I didn't have a Billie x Bart litter.
Bart is Billie's sire.
I bred Billie x Boomer which gave us one baby Raisin .
I had no other puppies to prove clearance from that breeding, and I wanted the test result "papers" on the bitch (Raisin) that I might breed in future.
Does that clarify at all?
All of you are catching onto this stuff pretty quick!
And Jim's post does demonstrate how by choosing who you test, based on what you may know from previously tested dogs, you can save some $ in getting the data you desire.
Janice's post demonstrates how you might have reasons for doing the testing the way she did.
Since Billie's reproductive life was over, and there was only one offspring to test, Billie's influence would only be carried on by that one offspring.
The other side of the coin: If Billie were tested clear, then she would not have had to test Raisin (with Boomer clear & Billie clear, not possible for Raisin to be anything but clear as well).
BUT ... if Billie were a carrier, it would then reveal that Billie's dam was a carrier. While Billie's dam only shows one litter on k9data, it would then mean that owners of Billie's siblings should also test their dogs before breeding. And if Billie were clear, it would NOT mean that all other siblings were also clear. Those people would still have to test ... unless Billie's dam were tested. But Janice was not the one who was in the position to test Billie's dam.
Janice is one smart cookie
Save some money ... have the owners of the offspring from Billie's dam "chip in" to pay for the testing of the dam if they want to? There are 7 offspring from that particular litter (other than Billie). Split 7 ways the $195 becomes a less daunting cost.
Along this same line of thinking, when a litter like this is bred (with the sire already known to be clear and the dam untested), the breeder could simply add on $20 or $25 to the price of each pup for the purpose of testing the dam ... and explain to each pup purchaser the reason for the additional cost. By paying $20 or $25 now, they could possibly save themselves $195 later. Sounds like it's worth the "gamble". And, it provides a way for a breeder to do a good service to both the pup-buyers and the databanks.
This "plan" wouldn't have worked for Billie's dam since we didn't even know about this disease or the test when Billie was whelped ... but it could be a possible help from this point forward.
