| Dante's mom, I firmly believe that cancer is caused by diet, exercise and environmental circumstances, not by genetics. Unless it is breast or colon cancer, which has been shown to place offspring in a higher risk group. We do not have enough information on canine genetics to see if markers for cancer exist and are passed on. What does this person mean by a valueable dog? And also, if this person wants to breed, then why dosen't he go out and find this information? That's what breeders do, isn't it? You are right to question this though. If this dog's cancer could be passed on, it seems that even 10-20% is too high a risk, no matter how valueable the dog is. |