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Originally Posted by tricia208  I found his name and contact information. I just sent him an email requesting the name of the article, study or reference to this information. I don't want to post his information on a public forum. If I do not hear back in short order I will PM his information to you. He may respond faster to a peer.
Glad to see there is an interest in this subject. Knowledge leads to better breeding and happier, healthier dogs. |
I loved your question:
If this information is true that would be another reason that Yorkshire terrier breeders have a greater responsibility to breed to the standard since the goal should be to lower the percentage of variant genetic material.
But I wonder if it will make all that much difference to those breeders intent on going their own way and breeding for color variations, unusual sizes, etc., unless it can be overwhelmingly determined that such a high level of variant genetic material can be held largely responsible for many of the breed-related diseases. And many still wouldn't likely changed unless and until large numbers of the public found out and shied away from buying these dogs. And if it is determined by leading scientists and geneticists that this unusually high level of variant genetic material exists in this wonderful breed, what caused the levels in this breed to be so high as opposed to the white Boxer?
Anyway, it's going to be interesting to follow this and see.