KACY VANDUINEN, DOG BREEDER
At Risk for DM by Parentage: inherited diseases
MY ACCOUNT OF BUYING A PUPPY FROM KACY VANDUINEN
DOCUMENTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT KACY VANDUINEN BREEDING AND SELLING PUPPIES WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY, (DM). "AT RISK" DOESN'T MEAN A DOG WILL NECESSARILY DEVELOP DM, BUT IT IS A POSSIBLITY.
I'm Valerie. Kacy VanDuinen told me that my newborn puppy was tested and is a carrier for Degenerative Myelopathy, which means he will never develop it. Through testing on my own, I found out he actually did inherit the genes which put him at risk for developing the disease.
THESE ARE SOME OF KACY'S DOGS ON THE TRIPLE M CORGIS WEBSITE, THAT PRIOR TO 5/23/2019, WERE LABELED AS CARRIERS FOR DM (ALL THE DOGS THAT I KNOW OF).
EVERY PUPPY OUT OF ANY COMBINATION OF THESE DOGS HAS A 25% CHANCE OF BEING AT-RISK FOR THE DISEASE, LIKE MY PUPPY IS.
Stetson
Fancy
Duke
Sable
Tilly
Kate
Bobbie Jo
River
Memphis
Roxy (owned by Hydrangea Hills, but was bred with Stetson of Triple M Corgis several times)
The dogs listed above used by Kacy for breeding do not necessarily represent all her dogs who may be carriers of or are at-risk for DM, either currently or in the past. There are many corgis there I'm not familiar with, and there may likely be others who are carriers or at-risk.
IT'S ESTIMATED BY MANY THAT ROUGHLY 30% OF DOGS DNA TESTED AND FOUND TO BE AT RISK WILL GO ON TO DEVELOP DM. THERE IS SOME DEBATE ON PERCENTAGE. SEE MY SECTIONS CALLED EXPERIENCE ANSWERS, AND THE DISCUSSIONS I HAVE WITH THE SENIOR GENETICIST FROM EMBARK FOUND IN THE RUNDOWN SECTION.
My little guy turned out to be in that 25% to be at-risk for DM.
He was born to Duke and River, both carriers for DM .
He was bred by Kacy at Triple M Corgis.
A quote from Kacy VanDuinen
made as recently as 5/31/2019:
