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Posted by Karen on April 15, 2008, 4:05 pm, in reply to "Re: New URL"
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What is the goal of your breeding program and what are you doing to prove that you are producing healthy, sound dogs?
I have two active kids, one is sick today and does not have school... I have four dogs, run my own business, run a dog safety program, husband travels a lot for work, etc. There are always ways to get a dog out and shown or competed with. I am looking at hiring a handler, no idea how I will pay for it but I will if he matures well. I am showing him UKC myself since they do not allow handlers.
Yes you want people to email you... But the question was raised here and you are getting a chance to answer.
Many of us here are very busy, more than I am - dang I have not even scratched the surface - today is an odd able to be online a lot day for me... generally I am getting up at 6am to get online to have fun for a bit... But many people here still manage to get our dogs out as well as do testing. Some tests are DNA and simple cheek swabs. I have done MDR1 on my dogs (BTW - this gene is showing up in the mastiff breeds and is not good). I will do eyes next clinic I can get to. Since I do not plan on breeding either for a bit, I have time there. I will do vWD next clinic my club hosts. I will do my oldest first. Though I have to check records, I think they are clear by parentage but I want it in writing from VetGen. Hips, I cannot get scores for a year for my older pup and a year and a half for the younger one.
What are you doing with your dogs? Even if you are NOT showing, and a friend of mine got a lovely GSD from a woman who is not showing but still has done all the screenings a GSD should have done prior to breeding, are you at least testing your dog's health? That is even more important to me than if a dog is being shown.
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