Hey about the feces. My princess, Chiomba Dayo, had dark feces as well. Brought her to the vet and they said it may of been blood. Some tests were done and $ was spent to find it wasn't blood but bilirubin. apparently its caused from to much stomach acid and or the liver not being able to break up fats… We were told to try a low does antacid, over the counter no name brand. This improved her feces color and her appetite! But its just one more thing to do every morning. I feel like she owns me, not the other way around.
Questions on Nemo's pedigree
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Hopefully you have had Nemo's DNA done for Fanconi? Also, I am pretty familiar with many of the dogs in his pedigree and there are some hip problems in both the sire and dam of Nemo. So you might want to consider having his hips xray'ed for you own peace of mind.
And he is not that closely line bred, IMO….
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Thanks everyone for the comments, it makes understanding pedigrees a little easier.
Hopefully you have had Nemo's DNA done for Fanconi? Also, I am pretty familiar with many of the dogs in his pedigree and there are some hip problems in both the sire and dam of Nemo. So you might want to consider having his hips xray'ed for you own peace of mind.
And he is not that closely line bred, IMO….
I'm still waiting for the Fanconi results. How do you get the results? by email or on the CP website? It only says DNA status is "received".
I"ll check into the hip issue next time I go to the vet. I wasn't aware Argus had hip problems, I used to be around him alot until he was rehomed with Sally Wuornos this past Spring and he seemed okay. Major hip issues or just not great hips? I'll ask the former owner if he knows something about it.
Thanks!
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Thanks everyone for the comments, it makes understanding pedigrees a little easier.
I'm still waiting for the Fanconi results. How do you get the results? by email or on the CP website? It only says DNA status is "received".
I"ll check into the hip issue next time I go to the vet. I wasn't aware Argus had hip problems, I used to be around him alot until he was rehomed with Sally Wuornos this past Spring and he seemed okay. Major hip issues or just not great hips? I'll ask the former owner if he knows something about it.
Thanks!
ClayDNA results will come by email from OFA and also you will receive something in the mail. When did you submit for the test?
As far as hips, I was talking about some of the dogs further back in the pedigree.. and their offspring
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DNA results will come by email from OFA and also you will receive something in the mail. When did you submit for the test?
As far as hips, I was talking about some of the dogs further back in the pedigree.. and their offspring
Oh, I understand now about the hips. Sorry.
They should have gotten the blood sample on Sept 11th.
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Oh, I understand now about the hips. Sorry.
They should have gotten the blood sample on Sept 11th.
You should hear about the DNA soon, I would think… and not a problems about hips... it is sometimes a "really" crazy thing to learn about testing, websites, pedigrees... etc.... and this is a great place to learn..... but the best way is to do the research... but when you get stuck with things you don't understand or can't figure out.. there are many of us here that can help
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Regarding the Fanconi test – if they did the blood test after your registration in the Phenome Project took affect, you won't get the result unless you call; if the registration took effect before they did the blood, you'll get a certificate in the mail a few weeks after.
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The Fanconi result will be quite important as well.
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Regarding the Fanconi test – if they did the blood test after your registration in the Phenome Project took affect, you won't get the result unless you call; if the registration took effect before they did the blood, you'll get a certificate in the mail a few weeks after.
I signed up with the Phenome Project first and sent the forms it generated along with the blood samples and the fee for the test.
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From a biologist's standpoint, yes it is a variation of line-breeding. However, there are enough other dog lines interjected along the way that it should not be a problem. The other bloodlines will swamp the Mischief Maker's contribution.
It would be a pity if the other bloodlines ''swamped'' the contribution of Lazer. He was a very nice dog and produced some nice dogs as well, with very little health issues. I love what has been produced by this sire, Cool Jazz, another very nice dog. Lazer pictured below:
The sire and dam are from half-sibling breeding…. not a big deal if the health is good, which I'd suspect it to be. As with Pat, I'd be far more concerned with any future hip issues, as is it is back on both sides, along the pedigree vertically too.
If you can't financially end up doing his hips anytime, just be wary that it is behind him, so don't completely ignore that fact.
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Thanks for the additional info, he is a nice looking dog. More than likely the next puppy I will get will go back to Lazer, so the puppy just by chance will be distantly related to Nemo. Two of the breeders I have talked to are using dogs that happen to go back to Lazer.
When we are talking about issues such as hips, how far back do you need to consider in a pedigree when considering it a potential issue if the closer generations have good hips? I could understand if it is 1 to 2 or maybe 3 generations (which Lazer would be) back, but do you need to look further to be concerned? Nemo is going to be 5 in January, so would the issue, if there is one, have shown up by now or is it typically at an older age?
I'll bring it up to my vet at the next visit. As I remember, x-rays don't cost too much.
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When it comes to hips, what you really need to look at is the vertical pedigree. So you don't just look at the dogs directly behind the dogs being bred but also at the hips of their siblings and offspring. Some of the most prolific producers of HD in basenjis are themselves OFA Good.
The problem with trying to research HD is that owners do not need to make abnormal results public so finding good public vertical data can be hard.
