[gemy]

I am the Original Poster and I will ask for this thread to be closed.

Rather than an informative discussion on the "issues" within our breed, perhaps some links to good longtidutional studies on different aspects of Yorkie helath, I realized sadly that the "age old" question reared it's head again, if there is no guarantee then why test?

Quite simply everyone, you don't Breed a Sick Dog. If a dog has LS it is sick, if a dog has LP it is sick, if a dog has PRA it is sick. It is in all good conscience the minimum of what a reputable breeder does.

I would have liked to see more posts like Woogie Man's, thoughtful, informative, worthy of consideration.

And for Felicity, there have been some studies that show a horizontal understanding of the pedigree is much more informative on inheritability of certain polygenetic conditions than a vertical one. This means, you want to know the health of the litter your dog came from. And stepping back the sire's and dam's litter health.

If you go to the OFA website and type in elbow dyslpasia for example, you will find some seriously informative statistics. For example if you breed a dog with elbow dysplasia to another dog with elbow dysplasia, you have increased your risks significantly in having a big proportion of that litter with elbow dysplasia.

I thank all that took the time to respond.