[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Question about showing....
- From: "Chris S. Kimerer" <tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:26:19 -0700 (PDT)
Another great post worth reading and re-reading, great information and again,
so true!
 Chris
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Chris S. Kimerer
Tanbark-Hillside Kennels, http://www.tanbarkgsd.com/Â
"where good bloodlines never die"Â
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> From: blackhawkfarms214 <blackhawkfarms214@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: Ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: kebre1@xxxxxxx; The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 8:39 AM
>Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Question about showing....
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>I say it depends on the situation... essentially, showing dogs is one
>thing. Breeding dogs is an entirely different ball of yarn! If it doesnt
>hamper the dog's performance, and the owner wants to spend their money on
>it, who am I to say they arent.
>As far as breeding is concerned, I would definately take the chance on
>breeding her under the right guidelines. OFAs are "tools" for me. they
>arent the end all be all. In fact, heres a clipping from a very sensible,
>Northern CA Doberman breeder/owner/handler who sums up health issues...
>
>"Breeding isn't for the faint of heart. In fact, this is my advice to
>myself!
>
>The advent of subjective "health testing" and a breeder's true desire to
>produce the very best is both a blessing and a curse. I believe there are
>two camps among breeders âthe realists and the idealists. Some (the
>idealists) think that health testing is going to create the perfect gene
>poolor populace of a given breed. Others, probably more where I stand,
>realize we do health testing for information in making our breeding
>choices. We are not of the belief that health testing will make for any
>guarantees of the progeny produced. (Unfortunately, the puppy-buying public
>seems to think we breeders have superhuman powers and can somehow control
>the health of a species by reading and breeding by the results of health
>tests, which in reality can be as fluctuating as our day-to-day weather!)
>
>We realists are aware that we live in an age in which we aren't fully able
>to get a handle on longevity and health and the many diseases that affect
>our human population. We also realize that trying to control the fickle
>finger of Mother Nature in our animals is that much more of a conundrum.
>With the exception of just a couple of DNA tests for the Doberman, health
>testing is purely conjecture on what an animal will actually pass on to its
>offspring. I've witnessed OFA'd parents produce dysplasia, thyroid-normal
>parents produce hypothyroidism, and dogs that have passed annual heart
>testing produce children that die of the most dreaded of our diseases:
>cardiomyopathy. At the same time, young dogs that die from sudden death
>have produced progeny that live on into the double digits.
>
>The most dreaded words we breeders can hear from our puppy buyers is, "I
>want a healthy puppy with no health issues behind it." Does that even
>exist? Placing the responsibility on the breeder's shoulders to override
>Mother Nature and dictate the genetic material that does and does not go
>into each and every dog we create is a task that even those who claim the
>most godlike powers aren't able to assert. And the simple fact is we face
>this ominous burden on a daily basis, generation after generation..".
>
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