BCSnob wrote:
Deb,
You'll likley have an AussiePoo without chemical issues or patellar luxation. But is it a carrier of both diseases and how will you know?
What happens when you breed your healthy AussiePoo (possible carrier) to another healthy AussiePoo (possible carrier)? AussiePoos with bad knees and sensitive to chemicals or healthy AussiePoos?
It's not the affected dogs in the gene pool that are the real problem, it's the unseen carriers of the mutated genes.
Mark
Ahhh...(head smack) - good point! Which is why I insist on first-gen pups ;-) And why dear sweet Ben will be going in for a Lower Lobotomy in due time... :-)
