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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I would guess the same but what level of testing? Just enough to get by with breeding? Many Yorkie breeders do not test for LS....they really do not want to find out and have to shut their lines down. I have seen breeders deny it was LS and find some strange disease to pin on the dog. Unless people and breeders are willing to neocropsy every puppy/dog that dies due to medical reasons we will never know how many are really dying of LS or Auto Immune or herpes or a number of diseases...this goes for owners also.
Again it goes back to the ethics of the breeder. |
I have dealt with 2 breeders that are fully aware of issues within their lines and they continue to breed and worse than that they continue to sell the dogs with open registrations. If they had to be held accountable and pay to keep that baby alive or free from pain maybe they would change their breeding practices.