 inbreeding
I learned something today that I had long forgotten. When most of us think of inbreeding we think of physical deformities or neurological disease. Those defects are easy to see..but these are not the most common inbreeding problem..it is the decline of vigor..a breeder can honestly say they may have no deformed pups..but what about chronic ear infections, allergies, respiratory infections etc..
Of course unrelated parents can produce pups with these problems, but the inbreed pup is more inclined to be less vigorious...and the breeder may not attribute these problems as genetic..just a thought. |