Just curious.. now that you've spent a fortune in Radar's show career, what would you do if you brought him home did all these tests, and he did NOT clear them? Would you neuter him then?
Breeding good knees is so much more than just breeding good to good.. it's also breeding like type dogs to like type dogs of similar hock height and leg length as well as overall angulation, and over all amount of bone.
You can breed the two best knees in the world together, but if one is a tall smaller boned dog with straighter angulation, and the other is short heavy boned dog with great angulation, you still will very likely end up with not perfect knees.
Also, bile acid testing is AWESOME and it's right now the only tool we have to test our breeding animals for Liver Shunt.. but unfortunately it doesn't guarantee that they won't produce it...the gene for this can be handed down for as many as 10 or more generations...and where its' going to pop up next is like playing russian roulette...you just don't know. Its about being honest with yourself when and if it does happen to you on where it came from and what to do about that.
the reason I asked Donna about what she would do if Radar doesn't pass goes back to what Deana was just saying about not breeding a dog before it's finished. A good dog is one that is not only worthy of obtaining it's championship, but one who can also produce outstanding offspring. I have not always done this, but it makes sense to breed the dog BEFORE it's shown/finished (in the case of a male.. this is not possible in a female for most people due to coat) and see what kind of producer the dog is. It would be a real shame for someone to campaign a dog all over the country as a specials dog and pump ten thousand dollars into it's career for it to be a crappy producer.. and I'm sure it's happened more than once.
Donna..I am not singling out Radar here..this really is more hypothetical than having anything to do with Radar.
Becki
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Originally Posted by Brooklynn  My dogs are bile acid tested before breeding and complete blood work is done and when I do get Radar back in December he will be in for his OFA certification on hip, knees, eyes ect....I couldn't do it when he was out on the show road but now he's coming home and all will be done concerning OFA. I have had him xrayed and from the film all is well and it was done on Cammie as well but she's only had one litter and is now spayed. But future breeding yorkies will have all tests done before being bred to insure I have healthy dogs! Both have been bile acid tested and cleared Of course Cammie is spayed and had only one litter of two and one is in a pet home spayed and Molly is fixing to be spayed and be in a loving pet home! I totally believe in health testing before breeding and health being of the utmost importance! I didn't get Radar until he was 18 months old and I got Cammie around the same age and I prefer showing them when they are older anyway. |