| Every
healthy dog has the potential to produce a disease, disorder and/or
major fault when being bred. There is no such thing as a "HEALTHY
BREEDING". A breeding may produce healthy dogs, but
these resulting dogs ALWAYS have the potential of disaster when combined
with that one genetic trait. This is the reason for
genetic studies and DNA Markers. Some breeders may take shame in
producing a disorder that is out of their control, with the ending
result of hiding, denying or disposing of the problem quietly. In
the long run, this is not going to help or find an accurate
cause of these issues - thus eliminating it from our breed. Disorders
found in Akitas maybe more prevalent then the average breeder would like
to admit or has knowledge of. It is the duty of breeders to part
take in the research studies available to us for the future of this
breed. |
