Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese Water Dog

Vada has been GM-1 (Ganglyosidosis or Storage Disease) DNA tested at NYU and deemed Normal; meaning that she does not carry the gene and cannot pass it on. Storage Disease is a condition in which the liver and kidneys do not filter the poisons from the system, but send the poison to the brain, causing increasing lack of coordination and eventually death by about 9 months of age. There is no cure for Storage Disease, but it is a simple recessive gene and you would not breed two Carriers. Mykie was not DNA GM-1 tested because the test wasn’t available when she was of breeding age. At that time we had to rely on Dr. Bell’s Pedigree Analysis. She was originally rated as an “N-95” and after she had hr litter was re-rated a “L”, which means that she was litter-tested clear of the gene. Since she was no longer of breeding age, we felt the NYU test for her was unnecessary.