I've bred guppies too, and they are worse than breeding rabbits which I also have. All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "Myra Savant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] geographic retinal dysplasia > Try guppies. They are as easy to breed as rabbits are if you can get them > to understand that eating your babies is considered to be tacky in some > circles. Myra > > > >From: Susan Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] geographic retinal dysplasia > >Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:03:04 -0400 > > > >Myra, I've bred fish and it is not as easy as it sounds, LOL. > >All the best, > >Susan Cochran > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Myra Savant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:19 PM > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] geographic retinal dysplasia > > > > > > > Yes, perhaps these things are so. However, please focus on the fact > >that > > > what we did was breed two, fully tested, age appropriate cavaliers who > >were > > > both CERFed. What we produced were five fully cleared, CERFed puppies. > > > Let's not all get carried away with trying to decide what you would do > >about > > > carrier status. It is rare......extremely rare... for us to even know > >the > > > carrier status of our dogs. From this breeding, I learned another small > > > piece of information about the carrier status of my boy, Robbie, and I > >am > > > glad to have it. If someone has a bitch with folds, (fully CERFable, > >you > > > know) and they are interested in breeding to my boy, I can tell this > >person > > > with some degree of confidence that...when bred to a girl who was a > >known > > > carrier for dysplasia, he produced clear retinas. I have placed as pets > > > dogs that we owned who had retinal dysplasia and I would continue to do > >so. > > > If we start discarding dogs because of their carrier status, we might as > > > well try our hands at breeding goldfish. Myra > > > > > > > > > >From: Jackie Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] geographic retinal dysplasia > > > >Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:16:47 -0500 > > > > > > > >Hi Myra, > > > > > > > >Thanks again for the info. I agree with you that this is the way to > > > >improve. > > > > > > > >But back to the mode of transmission for this eye problem. I thought > > > >geographic retinal dyplasia was a lot of retinal folds and that mode > > > >of transmission was thought to be polygenic. And that the reason > > > >for not breeding dogs with the geographic retinal dysplasia was the > > > >risk of producing puppies with retinal detachment. > > > > > > > >Take care, Jackie > > > > > > > >========================================================= > > > >"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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > "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. > > > > > Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > ========================================================= > "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. 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