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Originally Posted by JoJo  What I'm trying to get the gist of here is that what you are saying Diane is very confusing to me. In fact what you are saying is coming across very hypercritical. You are so concerned about the total makeup of the stud dog that you aren't looking into your own closet. If I was an owner of this "miracle stud dog" I don't think I would want to breed to your bitch. You're asking a lot from the stud, but you are totally missing out on the fact that your pups likely carry that genetic predisposition for cancer. Cancer that has taken both your pup's mother at a young age due to bone cancer and her mother from an aggressive form of cancer in her prime. So don't you think you should consider looking for a new line to start all over with? Why would you even want to breed to these same lines? Also, you sound so down and out in regards to the Rottweiler breed, maybe it's time to move on and find another "healthier" breed? : |
The Rottweiler breed as a whole has a 70-80% rate of cancer, 1 in 8 risk of bone cancer.
Actually Frontier dogs ARE better in this regard. We have a TWENTY percent rate of cancer and a 1 in 12 rate of bone cancer. The oncologist I spoke with says NOTHING about Bea having osteo will ever increase the produce's odds of cancer above the breed's already horrid average.
15 years ago it was not so hard to find dogs that were unrelated to the current over used studs. Take a look online and in magazine ads. Almost every US dog is a decendant of the top 10 dogs of the last 20 years, imports are mostly from the top dogs over there. genetic diversity is being lost at an alarming rate, especially when you consider some of the top 10 most popular studs here and abroad have a pretty high rate of elbow or cardiac issues in their offspring.
I do not want perfect I want something less used, less health dangerous without being so sharp that the proverbial family of 4 can't live with a pup nor being so dull and dead that it is a floor ornament