Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  "Continue to improve upon the breed?" I believe I am doing exactly that. I believe my time is best spent in the area of research. I used to breed and show Arabian horses for years....I am familiar with showing, the good, the bad, the tricks, and the politics, and I am determined to spend my efforts and money in the area of genetics, genetic markers, geno-typing, and stem cell research for curing, correcting, identifying, and hopefully irradicating the devastating diseases and genetic defects that rob us of our precious babies. THIS effort, to my way of thinking, is going to actually have a more direct effect on "improving the breed". Showing? Been there, done that, and will now move on to fighting battles that are so important to all of us who have lost a beloved pet to some horrible disease/condition. Someone elses "hard work" is not just limited to showing a dog you have bred, by the way, based on many years of OTHER peoples hard work, to establish the very pedigrees that are the building blocks show people use to produce their next winner! And thank God for those who have gone before, refining and establishing those wonderful, established pedigrees....I personally have no desire to "re-invent the wheel". I am thrilled to own pedigrees from winning established lines, that throw beautiful babies that are healthy. I am prayful that one day, there will be a blood test that ANYONE can draw on any dog they own, that can identify a gene that is responsible for liver shunts, or heart disease, or collapsing tracheas, or any number of the other issues many on here have endured. I am prayful that one day, we can use stem cells and tagging to correct neurological diseases and paralysis from spinal
injuries/tumors/diseases. Yes, my breeding stock are already decendents from Old World established winning blood lines, pedigrees....as is every winning show dog being shown today....built on "someone elses hard work". My goal is NOT to invent my own "look" or "style" or "attitude".....(perhaps some people consider that a horrible, self centered, goaless, greedy attitude)..I love all the wonderful attributes in the foundation stock I have now, that pass on to my babies. MY goal is healthy dogs for everyone of us! |