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Post by elana55 on Oct 30, 2011 6:59:09 GMT -5
I have been doing some research on this as allergies are a real problem for some dogs (some are even PTS due to allergies).
It seems the immune system is inherited as a complex (MCH) half from each parent dog. Allergic reactions are an immune system issue where the immune system reacts inappropriately to allergens (food, inhaled and so forth). Close line breeding and in breeding means that similar MCH may be inherited by the puppy and increases the risk of producing dogs that are allergic.
Out crossing is supposed to reduce the incidence unless both dogs in the outcross are carriers of MCH that include allergic reactions.
The question is this. If you had a very good dog in every respect that had allergies would you risk putting puppies on the ground from that dog?
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Post by Admin on Oct 30, 2011 15:07:42 GMT -5
I would not and have refused to breed dogs with allergies. I will not give this problem to puppy owners. Ask Yvonne about the life her Aleit has had with allergies.
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Post by yvonne on Nov 1, 2011 22:01:20 GMT -5
Aleit's allergies have been both hell on her and expensive over the years to properly diagnose and care for. I made the decision not to breed her and pass this hell on to pups. Between testings, antibiotics, other skin meds, ear meds, powders, vet visits and special diets it has run over 5,000 in the 8 years I have had her.
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Post by elana55 on Nov 5, 2011 7:33:01 GMT -5
UPDATE:
Questa's allergies have been limited to an occiasional minor leasion and a lot of scratching (reminds me sometimes of the d-con commercials on the radio). It is like she is ALMOST at peace with whatever the Allergen is.
Right now she is on a course of prednisone and things are very very good. My vet is thinking she may come out the other side of the pred with her immune system gearing back up with no response to whatever the allergen was. There is an outside chance that she was vaccinated at a time when her immune system was at a critical stage of development (before or at 16 weeks of age) and there is something going on that needs to be "reset." Shutting her down and letting her come back up with a tapered dows MAY do the trick (especially with her super response to the pred course).
She never had the horrific ear response and terrible hot spots.
My vet was telling me that most dogs who have really bad allergies will start to itch and be symptomatic the minute the prednisone is tapered off. This has not been the case so far with my dog.
At this point, time will tell. I have time. She won't be OFA'd until June of next year and it would be another year before she would be bred (IF she is bred). Much can happen in that time period from an economy not supporting making any puppies to a bad OFA to anything to allergies returning or escalating or not and going away completely.
There are a LOT of really good puppies out there for sale and a lot of competition. This needs to be planned and figured out before the dog is bred as well.
No need to rush into any decisons today. As my Dad used to say, "Fools Rush in where angels fear to tread!"
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Post by elana55 on Nov 5, 2011 7:34:38 GMT -5
Oh and another thing.. I did not mean to imply that vaccination or vaccines cause allergies. They do not. The culprit in Vaccination reaction is often more attributable to the adjuvant than to the vaccine.
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Post by tommygethes on Jan 8, 2019 4:27:42 GMT -5
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