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    Wrong. Thomas Jefferson said that

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    you need one of my setters Tussock -7 months away
    Tweed or not to Tweed that is the question

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    I honestly have not seen a healthy pure bred of any kind. We had a munsterlander, cancer at 7, my English pointer made 14 but had liver problems his whole life. Then another English pointer, liver failure at 7. Iv seen a dog from one of the lines regularly spoken highly of on here with some very nasty genetic defects.

    If I knew a few healthy dogs it might be different. Having said all that the springer/curly coat cross my mother has that I used to hunt with is dieing of cancer at 8. I think diet has been a big factor with these dogs.
    Ah. That explains the animosity. Has it really turned you off pedigree dogs, or has it turned you off pedigree breeders?

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    I suppose that's fair enough if that was your experience but that's not normal with responsible breeders.

    Obviously shit happens despite your best efforts but it's the exception not the rule.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    Setter thing might explain the sort of point thing they do with their front leg raised.

    I honestly have not seen a healthy pure bred of any kind. We had a munsterlander, cancer at 7, my English pointer made 14 but had liver problems his whole life. Then another English pointer, liver failure at 7. Iv seen a dog from one of the lines regularly spoken highly of on here with some very nasty genetic defects.

    If I knew a few healthy dogs it might be different. Having said all that the springer/curly coat cross my mother has that I used to hunt with is dieing of cancer at 8. I think diet has been a big factor with these dogs.
    I agree with you, Tussock...I believe that manufactured dog food is a killer...
    ...amitie, respect mutuel et amour...

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    YES fr sure ! bad food = deteriorating health
    Tweed or not to Tweed that is the question

 

 

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