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Originally Posted by eboughey  You are right. I do want to defend these people and it was a little bit of a snarky remark you made saying that as if I am clueless which I'm not.
I think it is horribly unfair to lump everyone who has a usda license into a group and say every single one of them has a puppy mill mentality.
Even worse, I think that by doing that people will use that list as their 'puppy mill bible' and seek out someone not on the list and inadvertently purchase from an unlicensed breeder that may very well be the people you are trying to ward off.
I think it would be a perfect world if breeders did every one of those tests on the dogs they breed. If it's so important then it should be a requirement. |
CHIC is a Requirement of all National Clubs from their breeder members. That is a mandatory health testing as set out by the Health Committee of the National Club. For my club, no club awards unless you CHIC your dogs.
You also have side-stepped the question of what exact health testing was done. A DNA sample is not a health test, it is a means of identification of each specific dog. Maybe at some point way in a future I won't be alive in a simple DNA test will show, some following conditions, PRA, cataracts, LP, HD, Leggs Perthes, CT, hyperuricosuria, allergies, AAI, Chiari, Elbow Dysplasia, Blueborn Puppy, Cardiomyopathy, Deafness, epilepsy, Von Willenbrands disease, and the list goes on!