It's a good thing we don't do that with humans or we'd be extinct. Brings to mind a TV series we have been watching called "Extreme Surgeries". It followed the year long procedures on a 32 year old guy born with a port wine stain which was growing out of control and severely deformed his face. His TWIN sister was interviewed and she was a very beautiful, healthy woman and so were her children. Melissa In my personal opinion, when you have a litter with such terrible problems, none of their littermates should ever be used for breeding as you don't know who among the survivors are the carriers. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================