Thanks for your reply. I was thinking about keeping them until 16 weeks when I could get their BAT done. No matter what these puppies will be sold with limited registration, the pups from my last litter were all spayed/neutered and this is how they found out that one of them had a liver shunt. The pup showed no signs but the blood levels were off. The other two had no problems with their blood levels, but one did. But now that I know that the genes for liver shunt is somewhere in the line, I will make sure the pups will be spayed/neutered before hand or on a spay/neuter contract with the new owners where they will get a portion of their money back once they send me proof of spay/neuter from the vet.
This situation is not something to take light-hearted, but I know there are many breeders out there that would not have a second thought about it. |