Charlotte Sims wrote: > >Don't you all get it? What the pet owning Club membership wants is >mandatory testing for ALL Cavaliers..... CKCSC, AKC, and foreign. >For pet owners, this isn't a CKCSC vs AKC issue.
and Huntly Hashagen responded: > > Yes, we understand, and this is a wonderful goal, but this issue and the > AKC registered dogs acceptance to the CKCSC registry are totally separate and > distinct. As the AKC issue has been around for several years, it would make > sense to get that out of the way first. It is also the less complicated > issue. As Winnie pointed out, I think it would make better sense for the CKCSC,USA to get its own house in order BEFORE opening the barn doors to AKC-only dogs. I don't think mandatory testing would be any more complicated than dealing with the AKC issue - I like Dave's suggestion that testing be required and made public (and yes, it would be prudent to also require permanent identification). Then, if a breeder still wants to breed that dysplastic dog, he/she can. One of the main reasons always given for why breeding to AKC-only dogs should be allowed is to produce better dogs, particularly heart clear, older Cavaliers. Simply opening the door to register any and all AKC-only Cavaliers will not do this, nor will some meaningless requirement like requiring the AKC-only dog be heart clear at 2-1/2 before breeding (meaningless because it will not reduce early-onset MVD). The best proposal I have seen was that of Past President Anne Eckersley-Robins: to allow those AKC-only dogs who meet the heart protocol (heart clear at 2-1/2 years old with both parents clear at 5 or heart clear at 5). This would truly give everyone something they want - for the "pet owners," some assurance that the AKC-only dogs coming in actually have something to offer health-wise, and to the "breeder," access to what they say they want - access to the genes of that dog that will produce heart clear, older Cavaliers but is only registered in AKC. I can't buy the argument that it is unfair to require of AKC-only dogs what we don't require of ourselves or of foreign dogs. That simply leads back to the need for us to raise our own standards first. CKCSC,USA is a private club and, as such, can set whatever standards it wants as long as it applies them evenly to all the MEMBERS. Thus, it can require more to breed to AKC-only dogs than it does to its own. The CKCSC,USA is in a unique position to better the breed by requiring more to register than does the AKC. But if it is not going to require more of either itself or AKC-only dogs, it really does not have any reason to exist as a registry. Judy Russell Orlando, Florida ========================================================= "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.
