I agree too with Yorkiekist but I really think the problem is not that the BYB and hobby breeders don't care but they are not educated enough about breeding. If it was not for forums like YT and liver shunt groups then most people would not know that much about liver shunt or LP. Many new breeders don't start educating themselves until after they have bought their dogs and bred them and then they come here for a crash course in delivering puppies. I was looking through my few books I have on Yorkies and I cannot find one reference to liver shunt or genetic testing. Now some of these are older books from the 1990's. In current books on Yorkies do they tell people about liver shunts and genetic testing? To be honest I really just started hearing about these things the last few years. We just have to keep trying to educate breeders the best we can. |