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Originally Posted by Breezeaway  Mardelin, What Selected Awards?
Yes, I feel health testing in the most important when it comes to breeding. But how truthful are those tests?
FlDebra, It was only a few months ago,on 9/14/10 that there were only 38 yorkies that were certified. Now you are stating all YTCA dogs in the ring have been certified...where is that documentation or is that just your opinion?
I also have to ask why the AKC is not even requiring (just recommending) bile acid tests with the Yorkie even though they have one of the highest % of liver shunt dogs in all the breeds? Where is the health concern there?
The following is just one small part of the two articles...
”Who would admit that their OFA certified dog became crippled or the CERF certified dog went blind? Not the vets, not the breeders, and least of all, the burgeoning health registries that were raking in . OFA doesn’t care that less than 5% of owners ever re-certify a dog's hips or elbows due to expense, radiation exposure, or anesthesia risk. That alone makes a mockery of hip certification. But it gets worse. The priceless clear-hips certificate may not belong to that dog. Substitution has become so common that breeders joke about dogs that "glow in the dark." HEALTH CERTIFICATION (1) PERSPECTIVES, by Barbara J. Andrews CERTIFYING HEALTH CERTIFICATION & TESTING, by Barbara J. Andrews |
My post said OFA/CERF certification which has been around for a whole lot longer than a year! Try over 40 years for OFA!! Maybe you are talking CHIC but you know my post said OFA/CERF because you quoted it! So, here i am again answering to something I did not say. But I will not yell
You must have anticipated my justifying the certification since you are also saying the tests themselves are no good either. Wow -- covered all the bases on that one. I do notice you say your dogs are tested. Are you just wasting your money? What yardstick do you propose we use instead? Maybe we should just throw everything out -- no standards, no testing -- everyone just breed whatever you want? Is that what you are saying? (See how I ask you if you are saying that instead of just putting words in your mouth?) BTW .... since you are referring to CHIC.... they do require that "each dog be permanently identified in order to have test results included in CHIC. Permanent identification may be in the form of microchip or tattoo." So maybe that will cut down on your "glow in the dark" dogs.
Pretty good huh? Made it through addressing all those accusations and still not yelling! I am going for the poster child of temperance.
So missing my caps though!