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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  TAKEN FROM GOLDENRAY YORKSIRE TERRIERS:
"Unfortunately with blue born puppies the situation is usually fatal. Very few live beyond the 1st few days. The ones that do survive almost always at the time they would normally break blue, lose all their blue body coat and get a very leathery skin that is like an elephant hide and causes the dog to be in extreme pain. At that time the dog has to be humanely put down. I have heard of a couple that have lived a normal life, but I think there are very few that do. Do not be tempted to raise one of these as you are opening yourself to heartbreak, let alone what the dog will go through later in life."
I am wondering what your pedigree on both the male and the female looks like. Can you PM me the registered name of both the dam and the sire so I can pull up a pedigree from AKC? It will be very informative to see who is behind your breeding pair, that is carrying this dd gene that triggers the recessive gene to come out. I am sorry about your two babies....how long have you been breeding? If this was one of my litters, of course, these are two babies you pull and keep for yourself, so if they are affected like the article states they will be, you have not sold that baby to someone, who has fallen in love with that baby, only to loose it.....such utter heartbreak. I am NOT a proponent of culling....but I will euthanize a baby that is obviously suffering or in distress....I could NOT cull these two babies at THIS time, but I would NEVER sell them....to me that is unethical. They would be put to restful sleep when their condition deteriorated and their quality of life began to diminish. I would cry....and my heart would break over the loss of these two little souls that did not ask to be conceived. It is incumbent on you to research this thoroughly and see if this breeding pair should ever be bred ahain, either separately or to each other, or should the dam/sire be spayed/neutered if shehe is responsible for passing this gene to these babies. As a breeder, that is YOUR moral obligation and responsibility. I pray for you, wisdom and tolerance and committment as you start this journey. |
Great post, and I really hope the OP listens to your words of wisdom. I think at the very least the breeding pair should never be bred again, for even breeding each to different dogs passes the recessive gene down the line, so this pops up again and again. Until breeders stop breeding dogs who knowingly are passing genetic problems, these little dogs will have to pay for our carelessness.