Patricia Whose is the MVD protocol that you are quoting ? Just curious Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Age at breeding - suggested protocol
> I believe that at the time, it was their preference to wait until the bitch > was 5 and heart clear with parents clear at 5, except they made a compromise > since breeding a bitch for the first time at 5 could make whelping > difficult, and breeders less likely to follow this suggestion, etc. > Therefore, the earliest a bitch could be bred would be 21/2. They > recommended using a stud 5 years old or older because the data showed males > on average are affected by age 5 with MVD and for females, the average age > was 9. Their preference was to choose an older dog with parents that are > clear at 5 or longer to push back the age this disease shows up in > cavaliers. You are correct, we are not limited to dogs that are clear at age > 5; we can use 21/2 year old dogs if their parents were heart clear at 5 > years of age. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. > Patricia Powers Beaufort, SC > -Original Message----- > From: Winnie Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:29 PM > Subject: [CKCS-L] Age at breeding - suggested protocol > > > >>>>>To breed 21/2 year old bitch cavaliers(whose parents were cardiology > heart > >>>>>clear at 5) who are heart clear to a 5 year old heart clear dog > > > >I may be reading the above statement wrong, but that's not exactly what > >the suggested protocol says. > > > >It's not limited to dogs that are clear at age 5....... it's suggested they > be clear at > >age 2� with PARENTS that are clear at 5. > > > > > >Winnie > >Columbus, NC > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Dogs are made of love and fur. > > > >========================================================= > >"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. > ========================================================= "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.
