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Kimberly...I absolutely agree...what has turned me of to inbreeding is the vets.
I had a stud client sell a litter of 5 girls..4 stayed in my area, one went to NJ. This girl developed allergies so bad. The vet asks to see the pedigree, they wanted to rule out a genetic component.
These two parents were unrelated, I told the stud client and she relayed it to the vet..we faxed a pedigree. Vet was satsified..but I do suspect my stud client would be returning monies if there has been a close breeding.
It wasn't the last time either. Suddenly, I got several puppy buyers who spoke to their vets before hand about questions to ask the breeder...Great, they were doing homework. Vets wanted pedigrees.
I have not done any close inbreeding for about 10 yrs since I had a problem with inbreeding Rothby, I got liver shunt. I LOVE Rothby, but I never breed back into it with any Rothby.
I hate to see an innocent breeder blamed for every problem a dog develops..we know it isn't all our fault. In fact the NJ Yorkie with allergies was found to have a neurotic owner who had stressed it dog out..vet sent me a letter. If that dog had been inbreed the vet would have stopped looking for the problem I fear.
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