In a message dated 9/14/2009 5:28:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wynsum@xxxxxxx writes: Let's say LITTER A is a litter of 8 GSDs -4 male and 4 female 6 of the litter ( 3 males and 3 females) have crippling HD by age 2 and one male is not tested, and one female just barely passes her ofa. This one female is then bred. The discussion is WOULD YOU HAVE BRED THIS BITCH and WHY or WHY NOT LET'S TALK BITTER B. LITTER B is a litter of 8 GSDs -4 male and 4 female 6 of the litter ( 3 males and 3 females) BLOAT BY AGE 2. One Male dies, cause unknown. WOULD YOU HAVE BRED THIS BITCH and WHY or WHY NOT How about NO, and then HELL NO 1st case: 1 out of 8 barely passes? How about 6 or 7 out of 8 wont pass? Not good enough. 2nd case: 6 out of 8 bloat, and 1 dies by age 2. Not good enough. These animals have HUGE hereditary health issues. I will pass on both cases. Surely there are some healthy dogs somewhere else to be bred. Ileana ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================