Our vet had just returned from a conference on LS the day before I visited him, like two, maybe three years ago. He gave me a paper with infomation on LS and it stated that yorkies are
1200 times more likely to have or get liver shunts than any other breed. Even if both parents tested negative, you may still get a LS puppy, or they
might develop it as an adult. If that's the case, all YT breeders are playing Russian Roulette.
It was only a month later when our son was concerned about his Corgi not eatting. I started telling him about LS and it turned out his Corgi had LS and they lost him.
I'm sure I'm going to get some reation with this.....
When adults breed (been around dogs too long......) we all hope for a healthy baby.
Sometimes that is not the case and there may be siblings that are fine. And sometimes there is no logical explaination for the heriditary disease but science tells us it had to be there, somewhere. And as we grow old, we develop deadly ailments.
So should we not breed (have children) in the first place
just in case? Yes, we should be cautious and responsible, but sometimes all the caution in the world won't change the outcome.
Just my thoughts...........
Linda
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Originally Posted by Snow Yorkies Thank you everyone for your help and sharing your personal experiences with me. What really sparked my interest in this as I do have both the Yorkshires and Biewers. I do try to research as much as possible. It was today when I was reading something on LS that I hadn't realized that the stats show the Yorkshires are 36 times greater chance of acquiring liver shunt than any other purebreed combined. I felt these numbers are quite alarming.. I know of the health issues but I never realized the numbers were this high I had missed this in my time of researching... Then I was curious how it could be justified to continue such breedings. As I am questioned why I ask these questions. I thought this is were we come to learn?
Does this concern me in the Biewer breed? You bet it does. This breed is so intertwined due to the fact it is such a young breed that I think at one point in everyone's pedigrees we have a common ancestors. So if there is a LS in this breed it is a problem that should concern all of us...At least this is what I would think? |