other tns results

unfortunately both Java ( from megs 1st litter) and Wren ( from 2nd litter) have tested carriers for tns... very gutted :-(

i have emailed all owners with the news re meg's status, aswell as prospective owners.

I have advised all owners of Meg realatives that are to be bred from or that have been bred form to have the dna test done to confirm their status. The stats on anadune point more towards the waggerland side of megs pedigree, but without testing it cant be confirmed. look on www.bordercolliehealth.com to find out more about tns and testing available.

our tns result emails

here are the results:

Dear James Seabrook

We have completed testing of some of the samples you submitted for TNS
testing.

Terra
UNSW_ID BC4432
Dogs Name ROSMARINUS RAINCASCADE

DOB 25 Feb 2005
Sex F
Result not TNS
Date Tested 15/10/2008

This test is for inheritance of the TNS mutation. ROSMARINUS RAINCASCADE
did NOT inherit the TNS mutation from one of its parents, ROSMARINUS THE
RAINMAKER or ROSMARINUS DEMERARA.

This animal does NOT carry the known TNS mutation.

Alan Wilton
Head of Canine Research
UNIVERSITY OF NSW




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Dear Michelle Townsend

We have completed testing of some of the samples you submitted for TNS
testing.

Megan
UNSW_ID BC4433
Dogs Name HARRJAK FULL SPEED

DOB 17 Nov 2002
Sex F
Result TNS carrier
Date Tested 15/10/2008

This test is for inheritance of the TNS mutation. HARRJAK FULL SPEED
did inherit the TNS mutation from one of its parents, LYDEARDLEA THE JAZZ
SINGER or WAGGERLAND JOSIE.

Our advice is that you can still breed from TNS carriers. If you do, it
should be with a dog known to be clear of TNS and the pups should be
tested. In this way you can continue the line without having cases of TNS.

Alan Wilton
Head of Canine Research

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Dear Michelle Townsend

We have completed testing of some of the samples you submitted for TNS
testing.

Daizy
UNSW_ID BC4434
Dogs Name HARRJAK DRIVE ME DAIZY

DOB 20 Feb 2008
Sex F
Result not TNS
Date Tested 15/10/2008

This test is for inheritance of the TNS mutation. HARRJAK DRIVE ME DAIZY
did NOT inherit the TNS mutation from one of its parents, FOREST TRAIL or
HARRJAK FULL SPEED.

This animal does NOT carry the known TNS mutation.

Alan Wilton
Head of Canine Research
UNIVERSITY OF NSW

another weekend passed....

well another weekend has been and gone, with not a lot to tell!
watched harry play football.....and lose 8-1 :-( they'll get there one day - just wish they had a constant coach who would TRAIN them AND turn up to coach at matches!!
poor olly does a fab job bless him, but he's only a young'un himself!! oh well, anotehr match down, only a few more hammerings to go...still at least this match they actually had a goal back!! 1st one this season for the juniors i beleive!

oh we have had a death too.... our siamese fighting fish died on friday - he's been poorly arfter being nibbled by the danios in his tank - danios have been taken back to escot, and exchanged for platys and 3 guppies too, i love platys, and james picked the guppies, they are stunning! hopefully the remaining female fighters will be happier without the danios

onto the dogs, daizy had her visit from alison the behaviourist....ooo we have so much to work on! i was very pleased with her, she did really well on the exercises we did, and is picking up clicker work very quickly, will update as we progress!

oldies at the beach

took the oldies to the beach yesterday as i had the day off for a hospital appt, tehy loved it, jak barked loads, and had no meggie tell him off! i sat at one end, holly just swam and swam, and barked!!!



took the 3 girlies daizy, terra and meg for blood taking for their tns testing too, much more expensive than i was quoted but hey ho, has to be done!

tigs pups are here!!!

big congrats to tigger and becky on the arrival of 7 healthy pups, 3 red boys, 3 black grils and a black boy!!! had my 1st text just before midnight, i think the last pup was born in the early hours of the morning

The weekend

well it looks as thought the weekend show is cancelled, properly this time, i cant see it being rescheduled as the weather is getting wetter and colder!

still this weekend was good, took the dogs to woodbury for walks as well as to budleigh beach, was windy there but fun! daizy's being blown away here!!!


I have spoken to a behaviourist about daizy and her naughtyness, i have a 1-1 session booked with her, where she is coming to me so hopefully we will sort a few of her problems out, and see whats happening and why.

we went to the wedding fayre, and had a laugh at some of the 'chavs' as loll so politley put it!! but we came away with a few ideas, lots of freebees. the chocolate fountain was lurvley, and cake sampling was fun too!!! ooo the apple cider one with toffee sauce was lush!