Pigeonshooter22 Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Has anyone had theirs tested? Someones wrote on a forum that their friends 6 month springer pup has just been diagnosed with AMS and has a low chance of surviving. Sent off for a test to have my 4 month Cocker pup tested (£48) they can carry it as well and would like to know as would love a pup from him but won't if he carries it and i'll have him neutered . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Don't neuter him if he's a carrier only neuter him if he's affected. If he is a carrier you'll just have to put him over a bitch that is clear, the pups would have a 75% chance of being clear but they definitely won't be affected. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 You can have a vasectomy done on a dog. They still keep all the hormones and the nice coat, but can safely be housed with bitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Not tested mine but I'm lucky they're all hereditarily clear. It sounds a dreadful condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 It's got more chance of being hit by a bus than having this condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 True it's not exactly rife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) True it's not exactly rife We're going to get to the stage where we have a Big Boys (or Girls ) book of health tests and conditions, giving us the ability to test for every condition that exists with no statistical analysis to describe the real risk of having a dog with a health condition. We may have all the health tests but risk losing sight of the qualities we want in a working dog because of it. I'm not anti health testing, I have tested a dog of mine as you know, but I think the advances in modern science and the ability to give a condition a diagnosis and a name means we have tests for conditions which the vast majority are very unlikely to ever encounter unless very unlucky. Edited September 26, 2017 by WGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeonshooter22 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 It's got more chance of being hit by a bus than having this condition Wish I'd of known this instead of paying £50 for the test - oh well awaiting the test kit now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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