Update on Myotonia Congenita on Unique V D Havenstad

Our Unique V D Havenstad was diagosed as a carrier of this genetic fault in 2000, and we would like to use this dog to explain how we managed to continue our breeding on his bloodline due to this diagnose.
Himself was not bred to anymore when we got confirmation on his status. But as we kept bitches out of him, we did'nt want to give up these dogs in breeding just because of this.

Mytonia Congenita is a inherreted fault that can be fatal if you breed on dogs that carries the gene. However, both parents have to carry the gene to produce dogs that gets myotonia. If only one of the parents carries the the gene the offsprings they produce can also be carriers.

What we did when we found out that Nick carried the gene, we tested the offsprings that we planned to continue breeding with.
When you test offsprings of carriers approx. 50 % will gain the gene, and 50 % will be normal, or freetested.
When a dog or a bitch out of a carrier is tested normal these dogs will NOT get the genetic fault, either their offsprings.

We have tested our dogs out of Nick and those dogs me and Pauline have in our breeding has a normal status.
So if you have a dog that carries some of Unique V D Havenstad's siblings or other dogs close related to his fathers side ( Mother to him is comfirmed freetested) you should test this dog before breeding to it. Click here for his pedigree

If you want more information about the test or have any other questions about Nick and his status, please contact me or Pauline.

Kent Olsen / Pauline Bjørklund