Hello
We are very upset today after having our goldie eye test to discover she has MRD and more worringly HC. Obviously this rules out a planned litter....
My question to you experts is .... All generations in her pedigree  have clear eye tests  and sire has had had 40 litters... 240 puppies and we have the 4 th HC diagnosed... Bad luck we accept... But now this has come to light should the sire still be a stud??
The vet explained to us both parents must be carriers for this to happen.
To be fair the breeder has done the relevant tests but i have informed  her of our new  progeny info? Is it relevant to her sires future litters?

Can you clarify what the results for the eye tests for both parents of your girl are?

> All generations in her pedigree  have clear eye tests

Unfortunately if there is no DNA test, a clinical test will only tell you that the dog is not affected, and for non congenital conditions, unaffected at time of testing.

Take my own dogs for example.

We always knew that there were sporadic cases of Glacuoma in the breed, but no clear pattern, and we were actually taken off Schedule 3 (under investigation).  to date I have not produced an affected dog in 7 generations. 

Yet when the gene and mode of inheritance were identified last year at Helsinki university. My oldest was found to be a carrier, her daughter clear, then her two daughters both carriers (so the dogs I used must be carriers), then their two daughters both Clear, and now with DNA testing of both parents my young pup is Hereditary Clear for all five breed relevant conditions (one of which we didn't even know until May that we had in the breed).

When prcd-PRA was identified in 2008 I was lucky to have all clear, but pure luck as sire of eldest turned out to be a deceased carrier (discovered due to a carrier offspring from a clear dam).

> should the sire still be a stud??

If there isn't a DNA test for the condition, then no she should cease being used as he is a known carrier.

if there is a DNA test then he should only be used on DNA tested clear dams, if his use is seen as desirable, but better to use a  clear son of equal quality.