On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:24:00 -0400, Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you are not having the pet puppies eyes checked prior to their >> placement, then you can't know what you have had, unless all of these pet >> puppies have been checked by their new owners and have reported back to >> you. Geographic retinal dysplasia showed up in a litter I bred from two >> normal, no folds, parents. > >I've produced about 250 puppies over 27 years of which about 100 were >checked as puppies. 1 geo and 2 with folds (very minor) just doesn't seem >like much. If there are multitudes of pet puppies out there wth geos and >folds from me, then I must have some type of ESP that lets me know which >ones don't because I'm sure not keeping them. > >Still, even if they did have it, what does it do to the puppies? Due to my >testing of the ones I breed it is unlikely that I will ignorantly cause the >problem to increase (obvious since it hasn't increased over 27 years!). And >the ones that might have it are not blind, in no pain, need no >treatment--nothing. >They are blissfully unaware there is any problem whatsoever. "being blissfully unaware there is any problem whatsoever" sounds like a copout and a selfish justification to cut corners on health testing. Sorry, but I'm not buying into it for my dogs or for the dogs I sell to my puppybuyers. I sincerely hope this doesn't come back to haunt you or your dogs. While surfing the web I found the following site that is loaded with information on canine eye disease and under Retinal Dysplasia it lists the breeds that are affected by Retinal Dysplasia and the breeding advice for each: http://www.eyevet.org/ Take care, Jackie ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?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.
