died really old-must be doing something right! > > > Well how about that? With all these breeders doing everything right, I just > can't figure out where all this MVD, hip dysplasia, and patellar luxation we > are finding is coming from? Must be some kind of virus our dogs are > catching from the vet's office. <G> > > Seriously now, if you really think these problems are a *normal* part of > life and not necessary to closely monitor by annual testing and that so long > as a dog lives past 10 years of age somewhat healthy it is ok--at what point > do you think it should become serious enough to start testing for? MVD is > at 99% by age 10--do we need to reach 100% by age three? four? seven? Hip > dysplasia is 10-20%--does it need to reach 30%, 50% or 80% before we feel it > needs more attention? Patellar luxation is probably more common than hip > dysplasia--again what percentage would need to develop it before it would > become something that should be checked yearly by a vet and monitored? Most > of you seem quite comfortable with the way Cavaliers are today--so honestly, > how much worse does it need to be before you become uncomfortable and feel > the need to start testing annually, sharing the results, so that changes can > be made to benefit Cavaliers? > > Laura Lang > 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 2002 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 2002 by its original author.
