Yes, and menthol cigarettes were recommended for sinus patients in the 40s. True fact. My cardiac guy recommends a glass of wine every evening too and I have to disregard his advice as well because it doesn't match up well with my religion. The nice thing about it all, Jo Ann is that we all own our dogs, and we all should have the right to make the best choice for breeding that we can. If I wanted to breed a bitch at 5 or 6, I would call you, or another breeder and ask your opinion. It would be silly for me to call up a person who has never bred a litter to seek their help. Breeders making decisions together about breeding issues. Isn't that a novel concept? Myra
>From: bjcav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Health Testing >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:47:36 -0400 > >Myra, >I appreciate what you are saying and find Dr. Hutchison interesting and >informative..however..not all bitches are beyond breeding age at 5 or 6..It >really does depend on the bitch...we have to remember the "rules" often >don't work because of the individuality of each animal. (human included) >Jo Ann >Speaking of smoking..didn't doctors recommend it as relaxing long ago??? > > > > The other thing that I keep wondering about is why the pet people don't > > understand that we often seek second opinions in medical matters and > > frequently do not take the advice of our MDs based on other information >we > > have. (any of you out there still smoking??) We have the option of > > studying, reading, talking to repro specialists and making decisions >that > > make sense to us. We won't wait until one of our girls is 2.5 years old >to > > breed her. We will breed her on her 3rd or 4th season depending on how > > often she comes in, and that usually puts her at just about 2 years of >age > > give or take a month or so. That is the maximum number of seasons that >we > > will allow the corrosive effects of progesterone on her uterus. In > > addition to that reasoning, we won't be breeding our girls at 5 or 6 >years > > of age. According to Dr. Hutchison, the definition of an older bitch is >any > > bitch over 5. My guess is that none of these "pet people" have ever >even > > seen a bitch with pyrometra, much less lost one to it. Myra > > > > > > > >========================================================= >"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.
