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Originally Posted by ILUVSADIE  Sadie's breeder was recommended to me by several different knowledgable people including my vet. The breeder has bred many champions - BUT...... a couple of months later, Sadie was diagnosed with a heart murmur. I brought her to a vet cardiologist who performed an echocardiogram, heard the murmur, but felt that it wasn't all that serious. My own vet had insisted on the echocardiogram before her would spay her. The breeder was NOT very receptive about hearing this and said that her own vet had not heard the murmur.
Then further on down the line, she has been diagnosed with a luxating patella. Another dog in her litter has won best of breed and best of show in a number of competitions in Canada and the US - DUH!! This has me VERRRRRY confused about her lineage!!
What do you all think about this????? I've been wanting to get another puppy, but am verrry leary about getting one from this breeder.
Any suggestions????
I hope that I didn't highjack this thread - LOL |
At the present time, it's impossible to breed 100% healthy litters with no illnesses ever. What we are talking about is increasing your probability of obtaining a healthy pet. Some people would have gone ahead and bred Sadie with her problems, and maybe some of her babies would have been healthier than her, but in all probability, her offspring has greater chance of having Luxating Patella than her siblings offspring, if her siblings were disease free.
I'm glad Sadie found a good home, from what I've read heart murmurs can be many different categories, and some cause no problems ever.