So, how does grade 1 DJD affect the dog if not with lameness? If the dog has no problems with the joint, then what makes it such a huge problem? Granted, I don't know the heritability of the disease so I'm just throwing out random thoughts here.
Of course, J's, you want to avoid health problems. If I had a Border Collie with DJD I wouldn't breed her either, because the physical requirements of this breed's work is extremely strenuous and requires a very sound dog. But, I also will compromise or disregard the breed's appearance standard because my priority is a good worker, and I won't cast out a dog because of cow hocks or a short upper arm if the dog does the job well. A lot of people would look down on me for that. You can't please everyone.
But I guess what I'm saying is that it's up to the breeder to judge the merits and flaws of their dog, and choose to breed or spay accordingly. You've never seen Redyre's bitch, the only thing you know of her is the health records, pedigree and photos you've seen. Awfully presumptuous to say whether or not a dog you've never met is worthy of breeding.
An outsider's perspective: to eliminate all potential breeding animals because of DJD would be extremely detrimental to the Rottweiler breed. According to the OFA site, nearly 40% of Rottweilers have DJD. Do you want to toss out half the gene pool? How is that helping the breed? You do realize that a high coefficient of inbreeding (which it will eventually come to with people breeding only show dogs, only dogs free of all health problems and only dogs that are titled) will cause mutations and bring more problems to the breed, even if you only breed dogs that are squeaky clean as far as health goes. This has happened in my breed too . . . Not in the working lines, but the show lines where there are a few dogs in every dog's pedigree, hundreds of times over. The gene pool is frighteningly narrow and a lot of breeders have predicted that the show Border Collie will only continue to go downhill as far as health goes. Right now there is an issue with CL in the Australian show lines, which dominate the American ring. And these breeders didn't want working BCs in their lines because they're unhealthy mongrels! lol.
Anyway, I don't want to fight and I hope you don't take offense, J's. I like talking about breeding and I find this interesting.
Of course, J's, you want to avoid health problems. If I had a Border Collie with DJD I wouldn't breed her either, because the physical requirements of this breed's work is extremely strenuous and requires a very sound dog. But, I also will compromise or disregard the breed's appearance standard because my priority is a good worker, and I won't cast out a dog because of cow hocks or a short upper arm if the dog does the job well. A lot of people would look down on me for that. You can't please everyone.
But I guess what I'm saying is that it's up to the breeder to judge the merits and flaws of their dog, and choose to breed or spay accordingly. You've never seen Redyre's bitch, the only thing you know of her is the health records, pedigree and photos you've seen. Awfully presumptuous to say whether or not a dog you've never met is worthy of breeding.
An outsider's perspective: to eliminate all potential breeding animals because of DJD would be extremely detrimental to the Rottweiler breed. According to the OFA site, nearly 40% of Rottweilers have DJD. Do you want to toss out half the gene pool? How is that helping the breed? You do realize that a high coefficient of inbreeding (which it will eventually come to with people breeding only show dogs, only dogs free of all health problems and only dogs that are titled) will cause mutations and bring more problems to the breed, even if you only breed dogs that are squeaky clean as far as health goes. This has happened in my breed too . . . Not in the working lines, but the show lines where there are a few dogs in every dog's pedigree, hundreds of times over. The gene pool is frighteningly narrow and a lot of breeders have predicted that the show Border Collie will only continue to go downhill as far as health goes. Right now there is an issue with CL in the Australian show lines, which dominate the American ring. And these breeders didn't want working BCs in their lines because they're unhealthy mongrels! lol.
Anyway, I don't want to fight and I hope you don't take offense, J's. I like talking about breeding and I find this interesting.