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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Vets are educated in general health care of dogs and things that go with general dog health or there specialty but they are unable to know about every single breed and what is best for them as far as breeding minus the general things so they normally go with what the breed's club says. I have been told by a vet when it comes to what is best by each breed the breeders know best and there club knows best. |
A very wise vet you have Love to Dream.
General Vets of even just small animals, have a very large range of animals in their practice. Not just dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, et al.
They can not possibly know the breed standard of each one, and know for over 500 breeds what is recommended for testing prior to breeding, nor be able to judge each breed type to standard.
But what they do well and very well is general health testing, and knowing when a health condition should be referred onwards to a specialist.
Also what they can do is advise would be breeders of what all in entailed in breeding, at the minimum through a brochure, and if they should have a pet owner who wants to breed their dog, take a look then at the dog, at what health tests are recommended for this breed, and say why; I think if you want to go forward you need to do the following tests...