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Originally Posted by Riley428  Of course I had the stud completely vetted before using him. However, there is no test to determine a carrier of PDA . All my dogs are given liver shunt testing, patella exams etc. If she knew of the genetic trait or not she sold the dog to be used as a stud. PDA is assumed to be Polygenic. However this has not been proven yet. This does not diminish the fact that this male bred to two females from two different lines and produced PDA pups. If it is Polygenic (two sets of genes) then he would still have contributed to the PDA. Parents that produce PDA should not be used again. The contract was for a stud dog. My contention is that a good breeder would want to provided someone with a breeding dog that did not carry a life threatening genetic disorder and if it did they should be willing to replace that dog with a healthy genetic dog. It is not a matter of which party wins in court. No one wins when a breeder continues to produce dogs with a genetic disorder. |
You are so right it is a no winner, why don't you let everyone know who passed this on to her, it most likely started before her we need to get to the real source before it will be stopped, i am sorry for what you are going through