Genetic
Defects
The
majority of our puppies go as family pets so we require all our dogs to have the
typical sweet happy go-lucky Retriever personality
as well as the natural retriever instincts and a sound body...as we are all
aware, there are no guarantees in life, unforeseen tragic events happen to
everybody and everything all the time....as a breeder, we’ve taken advantage of
what is readily available to us by way of xraying , ophthalmologist testing,
studying pedigrees of all our stock before breeding to ensure the soundness of
this puppy.... all our breeding stock have regular eye exams and have certified
clear hips and elbows...with regards to hip dysplasia approx 15% of all Labs and
23% Golden
Retrievers will be dysplastic to some
degree (Pugs are up into the 62% bracket, German Shepherds around 45%...humans, by the way are 25%), that's according to the OFA
statistics (http://www.offa.org/hdstats.html)....it really doesn't matter if you
breed good hips to good hips, good to bad or bad to bad, you still come up with
the same percentage...however since the goal of breeding is to improve the breed
we of course only breed good to good...so you see there is always going to be a
risk and certain environmental conditions can aggravate the growth and can make
the dysplasia much worse (ie. overweight, jogging, poor quality food,
etc)...since that is the case we only will replace a pup that has severe
dysplasia and must be euthanized...due to hidden recessive genes there too is
always a small risk of other genetic problems cropping up...evidence of a
genetic defect is highly unlikely to appear, but if it should then the buyer’s
contract that you have already signed, will cover what ever actions that need to
be taken.
By
signing this statement I/we hereby acknowledge that an outline of some of the
possible genetic defects have been explained and understand that there is a
small risk of a genetic defect.
DO
YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY PHYSICAL PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OCCUR?
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Signed
this day in the County of Leeds