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No.of Labs: 5+
Lab Names: Hally, Clover, Moz, Bronte, Dream & Dylan
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Location: South West Wales
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | they are allowing bad breeding that way surely, dogs with hip problems, eye problems and such.. |
Just because a dog isn't hipscored doesn't mean it does have bad hips - likewise, the kennel club would advise against it, but would not stop someone registering a puppies from a parent with, for example, a 90 hip score  - which is not far off the highest you can get
By ensuring both parents are both hip scored (with reasonable scores) and have clear eye certificates as an absolute minimum - then you are taking steps to ensure your pup has the best possible start - but it offers no guarantees
The KC advocate health testing, but have already stated they will not make it mandatory.
I was all for mandatory health testing - but then, turn it on its head for a moment, couldn't this lead to potentially more x-rays not being sent at the point of hip scoring - could it increase fraudulent scoring?
I used my own vet to score Hally, knowing what I know now, I have considered using (different) recommended vets for Clover - she is microchipped - and my dogs chip details are on their KC paperwork - but what if the dog wasn't?
We already know that 'things' have happened with eye tests
We could make Optigen testing mandatory and only breed from clears - but what would this do to the gene pool?
With hip scoring, a pattern can develop over time - looking at the Elbow scores I have only seen evidence of a consistent pattern with one line over time, but is this because more dogs are not elbow scored? (2.5K as at July last year - compared with 50K for hips) - knowing what I know now, it is clear to see that the potential environmental factors for bad elbows are greater than they are for hips
A lot of these problems will only really be completely erradicated if every single dog is scored and / or the genes responsible for these conditions can be isolated and removed from breeding lines - how far are we away from that ? sadly, I suspect still a fair way
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