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Originally Posted by Pinehaven  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.  |
Thank you! And from what I now know, there is a great chance he wont ever actually have CDA. I really hope this is the result, but only time will tell. My husband tried to cheer me up and tell me how much less his grooming bills will be!
I really don't care that he is "special". Fits right in to my family....both my kids had problems during my pregnancies and I was told neither would ever make it. My daughter was born with all of her intestines on the outside of her body and was supposed to have MANY other problems....today, both are absolutely gorgeous teenagers who are very active in sports, cheerleading, etc. So, maybe lil Smurf will prove everyone wrong as well like his big "human" brother and sis!!
