30/09/2023
When we talk about Health Testing, Breeder Transparency, and Preservation Breeders, THIS is why. This condition was identified, and the research made possible, because of preservation breeders working together and with the research team to collect samples, provide detailed pedigrees to trace inheritance, and educate the breed community to prevent further Affected dogs. The dog in the video was only 26 months old. He was initially symptomatic at age 3 months. By age 4 years he could barely stand on his own. At age 5 years, 8 months, 26 days he was gone. His breeders initiated and drove the research to identify the condition, called Neuronal Degeneration. It has existed in the breed since at least the early 1980s, but was either misdiagnosed or concealed prior to 2013.
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