Since DeeDee I have been on the hunt for information relative to seizures. I am trying to gain the trust of breeders that have significant experience to see what they know that I could benefit from. One big breeder has entrusted me with information and it is VERY scary to say the least. A top stud dog produced seizures and he was used after this information was learned. 

You know seizures put a lot of things into perspective. I mean, you sure would not dump a dog for a cotton coat, a light eye, low tailset, etc. and reduce the size of a gene pool which is already far too small. Geez... then we would really double up and stamp in the invisible things like seizures with an even smaller gene pool.

I believe, and others do too that virtually every dog has the potential to produce seizures and I futher believe that EVERY BREEDER that breeds long enough will produce them. That is not a crime. The possiblibilty of one is found in how a breeder acts when these things occur.

While we have the benefit of importing dogs from all over the world we are also going to have to uncover their hidden flaws. In this respect there is no diffence with dogs we buy here or abroad. Getting information from breeders is nearly impossible because no one wants to be marked as having tainted dogs and novice or ignorant people will jump to these without knowledge or complete data and the internet scandals start and it's a big mess. The good breeder will cleanse the lines they work with and keep moving onward and upward. But in the end we live with the fact that breeding is a crap shoot that we can only at our best increase our odds.

 

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