I'm affraid I must agree with Carolyn. Germany(grass is greener) is not the answer for every concern, the INDIVIDUALS being bred are. If as a breeder you need to correct a mega issue, then by all means breed to dogs(and their honest and forthcoming owners) that do not carry the recessive(my opinion, a simple recessive). If we only had a crystal ball or a genetic test for every issue, this breeding thing would be so much easier. We could just order up or dogs from the Gene Bank, of course somehow I don't they will look quite like what we had in mind.... As Fred has said many times, SELECTION SELECTION SELECTION. M -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Carolyn" <marhaven@xxxxxxx> > > Elsyd1@xxxxxxx writes: > I bred a bitch that produced Mega to a German dog. 11 pups, no mega. No > mega in the grandkids. Grandkids bred, no mega. Go to the German lines. Syd > SYD MAILBERG > ********************************************************** > > Wish it were that easy Syd......but our neighbor down the street had a German > dog > 100% German and it had mega esophagus. It's on both sides of the Ocean... > This was the type of m.e. that you can't always detect I guess because > the dog had a bad case.....ate dry kibble...bowl on the floor and lived to be > 7 > yrs. > She just couldn't take him swimming......had to drink with bucket high..... > > Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx > www.marhaven.com > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================