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Originally Posted by urbnalbino  No breeder removes a quality male stud who he himself does have this problem, just because a pup is produced every once in a blue moon with a retained testicle. On top of that, at 10 months of age, the retained testicle can still drop until 14 months of age.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE BEING BRED. |
i find this interesting
i did not mean to offend
i guess i just do thing different it can become a cycle of things to come by the correct offspring
if my dog was having undescended i would not want to carry the trait on threw the next generations as we know this is genetic good stud or not it is in the lines
and there is really no clear answer as to how far back it goes
just my opinion
so i guess if my male threw 2 pups with lp 4 this litter and 2 without it would be ok to sell the ones without on the hopes it would not show up again?
i guess i do not see the logic but than again to each there own
I believe it is safe to say that cryptorchidism is genetic, that it is in some way recessive, and that there is some sort of connection between bilateral cryptorchids and unilateral ones. Perhaps there is also a connection between the pituitary and floating testicles. At any rate, the unilateral condition at least is so widespread in many families and breeds that an all-out effort to combat it would take our minds and efforts away from more serious disorders, which would consequently increase. It’s just a minor thing we have to put up with. Simply remove the affected ones from the gene pool, and shift your preference away from breeding any (including females) that come from litters in which the defect occurred.
Since cryptorchidism is sex-limited (only affected males, not carrier females, show it) it is likely to persist at about the same prevalence in the breed for a long, long time. In Germany and many other countries, where registration is denied cryptorchids and sanctions are made against their parents, more than half of the "VA" (top show) GSDs in a 20-year period sired cryptorchids and hence were carriers
Frequently, owners notice that the puppy they just purchased only has one or possibly no testicles within the scrotum. Although different dates are listed in some of the veterinary literature, both testicles are usually within the scrotum by the time the animal is six weeks of age and they should definitely be there by the time the puppy is eight to ten weeks of age. If one or both testicles are not present at that location by twelve weeks of age, they probably never will be and the animal is said to be suffering from cryptorchidism or 'retained testicles.' This is a disorder that may be passed from generation to generation