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Originally Posted by ringoandmommy  Someone a few pages ago said that since we were flaming the Parti breeder, how did we know ours was reputable.
I'm just not one for using quotes, that's all.
And it's just a gene they found in him and one of his sisters. It's a diabetic gene, just like the one in people that skips a generation. Therefore, it didn't affect him, but if he were bred, it could affect the next litter. So my breeder made an agreement that she would sell him to me for 800 instead of 2,500 dollars like the other litters of puppies were if I agreed to have him neutered, which she paid for, and I had no problem with, because I was planning on having him neutered anyway.
I don't know why it was only my boy and his sister that the gene showed up in, but my baby seems to be fine. |
There is no genetic marker for canine diabetes so there is no test your breeder could have done on him.
There is currently a study being done on Samoyeds with an AKC grant to hopefully find a marker, but there are no results yet.
AKCCHF grant #610 — Samoyed Club of America Education and Research Foundation (SCARF)