Take your time to research the breed and look for breeders who are aware of the health problems these dogs face and work to remove affected
dogs from their breeding programs.
Honestly, if a true study were conducted, using an equal number
of dogs from each breed, the results would be different.
Besides mere curiosity and determining possible health issues, genetic testing can help protect
dogs from breed specific legislation by proving that they are not part of banned breeds.
If a particular thing was very bad, avoidance might mean eliminating a whole group of
related dogs from a breeding program or even an entire breed.
Blood was collected for DNA extraction from a) privately owned crd3 - affected and non-affected purebred GIT dogs; b) mixed breed dogs derived from GIT founders and maintained as a study colony as part of an NIH - sponsored project (EY006855) at the Retinal Disease Studies Facility (RDSF) in Kennett Square, PA; and c) from 80 privately owned pedigreed
dogs from breeds not known to segregate crd3 (Table 1).
Because puppy mill operators sometimes fail to remove
sick dogs from their breeding pools, puppies from puppy mills can also have congenital and hereditary conditions including epilepsy, heart disease, kidney disease, and musculoskeletal problems like hip dysplasia.
Some may have pulled a
good dog from a breeding program, essentially because the ophthalmologist did not understand the difference between the Tibetan Terrier eye and the eyes of many larger breeds.
Breeders who want to
retire dogs from breeding or the show ring might even place their dogs with the right home at little to no cost.
Puppies and
dogs from the breeds which are hypersensitive to Ivermectin can suffer overdose / toxicity reactions to even a small amount of any product which contains it, and are at risk of the effects being fatal.
Because of that, some people that have successful
service dogs from breeds that normally wouldn't succeed will say that since their dog works well, their breed as a whole is perfect for service work.
As both parent breeds have different appearances, there's a high possibility your Chiweenie doesn't look like any
other dog from her breed.
They are instructions for permanently removing a recessive disease gene from any population of dogs without removing a
single dog from a breeding program.
Serious Animal Welfare Act Violations Do Not Mean Quick Removal Of Dogs From Breeding Facilities
To keep our gene pool diverse, we should not
discard dogs from breeding programs simply because they are related to a dog affected with CA.
Since the late 1990's, Ian has been developing a smaller
athletic dog from breeds such as the Border Collie, Border Terrier, Jack / Parson Russell Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier and more recently the Whippet.
Breeding Group II dogs can be used with preference going to Group I but Group II permitted; and Breeding Group III must only be used with
dogs from Breeding Group I.
Participants lobbied in support of H.B. 6317, which ban the inhumane confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates, and H.B. 5027, which requires minimum standards of care for dogs in large - scale puppy mills and prevents the sale of
dogs from breeding operations that do not meet those standards.
More than a few people have questioned the wisdom of removing all HSF4
positive dogs from the breeding population, fearing that it could have a negative effect on the overall gene pool.
Even dogs from breeds that have a very good reputation for loving people will need to be thoroughly socialized as puppies, to make sure that they have lots of great experiences being around all kinds of different people.
The fact is, if you buy a
male dog from a breed that is generally friendly, from a breeder that has taken care to breed only from dogs lacking in aggression, the chances of the male dogs in that litter being more aggressive than the females in the same litter is probably quite slim.
For now, until we can actually test for the genetic markers, the best possible control is to remove positively confirmed
EPI dogs from breeding programs.
Because quality is not a priority for cruel breeders, they don't bother to remove medically
compromised dogs from their breeding stock, resulting in generation after generation of dogs with unchecked hereditary defects.
The removal of
affected dogs from the breeding pool has long been and remains an important form of prevention; the affected dog necessarily has genes for whatever disease it has and will pass them to its offspring.
Two breeders, Joyce Wetzler and Linda Ruelle of Whisperwood kennels have produced CA in their linebreeding programs, have retired
many dogs from breeding and have sacrificed dogs in search of answers concerning this disorder.
Often puppy mill operators fail to apply proper husbandry practices that would remove sick
dogs from their breeding pools and they produce puppies prone to congenital and hereditary defects Puppy mills are not defined by the number of animals.
According to the ASPCA, «Because puppy mill operators often fail to apply proper husbandry practices that would remove
sick dogs from their breeding pools, puppies from puppy mills are prone to congenital and hereditary conditions.»
It is NOT recommended to withdraw
carrier dogs from breeding, as this would greatly reduce the already small Lagotto gene pool and not necessary when mating to a clear or normal dog.
We are a 501c3 non profit organization dedicated to rescuing
dogs from breeding facilities who are no longer useful or puppies who can not be sold and dogs from euthanasia lists from selected shelters.
Unfortunately, the continual removal
of dogs from any breeding program results in a lack of unique genetic material, which makes any breed (or population of any species) much poorer as a whole.
After you adopt
a dog from All Breed, you're required to take their Pet Awareness Workshop, and you receive a free training class that meets your dog's needs.