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Originally Posted by Yorkiemommy1984  Once again I'm doing alot of thinking about all this. Does anyone know with demodex the loopholes with breeding. I know it's from the mom and they say ur not supposed to breed them if a dog has it. So I am wondering if its just a suggestion not to do it or if its more legal. Cuz since Minnie has it how come I wasn't informed from the breeder? Is that normal?? And another subject regarding her looks. The breeder can question her dogs but it doesn't matter Minnie looks nothing like them so what's being covered up under the rug right?? I questioned her when Minnie was 13 weeks old and sent her pics and she kept telling me Minnie will get her fluff come on. Unless you knew ur dog had the same thing with being a late bloomer she knew then Minnie looked nothing like her dogs and made me feel extremely guilty for even questioning it. Also Minnie has a brother and I asked her several times during the 8 weeks and even after that to see if I can get some kind of contact info cuz I would have loved to keep on touch with him. Abd she kept changing the subject then the last time I asked her she said they were an older couple and didnt know if they would b comfortable with that. So y couldn't she ask them and y never get back to me if she did . Sounds a lil fishy to me. No matter what the truth is with her regarding all this I'm thankful Minnie's part of our family where she is loved and always will be for eternity. My husband who doesn't even like lil dogs fell in love with her on the way home. Minnie's love is contagious. Everyone she comes in contact with falls on love w her. she's so special and amazing. A true blessing to all of us. Thanks again everyone for all of ur support thru all this. U all have no idea what it really means to me  |
Hi, here's a good article on demodex:
Demodectic Mange in Dogs | petMD
What I get from the article is that all dogs have a few demodex mites on them, but have natural immunity. The problems comes when a dog is not immune to the mites, and it is the lack of immunity that can be passed on to the puppies. So it sounds like Minnie may have inherited the genetic defect that takes away resistance to the mite infection. The article says that you are not supposed to breed dogs that aren't resistant to the mites, but I don't think there is a legal obligation not to do so. However, that might be covered by a health guarantee that includes genetic defects...