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Originally Posted by Micah my love  Not only does the BYA say they are a club but they say that they was the first Biewer breed club in the U S
(I am not a member of either club)
Betty & Micah my love  |
My understanding of the BYA was indeed the first Biewer club here in the states. 5 years ago when I started researching and stumbled upon the BYA it was started by Donna Hall and had a few members. However, one of the first two Biewers that was ever imported into the US came down with liver shunt, Art of High Class Decoration. Donna Hall was the first to report liver shunt in her Biewer and I believe it set in motion the first alarm and scare for those breeders who had lines from Decoration. This happened back in 2004 when Donna Hall published her letter from Maria Lelimho from the Original Terri Shumsky Fanny Mae Liver Shunt Fund, to the breeder in Germany to start watching their lines and work with the health of this beautiful breed.
This information, though alarming, was good for breeders to know because it set in motion dedicated breeders who had this line to either spay/neutar or very carefully watch their lines and breed out from there. Even though this happened 5 years ago, it is still very fresh in breeders minds as beautiful Biewers were being produced from this line until the walls started crashing in.