apr 2 2023 

Serviceably sound.. that's an expression used with horses I don't know why it's not used with dogs but I do think it should be..

if you're buying a horse and you're unsure about whether or not it has four legs what you do is you call a vet and have it vetted.. I think that expression falls over into politics about vetting people----- however you call a vet to vet your horse and even if he could find nothing wrong they very often will say “well, he is pre navicular”---Which is very similar to saying a dog or a person is pre arthritic.. because let's face it everybody is -----so it gives the vet away out.. but the other slightly WAVY opinion is to say that a horse is serviceably sound... which if you've told the vet that your 12 year old child intends to ride around a sand ring for hours on end--there would be not too much stress on anything..  walking around the woods on trails there's another non stressful riding.. and you may not get that  opinion from the vet IF  you tell him that you're going to jump over fences or see how fast they could run either around a track or around a cloverleaf of barrels as in barrel racing....  My point being if you have a bunch of puppies for sale..  and some of them have some kind of fault or blemish or whatever you want to call it... some considerations should be taken So what you're going to do with the puppy.

 

Because.......

 

 there can be an awful lot wrong with the dog and still have the dog be an absolutely delightful personal pet and companion.

there are people I know of who have a deaf dog..  the couple I know have a blind dog.. and that doesn't stop them from owning the dog they just make allowances..... however if you have a puppy and you and you even mention some sort of blemish--- that puppy will would probably get left behind.

  or if you don't mention it THERES TROUBLE.... ... all vets recommend that you take your new puppy to the veterinarian for things like base values or something like that.. what you're really doing is saying here see if you can find something wrong with this and if they run enough tests they will find something to treat... or even better to have to retest every six months... it is a rare time that I hear of a dog coming back with nothing wrong.  S DP had this last week with a pet they gave to someone and by the time the veterinarian got through with it the new owner was terrified and brought the dog back to SDP... It could be that the vet only said it was pre arthritic... that's enough to scare some people when all they can then think of is ongoing tests and medication and the cost of owning a pet..  IF the vet would only say it's serviceably sound and should be a nice pet... how much better the new owner would feel and be able to enjoy their new pet. ... Might even go so far as to say.  “down the road if you notice your pet limping come back and see us. but until he does then just enjoy him”. 

 

i am getting a kick out of  the fact that in my opinion pasta has a structural malwhatever... and no one has picked it up yet....

that happened with a dog from Germany too... out of the crate I noticed a back leg was not “right”. And 2 dog vets had missed it.. it took a horse vet to notice—deformed by xray----we gave it away== apparently they are enjoying it... the  german breeder replaced it.

 

Can’t you see the news....  xxx is running for office and has been vetted serviceably sound