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We got back the certification - Kiri is DM (Degenerative Muelopathy) free!!
Her gene set is normal/normal which means she doesn't even carry the gene.
Normal / Normal - Does not carry
Normal / Abnormal - Carries the gene but it is 99% inactive
Abnormal / Abnormal - Carries the gene and it is active (but still a 3% chance it will be active)
Since the gene is recessive this means that she can even be bred to a dog who has the active gene and the puppies will only be carriers (at worse) and fine another N/N dog and she can breed it out of someone's lines in only 2 generations!!
(DM is a degenerative muscle disease that affects GSDs (and other dogs?) - our friend's dog got DM and he went from being #25 in the world for schutzhund to being put down in less than 18 months - probabaly close to 12 months).
Her gene set is normal/normal which means she doesn't even carry the gene.
Normal / Normal - Does not carry
Normal / Abnormal - Carries the gene but it is 99% inactive
Abnormal / Abnormal - Carries the gene and it is active (but still a 3% chance it will be active)
Since the gene is recessive this means that she can even be bred to a dog who has the active gene and the puppies will only be carriers (at worse) and fine another N/N dog and she can breed it out of someone's lines in only 2 generations!!
(DM is a degenerative muscle disease that affects GSDs (and other dogs?) - our friend's dog got DM and he went from being #25 in the world for schutzhund to being put down in less than 18 months - probabaly close to 12 months).
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