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I just now realized what this
actually said. Was extremely tired when I first read it. Was sure it
said "if people WOULD breed loose lipped to loose lipped this wouldn't
happen". Sorry guys. :)
The Saint's owner says it's a
"dry mouth St." I know they usually do have much looser lips and heavier
heads than Pyrs which amazes me why people are always asking if my dogs are
white Newfs. or Sts.
Asked Billy (hubby), as I've
never seen the dog, he said it does drool, just not very much. Also said
the registration certificate says "dry mouth", asked him if it was AKC....he
hadn't paid that close attention. Anyway, I found the part in Padgett's
book about oversalivation but am sure I saw something before that can cause dry
mouth.
It says that this condition can
effect the Basset Hound, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bloodhound, Shar-Pei, Chow,
"Mixed Breed", Bulldog (English), Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss
Mountain Dog, Irish Setter, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Saint Bernard and Scottish
Deerhound. It's called Hypersialism (Drooling, Ptyalism) and the
definition is: Overproduction & oversecretion of saliva by one or more
salivary glands.
Chrissy
> > > "if people wouldn't breed loose
lipped
> > > to loose lipped this wouldn't happen". > Does the Saint have a "dry" mouth or "wry"
mouth? Wry mouth is a genetic
> condition. Last summer, at a show the one dog was dismissed because of a > wry mouth. Also, from what I've seen, Saints, like Newfs, have looser lips > than Pyrs. > > --- Robyn Allwright > --- ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net > --- Ziff |