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Originally Posted by Hanka
I never had seen (on my own eyes) wolfdog with visible problems because DM.
Why you ask ?
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Honestly - because I think we should not wish "long life without any symptoms" to any DM/DM dogs...
In the most cases I would rather wish other (sometimes N/N) dogs to move in the old age as good as some of these DM/DM dogs...
Best example - Baron....
His father Gaius was living 14 years and till the end he was pretty good moving dog ("extremly good moving" when we take into consideration his age). When he was over 10 years old he was still moving much better than many YOUNGER (5-6 years old) dogs which we can see running in the show rings...
Dia Kollárov dvor at the age of 10 years is moving like young female and she is still alive (trying to beat Gaius?
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For sure you know how many dogs are not so lucky - they are much younger but show already symptoms of degenerations.
The problem are really not the dogs with DM/DM which move simply great (and where selection will be done) but the dogs which are N/N and are used as pupular stud dogs even if they move like cripples...