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    Curious about pro/cons of breeding my pit bull

    @job8732 Nothing about this is ethical. Breeding doesn't make dogs feel "fulfilled". That's anthropomorphizing them. Dogs should never be bred before 2 years of age. If this lady doesn't know that then she probably also doesn't know what health testing needs to be done on both parents to...
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    Concerning email from Embark DNA/Genetic Health Testing. Anyone please help me understand bc I’m scared. *not immediately life threatening

    @angelbaby35 This is one of the more common dwarfism genes. All Dachshunds have it. All Beagles have it. All Cocker Spaniels have it. All Cavaliers have it. Most small breeds have it in at least some percentage. Along with making the limbs shorter it causes premature calcification of the...
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    How likely that a reputable breeder missidendifies the breed? Like 0%?

    @carlawalker Someone with a purebred uncommon breed isn't going to lie and call it a designer mix when they could get more money selling it for what it is. When you take a Poodle and mix it with another dog, you can generally guess what the offspring will look like because each one is only...
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    Concerning email from Embark DNA/Genetic Health Testing. Anyone please help me understand bc I’m scared. *not immediately life threatening

    @angelbaby35 If you go the health insurance route do it before you communicate the DNA results to your vet. Any record in the notes of him having this gene could make it a pre-existing condition and then they won't cover anything.
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