I promised myself I would not fall into the trap of writing about the above subject but cannot resist asking those people who are so vociferous about mandatory testing just what they want breeders to test for - off the top of my head I can think of the following conditions that are known in Cavaliers - I am sure there are many more but it is late at night here MVD, Retinal dysplasia, retinal folds, distichiasis, cataracts (various - some late onset) hip dysplasia, patellas, syringohydromyelia (appears to be on the increase) epilepsy, episodic falling syndrome, elbow dysplasia, auto immune problems, dry eye curly coat, diabetes, thyroid problems, deafness
May I suggest that by the time a bitch was tested for all of the above she would be past breeding age or are you just going to "cherry pick" those conditions that are known to you. Also having got mandatory testing in place what then? Is a committee going to be set up to tell the breeders what stock they are allowed to breed and to which dog? I have nothing against testing but am very "anti" being dictated to by some unknown official who very possibly has never bred a gerbil never mind a litter of puppies Finally it really upsets me to read all this "pet person" - breeder business. I have Cavaliers, I've had them for 27 years, I breed Cavaliers BUT my Cavaliers are my pets also I started off by buying two pets for my children - the fact that I have made breeding them one of my hobbies does not mean that I love them any the less. I am sure that the majority of breeders on this list feel exactly the same way Annette ========================================================= "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.
