Re: When does a Mutt become a Purebred?


"Mary Healey" <mhhealey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Jo Pennington" <kpennington@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sorry, didn't finish my thought...
>> For two parents with good hips to produce offspring with bad hips
>> would require the interaction of recessive genes, unfortunate
>> environmental factors or both.
>
> Not necessarily.

Can you give an example? I think I know what you mean, but an example would
be helpful.

>
>> Knowing that nutrition is thought to have a role in
>> the development of CHD, the original owner was very careful with the
>> poodle's diet. As an adult, this poodle boy moved like a dream, but
>> when his hips were Xrayed, there was obvious dysplasia. Since the
>> environmental factors were optimized, according to current knowledge,
>> the most likely cause of his dysplasia was an unfortunate combination
>> of genes from his parents.
>
> An unfortunate combination of genes, yes. Recessive, not necessarily.
>


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