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Originally Posted by jp4m2  Mary, I have a question .....When a dog is entered into a competition do they have to submit some sort of DNA to check for health problems?? I'm not sure how much info a DNA will show...... And do show breeders that are members of clubs have a vote in what the standards are going to be in the breed?....Thanks for helping to understand..... |
There is no DNA marker to determine whether your yorkie is a carrier of a genetic defect. As a breeder one should have tests performed on your breeders to insure that they themselves do not have problems. Scientific studies on LS still has not determined how, where LS is passed on. They've bred to LS dogs and they produced no LS offspring....they've bred dogs that have tested free of LS and they've produced LS puppies.....It's a dreaded disease and plagues us all.....it scares the begeezes out of me.
Yes, problems exist in the US, YTCA is now funding an operation for their members for health studies....are we leaning to manditory testing, I think most members are doing that anyway and I said most. Will AKC begin to stear in that direction.....not sure....
DNA is only submitted to AKC for identifying parentage.... a male that has produced 7 litters in his lifetime must have a DNA on record with AKC. Some breeders do have their girls DNA's