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Originally Posted by Peters prob not but the vet can test for health or genetic heredity problems beforehand |
that is unfortunately not true.
many dogs can carry recessive, problematic and possibly life threatening hereditary traits without ever showing a sign of them. They can check out perfectly healthy....but when bred can produce pups with serious problems. Luxating patellas, legg-calve perthes, collapsing trachea and portosystemic shunt are just a few of the myriad problems that can skip through generations and show up in pups. The really fun part is that sometimes the pups themselves won't show a sign of this for months and then wham...there it is.....and the people that took home the cute pup that they got from the nice lady who just bred her pet that one time (where did you put her phone number, honey?....I can't remember her name...) are dealing with a heartbreaking problem and a huge vet bill.
It's a crap shoot at best.
Responsible breeders buy breeding stock ONLY from other responsible breeders and research back as many generations as possible to try to eliminate these inherent issues and breed only healthy examples of the breed standard to minimize the risk as much as possible.
Please spay and neuter your pets.....stop compounding these problems.