Wolfdog.org forum - View Single Post - DM is more spread in the breed then we thought!

mijke · 06-07-2010, 03:00

Hi Massimo,

Thanks for your support in this subject!

And I am glad that also Italian CsW owners did contact me in private to get more information about DM

And I'll do my best to publish as soon as possible a "you tube" (without dog names!) of CsW's with physical DM problems.

But everybody also has to realize there is no reason for total "blind panic"!!
DM is an "old (genetic) disease" and also appears in "no breed" dogs.
Even not all by test proven "Affected dogs" seems to get all the physical problems. So also other factors seems to have influence in appearing physical DM problems (the same like with HD)

On this moment it would not be clever to make specific breeding rules based on the relative few CsW test DM test results !

But for the future of the breed it is necessary to test as much CsW's as possible, to see how this genetic disease is spread.

And of course in the meantime a lot of more research about DM is still needed!

PS
By the way, this all is the same for other genetic diseases like for example dwarfism! A lot of owners and breeders still deny this is a problem in the breed. And they are telling they did never see or hear about a CsW dwarf.

But in the meantime I have contact with several common CsW dwarf owners from different countries and from different lines..... But the most of them don't want to speak about this in public, because they don't want to harm the breeder....
The same I can tell about owners of CsW's with epilepsy, cancer, EPI and... Since I did start the wolfdog-healthinfo site, it is just like I did open "the box of Pandorra"!

So please don't believe any longer `the fairy tails` that CsW´s are the "most healthy breed" of the world!
Also in our beloved CsW breed, are just like in all other dog breeds : GENETIC HEALTH PROBLEMS!
And when we close our eyes and ignore all these problems (because of any reason you can think of), .....
About 50 years our breed will (just like many more breeds )not exist any longer!

So please be realistic, open your eyes and cooperate with research and testing of your dogs to save this wonderful breed for the future!

06-07-2010, 03:00	#18
mijke Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Warnsveld Posts: 2,033	Hi Massimo, Thanks for your support in this subject! And I am glad that also Italian CsW owners did contact me in private to get more information about DM And I'll do my best to publish as soon as possible a "you tube" (without dog names!) of CsW's with physical DM problems. But everybody also has to realize there is no reason for total "blind panic"!! DM is an "old (genetic) disease" and also appears in "no breed" dogs. Even not all by test proven "Affected dogs" seems to get all the physical problems. So also other factors seems to have influence in appearing physical DM problems (the same like with HD) On this moment it would not be clever to make specific breeding rules based on the relative few CsW test DM test results ! But for the future of the breed it is necessary to test as much CsW's as possible, to see how this genetic disease is spread. And of course in the meantime a lot of more research about DM is still needed! PS By the way, this all is the same for other genetic diseases like for example dwarfism! A lot of owners and breeders still deny this is a problem in the breed. And they are telling they did never see or hear about a CsW dwarf. But in the meantime I have contact with several common CsW dwarf owners from different countries and from different lines..... But the most of them don't want to speak about this in public, because they don't want to harm the breeder.... The same I can tell about owners of CsW's with epilepsy, cancer, EPI and... Since I did start the wolfdog-healthinfo site, it is just like I did open "the box of Pandorra"! So please don't believe any longer `the fairy tails` that CsW´s are the "most healthy breed" of the world! Also in our beloved CsW breed, are just like in all other dog breeds : GENETIC HEALTH PROBLEMS! And when we close our eyes and ignore all these problems (because of any reason you can think of), ..... About 50 years our breed will (just like many more breeds )not exist any longer! So please be realistic, open your eyes and cooperate with research and testing of your dogs to save this wonderful breed for the future! __________________ Vriendelijke groeten, Mijke PS: I am not a moderator anymore!! Last edited by mijke; 06-07-2010 at 03:02.