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Originally Posted by miabellaamoure  Im curious if you thought to do any testing prior to allowing Bevmo out to stud? Or did you consider having proof of health from the females that were bred with him?
These are the things that make responsible breeding...unfortunately, without them, these are the end results.
I'm also wondering why the breeder of this female, who now has a blue puppy would permit this puppy to be going anywhere. I'm surprised there would not be a clause in either of your contracts stating the pick of the litter would be a "healthy" pup.
Too much risk to never be sure that if this puppy survives, would not be bred again. Not saying that you would be so irresponsible but, the whole situation is just not sounding like responsible breeding. |
At this point the pup is "healthy" and may not begin to show signs of hair loss in the blue area for a couple of years.
Even if every normal routine test that breeders would preform on a breeding dog were done, I know of no one who tests to see if their dog carries the recessive D locus - so I'm sorry, but this would have happened regardless.
KendraE, I wish you and your puppy the best. This isn't a death scentence for your boy but there may be some challenges ahead as he grows. I'm sure by that time, you and your vet will be well prepared on how to treat dogs who have color dilution alopecia.
