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Old May 11th, 2011, 11:00 PM
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All very disturbing, a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation really. This bit...

Spay/neuter is associated with a two fold increased risk of cranial cruciate ligament rupture51. Perhaps this
is associated with the increased risk of obesity30.

...makes me wonder if this is why so many cattle dogs in America do their cruciate ligaments? In future I'll be asking if the dogs are desexed and what condition they are in. Might be wrong but they do a lot with their dogs so I doubt it's obese dogs.

That's really bad about the narrow chests. I feel for you, as a breeder, Erykah. I know all about having to keep pups out of the wrong hands and it is worse for you with the dogs being more valuable. In fact, this morning I was thinking how very careful you must have to be that no-one has a chance to steal the TM's. So many things breeders need to weigh up though, it's not easy.
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