Originally Posted by jenniferx

Something I have always wanted to know is....and I guess this is a bit off topic but are breeders open and honest with one another, and their buyers, about what their dogs have died from/suffered from?

Like if you're trying to match up a stud does the breeder tell you what ailments the dogs ancestors suffered from and what they died of? Do any breed clubs have like databases that hold the mortality and vet record info. of dogs in their breed? It seems like a good idea to me.

Would it be seen as unreasonable for a buyer to ask a breeder death and illness information on the previous dogs in their breeding stock? It's the sort of thing that I would be curious to know if I was buying a pedigree dog but you don't ever see it mentioned that much.

With doggy health I guess that there are many many inherited diseases that you can't test for but rely on the integrity of the breeder for when it comes to matching lines and that and you'd need to know that sort of ancestor mortality stuff wouldn't you?