> Sorry, Laura, > Clearly I must have misunderstood you! > Thanks for clearing that up for me; I was really confused.
You may have *assumed* it because I said something about people testing whole litters of puppies for RD but almost totally ignoring testing for HD. My wording wasn't quite that good the first time around and could have been mistaken for something different. If I had the ability to test all puppies for RD I would do so. I think it is good to be able to do that and do it every time I possibly can. I am sure if I lived near a vet school I would test all my puppies. But I do find it a bit strange realizing there are certain breeders who test every puppy in every litter for RD but do no testing of hips whatsoever--and there ARE some breeders who do this. In my own opinion that protocol seems out of balance with the reality of what is happening in Cavaliers today and the effect it could have on the puppies. Cavaliers do have a higher incidence of hip dysplasia that I am comfortable with for a small breed so I feel they should be officially tested for HD. I also believe there are more Cavaliers suffering in pain from hip dysplasia than there are Cavaliers that go blind from RD. I personally know of several Cavaliers who had hip surgery and several others in pain from HD whereas the one Leanne mentioned that went blind from RD is the very FIRST time I've heard this in 27 years. It is not even mentioned on any of the sites I've read. In fact every ophthalmologist I've talked to and everything I've read has said Cavaliers have the type of RD which doesn't lead to blindness. From what I have read here, it does happen but it is VERY rare--much less prevalent than pain from HD even less prevalent than surgery for HD. Laura Lang ========================================================= "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.
