Epilepsy and wolfdogs!?

[mijke]

Originally Posted by michaelundinaeichhorn

But with epileptic dogs you have to be aware that not every case is inherited and that not every inherited case means a problem in the line.

I agree with you and this is also just the same for other health problems like haert for example)

It is because of these problems very important for breeders to stay in contact with the owners of their puppies. This is, as I can say out of own experience, sometimes almost impossible. If puppiebuyers don´t tell their breeders about problems he has no possibility to realise problems in time.

I had no intention to condemn breeders when they don't know about something!

But all kind of health problems seems to be a secret in every breed
It is very strange but even owners don't want to talk about it. Some individual persons did give me confidentinal the health information about their dog, but they don't want me to talk about it to other persons, breeders or clubs.

I had hope maybe they should react on this forum or on the dutch forum but non reactions And I think they are to blame to....

Of course nobody wants to have epilepsy, heart problems etc (genetic or not) in breeding lines.
But when nearly nobody wants to speak about these things, you can wait for problems in future....

Mijke