At Sunday, 7 July 2002, you wrote: >Thanks for your response. I'm assuming you were the owner of the >sire and the dam of the litter that had one parent with HD? Did you >test the pups from the resulting litter? I can understand what you >say as to your reasoning for the breeding, but what would you do if >one of your puppybuyers told you that their puppy had developed >HD?
Just for a different point of view. Sussex have a very high percent of dysplastic dogs. It used to be even worse (over 50%). We also have heart problems in our breed. If my breeder said "I bred these two dogs. One is mildly dysplastic, but is known to produce good hearts, and I want to make sure we're addressing that in the breed..." well, *I* wouldn't run in the other direction. Same if he or she were breeding for solid temperaments (another problem in the breed.) Yes, it sucks to have a severely dysplastic dog, but at least in sussex, the odds of that are lower than having a dog with a heart condition or a temperament problem. And the odds are better that the dysplasia isn't going to kill the dog, compared to heart problems or an unsound temperament. I realize the original argument (from Pam) was that she felt that certifying clear hips was subjective. I think a lot of medical tests are (including those we do humans), but we do the best we can. Patti Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.floppydog.org/ ========================================================= "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.
