TAK wrote:Who sold you the straw?
Mark Wasserman is the owner of the straw. The semen was collected many years ago and is kept in storage at the collection site. The dog from which the semen is collected has to have been DNA'd at the time. The reason I know, I had semen collected from my dog. The vet. requested it and wanted the make sure the micro chip was correct for the dog. I also had to bring in registration papers and certified pedigree. I was not there when the semen was collected. But, this is reputable Vet Clinic and storage facilities. FC Sin City Slick Ace (Sire of Chuck's pups), which is out of NFC Heide's Mighty City Slicker. Ace has produced NFC Chisholm Creeks Cuttin Loose and NFC Chisholm Creeks Jax or Better, both with different bitches. Ace is grand sire of NFC BDK's Chloe's Jax of All Trades. I can name you several males and females that are out of Ace or he is the grandsire and they all are liver and white with liver patches and ticking. I currently have three off spring that are related to Ace and I purchased a daughter out of Ace that came from a Slick bred bitch. She has a liver head, liver spots and ticking. The bitch she came from, has produced produced three National Gun Dog Champions. And they are all liver and white with liver patches and liver ticking.
Things happen in breeding's that we sometimes we have no control over and cannot explain. As for Chuck Hanshaw jumping my case in early post he may felt he was justified. But, I had experienced in something similar when I told him, he needed to move on. I have two cases that happened to me. One, where the DNA did not match up to the sire and I was unable to do anything about it because never could find out who the sire was. I did eventually get my money back after several months. Second time, I had a bitch I had bought and it came back with the proper DNA but when I bred her, she showed up with Demodetic Mange. Vet told me it showed up because of her immune system and the stress of having pups. I was informed all dogs carry it but their immune system keeps it in check so it does not develop. This is what Kansas state Vet. school told me along with my own vet. All the pups showed up with it. It is a genetic defect. I had to put all the pups down and including the ones I sold, before the problem was discovered. I gave everyone there money back. I tried to save the female by having her spade but it was to no good. After several hundred dollars in vet bills the vet said I needed to put her down. She was a field trial dog in which I had several thousand dollars invested in. But, I did the right thing and put her down. I did not blame the breeder because he did not know his female was a carrier. I let it go and moved on. Things like that happen.
As I said before I feel for Chuck he has put several thousand dollars out in this breeding. I made only a suggestion but it is his decision what he wants to do and only he can make it. I have met Chuck at a trial, in fact he tried to sell me a pup out of this breeding before they were born but, I had already purchased a Ace pup and did not want any another one at this time. As added note the Ace breeding was also artificially bred to a line bred Slick bitch. She produced liver and white pups.
Maybe when Chuck gets the DNA back he will know.