Today I have been talking with 4 different vets., one of them is Peter Weis which is a specialist in diagnostics and treatment of joint-/bones-illness and radiography (including PennHIP), he is also member of NOVOS(Nordic Veterinary Orthopedics Society).
They all stated that, HD / AD is both
EQUALLY a product of enviroment and hereditary, to proove that one of them have a higher % of hereditary than the other is impossible, as you can not create the
EXACT same enviroment for two dogs(even harder with more dogs) to grow up in and further more is it impossible two find to dogs with
ABSOLUTLY same genes, which in both cases can make all the difference in the final results. None of them have never heard of breeding from ED free dogs, will give almost all puppies free of ED or that breeding from dogs with ED will for sure give all puppies ED, to me they all explained that the hereditary risks of HD and ED is absolutly the same.
Conclution : It makes no sense to exclude dogs with a mild degree of ED and allow dogs with a mild degree of HD, as one is not worser or better than the other.
Was this not the reason why Admin made this step, to remove all dogs with ED ? ...aparrently it is for no reason, unless all dogs with HD is removed too !
Please correct me if I am wrong, nobody is perfect
Rolf