Cea and pra .

[maggie]

Hi Everyone

I have been enjoying having our new little Sheltie girl who will be 8mth old in 9th Feb 2011 already . Its lovely having puppy abt the house again .

Anyway when we got Lady from her breeder at 10 weeks old he told us that had just sent of for all her and her sibling papers to Kennel Club UK as he wanted to give the new owners the chance to give the puppies there kennel name which sounded ok to us , that was in Sept it took 2 months and lot of phoning before i finally got all her papers .

On checking her papers my husband's noticed that Lady father who is showdog champion is affected by CEA and PRA , her mother is down as carrier.
The breeder didn't tell us and i didn't ask because all my shelties i have had in past didn't have any gentic problem although i knew abt shelties having hip problems and skin issues . i now know much to my heart ache. T

The problem is as far as we know her breeder didn't get lady eyes checked or at least as far we aware he didn't i did e-mail his abt this but he never got back to me . not supprising .

Anyway the only thing we have left open to us now is to have DNA test done on Lady she goes for this on 7 th of Feb i praying that she will be fine cannot stand the thought of my poor baby going blind at some stage . I am really worried but i know there nothing i can do if she affected .
Can anyone tell if her DNA test comes back postive should i inform the Kennel Club so they can let the other owners of this .

I so wanted to breeder from her she very clever pup and loves nothing more than running around our back garden or playing with big football . Thank for reading this long story i just want to let anyone else who thinking of getting a Sheltie to ask the breeder abt the pups eyes first .So they don't go through worry we are going through .

 

[HopeShelties]

So sorry to hear this That information really should've been disclosed to you, especially given an affected was bred to a carrier, and there is a chance your pup could come back as an affected. To be honest, I wouldn't have bred either parent. I don't like to perpetuate issues I know I can prevent.
CEA is not very common here in the US for shelties, but I do know of one line that has come up with it (found out one of her pups was affected, started testing, and came back with numerous carriers). It is a much more prevalent problem in Collies here. Unfortunately, from what I have read, it is a much larger problem for Shelties in the UK (and apparently not as many Collies are affected there- go figure).
What does your contract say about genetic issues? If there is anything in there about them, you may have a few options. You will have to get her tested. Depending on your contract, if she is affected, you could either keep her, or if this is a good breeder, if you so choose, return the puppy.
To me, he does not sound like a good breeder, as you have tried making contact, and instead of confronting the issue, he is avoiding it. He KNOWS there is a chance of those puppies being affected.
That is sad that he is knowingly breeding dogs that have a chance at being blind. Bad enough carriers, as who wants to produce a bunch of dogs who have the potential, if bred to the wrong dog, of producing that?

 

[corbinam]

I too am sorry that you have to deal with this. I am hoping that your pup is not affected...keep us updated.

What seems odd is that breeder paid for the tests to be done, and then ignored the results. If a breeder is really that irresponsible, wouldn't it be more common for them not to do the tests at all and just breed?

This is a good reminder for people to be sure to ask about genetic testing when buying a puppy.