Re: [pyrnet] Sande & dwarfs

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@olywa.net>]

On Monday, December 25, 2000 12:56 PM

Joe said
<<Did he ever publish this cute opinion?  Where could we follow this
opinion? >>

And I replied
Are you kidding?? !!  Hardly the stuff of "scientific" papers.  This was
said in a personal conversation.  Hearsay, I admit but in one case it was
said to a friend of mine (whose veracity I never question) and she was so
horrified that she called me nearly as soon as she had hung up from talking
to Dr Sande.  If you wish to confirm this private conversation I would be
glad to give you the name of my friend privately.>>>

I have already sent this to Joe privately but i did find a source of this
kind of comment from Dr. Sande.  I finally found both of the evaluations of
the x-rays of the "normal" dwarf.  At the end of his letter concerning this
dog and his two affected litter mates and three unaffected was this
paragraph:

"Further, it is my opinion that if the Pyrenees breeders would agree to
welcome the dwarf puppies as lessr Pyrenees and market them as novelty
exotic pets, they could develop significant financial reward as well as be
able to quickly identify the carrier status of the breed.  Short of this,
the test breeding program will be extremely expensive and divisive."

Nothing about this statement leads me to believe that it was intended in
any
way to be tongue in cheek.  Given the above I have a hard time believing
that Sande believes that dwarf Pyrs have serious, painful, debilitating,
even crippling problems.

I also think that it says something interesting about his opinions of test
breeding programs, especially since he was directly involved with the one
for the Mal club.

Linda