On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Robert Utter wrote: > Not as far as I know. I had a mega puppy some years ago and the Vet > and i poured over the vet books and could find little information to > support that it was genetic. There had not been much research at > the time. I think possibly the predisposition may be there but both > sire and dam do not have to carry the gene. My dogs were not the > same line as the bitch who had the mega pup I described so it was > hard to follow the line. But as far as I know, the sire never > produced another one and the dam was spayed anyway. > Anne, TN > On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Amy Greenhut wrote: > >> Does anyone know if both the sire and dam of a litter of puppies >> has to carry the mega gene to produce it in a puppy??/TIA >> Amy Greenhut ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================