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Do you throw the baby out with the bathwater, or turn an eye to health problems? I know they are two extreams. If you found a problem in a dog in your lines (that you produced, not from a breeding dog) how much would you let it weigh on the dogs you continue to breed? Say for instance that its a disease that has never shown up in your lines before. Would you remove all dogs that are relative to this dog, or would to continue to breed those lines? What if its a littermate of a breeding dog you have (and continue to use and their offspring)?
I know they are hard decisions to make because of 1 dog. I am on both sides of the fence on this. For one, i dont know if a breeder should scrap a whole program on a dogs littermates health problems. On another, i wouldnt want to see the issue being ignored. Every line has problems, so there is bound for something sometime to show up. Should you stop everything when it does, or continue to breed and have a "wait and see" aproach?
I know they are hard decisions to make because of 1 dog. I am on both sides of the fence on this. For one, i dont know if a breeder should scrap a whole program on a dogs littermates health problems. On another, i wouldnt want to see the issue being ignored. Every line has problems, so there is bound for something sometime to show up. Should you stop everything when it does, or continue to breed and have a "wait and see" aproach?