Mike, now just how to you think I can do that when the pedigrees and information was given to me in private. If these breeders and owners want to give the information out that is their right not mine. You want my dogs pedigree of GSD's that was lost to Hemangiosarcoma or DM I will give them to you privately due to the past GSD's involved. The GSD going on 10 I own now has issues with EPI due to allergies, his sire was lost to cancer at 9 1/2 and his dam DM and was in the GSDCA 13 Club . The dam was tested for everything out there any dog could acquire not just GSD related and passed all except the Flash test later so yes I got my dog from a reputable breeder. She was not a young bitch when bred and when a marker was discovered for DM she was never bred again but spayed. She had one litter of pups before spayed and her daughter tests clean for everything. So my GSD has issues from his sire not dam since his problems lie with the sire's line. If he later gets DM it can be coming from both lines since it is there too. Theresa ________________________________ From: Mike & Sheila Metz <Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:58 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Rights and Wrong and in between Theresa, I still can't believe you maintain this position with out any support or evidence. Just anecdotal information from un-named experts or sources. If you have information we can learn from please provide it, trust me we are very capable of sifting through detailed information particularly when it pertains to the health and longevity to the breed. The affects of selection over the years have removed many of the malady's that affected the GSD since its' importation in the US. For instance, we(the American GSD Breeders) have eliminated VWD(bleeders) from the gene pool here using selection, yet it remains in germany and in those imported. We the US, have improved hip/elbow conformation dramatically by using tools to again breed selectively. Yet the Europeans have lagged in this area. The Europeans also Cull many litter members(that you never hear about), which again makes breeding decisions difficult unless you excellent sources to get you "All" the information forming a complete picture of perspective suitors or dams. There are many issues affecting CANINES(all breeds) that you may never be able to eradicate, without loosing attributes that make up or differentiate breed(or any for that matter) from another. Careful breeding and selection based on solid sound information will continue to be the best method until the tools arrive in the future to make more educated decisions. In the mean time as Chief Dan George said, "We will endeavor to persevere" regards, M Theresa Wrote:.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. I never stated Axel was bad I thought he was a nice dog but the inbreeding-linebreeding off of the GSD's I listed causes weaknesses to produce problems. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================