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[quote from Woogie man]I think you said it all in the words 'so far'. There is an acknowledged risk that cannot be ignored Maybe more than watched. A proactive attempt to avoid the extreme piebalds might be more in order. [/quote] So Far there hasn't been any color related deafness in traditional yorkies either. does that mean there will be in the future surely you are not advocating that we just stop all breeding because of something that "might" or "might not' happen If that is the case than I think it can be said that we should all stop breeding and leave it up to the animals and the survival of the fittest, as The Good Lord intended. After all the Lord provided the perfect dog and man has been trying to "improve the breed" ever since. :rolleyes: |
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The YTCA set the standards for the breed, as they wanted them to be, they did not Create the Yorkshire Terrier. Second The wait and see attitude??? I would imagine thopse that developed any breed had to go therough the wait and see period during the development process. Third The problem has not occured in all breeds or all dogs of one breed, which leads me to believe it is more than one gene causing the problem, it is a combination. |
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The fact is, we are ALL messing with Gods perfect creations. Those wo breed traditionals are no different in that respect. Where the difference lies is by the time you started breeding, someone else had allready gone through the "what ifs" and "wait and sees" asnd taken all of the risks. You took on a breed that had already been perfected (as much as man can perfect). We are aware of all of the possible health issues, Lord knows we've been told about it enough. But at this point, none of those things have come true. If and when they do we will certainly make changes to our programs, but that does not mean we wil scrap the programs, we will try to determine what created the problem. Would you scrap your entire program, never to breed again, if you produced one unhealthy puppy.? I think not. You would make the necessary modifications, if you could even determine what that would entail. |
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Here is a quote from your post, JeanieK..."So Far there hasn't been any color related deafness in traditional yorkies either. does that mean there will be in the future My response...There is no color related deafness in traditional Yorkies due to the lack of the piebald gene. Any deafness that might occur would be from some other cause. And, here's your other quote..."surely you are not advocating that we just stop all breeding because of something that "might" or "might not' happen" My response......Obviously, I'm not advocating that. In the case of piebalds, it is not a case of something that might or might not happen, but rather a case of something that can and does happen. It doesn't always happen, but it is an additional risk that must be considered. I'm sure this will be more clear to you as you do your own research. |
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:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: well said, well said |
From what I read the deafness can occur at a later age. So it seems like you wouldnt even know if the partis being bred now would have future deafnessand passing it off to their offspring. Is that correct? That seems to be a very big chance to take |
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There are a lot of breeds that can have deafness in their lines like Dalmation and Boston Terriers. Does that mean they shouldn't be bred altogether as a breed or does it mean you don't breed the lines that you know produced the deaf puppies? |
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Yes that's correct and this is different than age related deafness. A 7-8 year old dog is not considered old. |
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