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Quoth Mary Healey on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:04:58
-0600, Mile Sullivan wrote: So, enough rambling. My question is: Is there any way to tell if a puppy has been inbred or overbred? Look at a 3-generation pedigree. Or go for it and look at five generations. Most breeders I know definitely have this information and have 5-generation pedigrees ready to look at. To the original poster -- I'm sorry, but until you are able to develop a longer-term relationship with a breeder and feel reasonably secure that s/he is not unscrupulous, you shouldn't buy a puppy from a breeder. There are good, responsible breeders out there and the key to finding the perfect puppy for you is to find one who shares your ideals about the breed and breeds for the traits that are important to you. Whether s/he uses line breeding and/or linebreeding and/or outcrossing is not really important. What's important is that s/he is breeding for the characteristics you want in a puppy, and doing so in a reasonable, responsible, successful manner. If you don't feel you can find a breeder you can really trust, don't buy a puppy. There are plenty of older puppies and grown dogs available through rescue (including but not limited to breed rescues, shelters, and pounds). ----------------------------------------- Only know that there is no spork. |
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You state that you have researched inbreeding extensively. I bought Maya from a puppy store and found out after that she came from a puppy mill in Missouri. I also found out that right before we bought her she was very very sick and almost died. She suddenly passed away on June 7, 2011 and I am thinking she was born sick. Some lung disease or something that went undetected. Maya was only three years old when she passed. I am having her lung biopsied, but that said most likely it will come back inconclusive. We had her cremated but the vet saved her kidney, liver. After doing some research on the puppy mill she came from I am convinced that Maya was inbred. Are there any tests to prove this? If not now should I hold on and freeze what I have so if technology ever catches? Any information yo have on this topic would be greatly apprciated. Broken hearted Joanne, Plymouth, MA |
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