You are right we can never be free of these bloodlines as we can not get rid of our human genes of our past ancestry but do we not want to know what is there? Knowing it is back there can make all the difference of diagnosing or treating it. Inbreeding and linebreeding off these GSD's regardless of how far back they are is bringing them to the surface of today. The immune system is diminished to have the weakness for the chemicals-environment or past to play a part today. Theresa ________________________________ From: Morton Goldfarb <janandmort@xxxxxxx> To: cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 4:14 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Rights and Wrong and in between We will never be free of these bloodlines as mentioned BUT they are so far removed as these animals were in the very early years of our breed. IF we could have the ability to identify the genes responsible we could eliminate many problems---after all as a "people surgeon" we have spent billions on research to identify and isolate the genetic aspects of cancer and have some positive results but we are a long way off in total identification. These type funds are not available but progress is being made for our canines!!! What has to be done is bring in fresh lines here in the USA of correct males to breed to our females for the future and perhaps these incidences will be diminished. We should also be aware of the environmental impact in many forms of disease not just cancer. These problems are world wide in my experience with my judging exposure in many different countries. So be cautious of the various chemicals that exist in our food chain and external environment. MG Morton Goldfarb,M.D. FACS CEO-Ent Associates of Alabama, P.C. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================