Quote from Kitty on Mar 3^rd, 2010, 3:54pm:

 
 
OT muna pang ice-breaker....  
 
Apollo aka Gunner try @ Agility some two months ago pa....

 
 
the two - Apollo and Hailey

 
the two conspiring to topple one of the hurdles he he

I've been driving a lot lately and it seems that I'm I bit outdated in this thread. hehehe
 
anyway, the beautiful coastline of Southern Leyte had made my 300KM+ travels worthwhile plus the fact that I'm driving alone had given me a lot of time to think.
 
Doris, of course dogs with hereditary diseases should also be spayed/neutered.  That is where i will answer Scotlandyard's query with regards to genetic testing.  Right now, there is no facility within our beautiful country that can test for Juvenile Cataract or Early Onset Hereditary Cataracts.  If my research is correct, there is only ONE entity in the world that can do this genetic testing which is the Animal Health Trust in England.  It costs 70 UK pounds per test, though it says there that 20% discount will be given if there will be 20 or more samples submitted together.  Now, this is where our club can be of big importance.  If the mother club would be able to gather all it's members and have our dogs tested, we can avail of the discount! I actually e-mailed them 2 years ago and I received a reply from them.  
 
Now, if in case our dogs will be "CLEAR", then there will be no more testings for the progenies of these "cleared" dogs.  Of course, if a dog will be tested as "AFFECTED" then by all means that dog should not be bred at all.  Then, if a dog will be tested as "CARRIER", either you still breed him or not, but if you decide to still breed that dog, then you should test all of that dog's progenies to identify who are CLEAR, CARRIER and AFFECTED.  
 
I hope that I'm making everybody see the big picture here.
 
That we are only talking about 1 health concerns.  There are still Patellar Luxation, BAER testing etc. What I want to say here is that if we organize ourselves we are helping each other.  
 
Let us start from scratch.  I have no right to say anything about the previous BTCP since I've never been a part of it.  What I'm looking forward is to be a part of the NEW BTCP and let us all move forward!

Ryan Felipe Roque
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Purely Breed and Show for Improvement of the breed "Enthusiast" and Companionship.
I have more expectations from the members than from the club.  I mean the success of the club will depend on the unity among members and how serious and honest the intention of each member in protecting and advancing the breed.

Hi Doris!  No need to apologize!  Your concern is valid that's why we need to discuss everything.
 
Assuming that all of us will avail of the testing, there are three categories to which our dogs will be classified. 1) CLEAR 2) CARRIER 3) AFFECTED.
 
CLEAR-  A dog has 2 copies of the normal gene and will neither develop Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract, nor pass a copy of the Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract gene to any of its offspring.
 
CARRIER-  A dog has one copy of the normal gene and one copy of the mutant gene that causes Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract.  It will not develop Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract but will pass on the Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract gene to 50% (on average) of its offspring.
 
AFFECTED- A dog has two copies of the Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract mutation and is affected with Early-Onset Hereditary Cataract.
 
BELOW ARE THE SCENARIOS OF BREEDING CLEAR dog to a CARRIER dog and a CARRIER to CARRIER breeding.  
 
CLEAR (XX) will be bred to CARRIER (XY)  
possible offspring = XX, XY, XX, XY (50% of the pups will be CLEAR and the other 50% will be CARRIER)
 
CARRIER (XY) will be bred to CARRIER (XY)  
possible offspring = XX, XY, XY, YY (25% of the pups will be CLEAR, 50% will be CARRIER and 25% will be AFFECTED)
 
My suggestions:
 
If an individual decides to do this breeding (CLEAR to CARRIER and/or CARRIER to CARRIER), their offspring will be subjected to genetic testing to identify which pups are CLEAR, CARRIER and AFFECTED.  
 
It would be wise for an individual to breed CLEAR to CLEAR since there's no need to test their offspring for the EOHC, meaning no added cost for the testing.
 
If our club will be established, I'm proposing that we create a HEALTH COMMITTEE, similar with that of the BTCA,  that will issue health certificates to all dogs owned by the club's members.  In the health certificate will include if the dog is clear of EOHC either by lineage (both parents are CLEAR) or by testing.  In the future, we may also add requirements for patellar luxation, Hip Dysplasia testing etc.
 
It may sound expensive and too much to ask.  Yes, but we may start from one then add another and we will put a time frame until everyone is ready for this.  For example, Let us all agree that by year 2012, our dogs should have been tested for EOHC, then by 2013 we will be requiring the patellar luxation examination and so on and so forth.
 
I will try to be in Manila by the month's end so I can share more my views and suggestions.  For the meantime, keep on posting! Everyone is encouraged to participate, this is a no-holds-barred discussion and be open.  walang personalan kumbaga.          
 
 

if one needs a reason why is there a need for a more vigorous club, take a look at this thread, tsk tsk tsk :
 
http://forum.dog-tracker.com/YaBB.pl?num=1268237904/0#0

Our goal is to produce a wonderful, beautiful and a healthy boston terrier that is well within the breed standards. I hope that having this club, it would let us share our point of views, stories, experience with the breed, and our best practices to each member of the club.
 
- Rodney Roque

Quote from Kitty on Mar 16^th, 2010, 1:29pm:

 
I agree with Kitty.
 
I suggest we settle this issues on March 21 at PCCI Activity Center in Marikina.

Quote from ryanmyth on Mar 18^th, 2010, 8:10pm:

 
Nalito na ako. May show din pala sa 20. When do you guys plan to show? Doon ako pupunta.