Health results (also DM!!) in the Wolfdog.org database

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Originally Posted by koboldine

I don't think that this decision is wise.
From scientific point of view - it's deadly wrong, because genetic rules are figured out by human are not nature's rules, neccessarily.
There still is a chance that genes undergo mutation - in either way.

OFFA tested about 20.000 dogs - there was not even ONE muttation. It is why they give certificates for the puppies that they are "free" when the parents are tested and free.

It is made by the most known laboratory. Believe me - they would not make it of they will have ANY doubts that it is ok.

Originally Posted by saschia

What is also important - and especially now - is to keep in consideration that you can infer the genetics of a pup from the official results of it's ancestors only if you are sure about the parentage. Because otherwise all Czechoslovak wolfdogs are still BB in theory. And of course, it does not rule out mutations.

Yes, thats right. And especially the "unofficial" results can help to correct it. We had some cases where the puppies of a DM/DM dog get the result N/N. Almost nobody cared about it - they were sure that it is OK (because of "mutation"). But it was NOT. In all every case it was mistake made by the laboratory.
Another possible explanation of such cases is that the parentage is not OK.
If the owners have "unofficial" information which will be different than the results they will receive it can force them to make more investigation - to test the parentage or to repeat the DM-test. If will help to clear such cases.