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Originally Posted by yorkielovs2chat  So right! Just because you have livershunt, doesn't make you a bad breeder. there are so many good breeders out there who spay and neuter to do their best to protect a health problem that happened. Then there are breeders that because their dogs are winning in the show ring, they continue to breed dogs and blame the owner. I have a friend who has a dog with LS--a rare form but 4 vets and expert at cornell deterimined it IS genetic--breeder doesn't want to admit it and continues to breed and not tell prospective buyers. Then more people have popped up with dogs with high bile acids from same breeder who is praised on these boards and others and breeding some winning dogs.
I would also like to ask--because I am not a breeder--how can breeders prevent health problems? I've met some breeders who will continue to breed dogs who have had stone forming issues, dogs who had eclampsia, dogs who have poor growth, and other problems etc. I have friends who are not yorkie breeders but they say that you ahve to watch the female during pregnancy that she eats enough...etc because that can also lead to future health problems for the litter. Geesh!!! You breeders have so much to think about, I don't know how you do it!! So what is okay to breed and what is not??? I had another breeder tell me that breeding stone problems is not a good idea because it can indicate possible LS problems in the future????? |
I've said in another post that for me as a breeder if shunts show up in anything I have the dam and sire would be spayed and neutered and also the offspring. Liver shunt is inherited and I wouldn't want to continue with that line that produced the liver shunt period! If that means starting over then for me as a breeder that's what I would do. I had LP show up in my bitch that I started with in my breeding program and now her and everything she's produced including her and my first home bred champion are spayed and neutered because I don't want that in my lines either and so I started over with Cammie and Radar. It's not easy to have to do and LP isn't life threatening but it's a health issue I don't want to pass along either!
I love to win but if it's at the cost of producing unhealthy puppies the win isn't worth it to me!
Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers