09/14/2025
The gang had their eye exams yesterday and did great with the visit and on the ride!
Unfortunately the results were not what we hoped. All of the puppies except for Go have PPM (Persistent Pupillary Membrane). Now I will emphasize to say this will NOT affect their quality of life as a pet and their vision is normal, nor is it progressive meaning it will not affect their vision as they age. They are all iris to iris except for Nana who’s is iris to lens. Their eyes are completely normal otherwise.
Now, both Nine (sire) and Lycoris (dam) had their eye checks done prior to breeding and were cleared however not every genetic thing can be detected or tested for but because 5 of 6 puppies have PPM we will not be repeating the breeding.
We plan to use a different stud on Lycoris and Nine will be used on a different dam to determine if this was just a bad pairing genetically or if it crops up again.
This is a prime example of why not only screening on the sire and dam is important but on the offspring as well, in order to track potential issues and make better breeding decisions.
It is a bit disappointing but all we can do is learn and approach things at a different angle 😊
