well, that is good point Jing. I also think people should demant the parents be tested, or at least one parent be tested free, to prevent birth of affected puppies (that should also be tru for dwarf test maybe).
But that got me thinking about testing puppies before buying. Yes, if I want a puppy from certain litter for breeding purposes and have special pairs in mind then getting N/N puppy makes it safe to breed with anything. But if we all do it, then we may lose great animals (character, work, exterior) that will spend their lives maybe completely happy in someone's backyard, but not contributing to the genepool anymore. Wouldn't that be pity? Like with Frei - if dwarf test existed then and I knew she was carrier - would I get her? Maybe yes, cause at the moment I didn't care much if she'll be beautiful or not, just that she was from my Kei's line was important. But if I had been thinking about breeding and considered it important, then I would not have this great character girl who gives such great character pups... and Arek Zlata Palz would not have any descendants.
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