Those of you who read about Slovakian Rough Haired Pointers might have been following recent discussions about health, genetics and breeding on forums such as WorkingHPRForum and 'We Love Slovakian Rough Haired Pointers' on Facebook (although the interesting discussion has now dropped right down the wall posts and off the front page).
I was going to write something about it, but you know what? I don't think I can add much more to this excellent blog post from Galody.
Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer population in terms of breeding and health. I do think that the situation needs to be discussed and debated. If you check out the entire Dogsey Slovak thread which has been running over 3 years now (you might have to skim read through 50 pages!), you'll see the progression of a number of young puppies who go on later to have suffered some frightening and serious conditions. When you track the pedigrees, work out the COIs via Mate Select from the KC, a pattern of some sort starts to emerge.
A report on UK Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer health has been written by another owner (See it really isn't only me!) and is currently with the Breed Club who are hopefully going to publish it. I hope it will be out before the end of the summer. Armed with the facts, this will help people decide whether they really need to breed from their dog or bitch and if they do decide to embark on it, that they are armed with the information to ensure a good match for the progression of the breed.
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