[Dailydrool] Val, Bo & Harley - Re: Laffy Taffy

[Susan Timmerman]

<<Snooters to all from Bo and Harley.
Susan, I would think that you would have no trouble getting the breeder to 
give you Laffy Taffy after you let the breeder know that L.T. carries a 
genetic disorder.? I doubt the breeder would want to introduce PDA (what is 
that?) into her stock.? Good luck.>>

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First, please thank Bo and Harley for the snooters...give them both a belly 
rub from me!  PDA is a heart defect.  I think (and sometimes I don't think 
very well) that it's basically that the blood runs backward in the heart.  I 
will be the first to admit that I could be wrong though.  But, no, the 
breeder did not care that Laffy Taffy was carrying that gene.  Not all the 
puppies would be born with PDA...some would just carry that gene (the 
females - from what I read before it's the females that carry the gene but 
males can have the full blown PDA).  We did tell the breeder about that 
after Mustang Sally died.  She basically didn't care.  We even offered her 
money then for Laffy Taffy.  She said no, she wanted to breed her one more 
time but with a different male.  That shows you that she did not "get" that 
the male wouldn't matter....Laffy Taffy is the one with the "problem".

Susan
Mom to Gertie, Jolly & Mustang Sally (ATB) and
hopefully soon to be Mom to Laffy Taffy


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