@tanza:
Unless your breeder has DNA tested is it a false statement to say there is no link in the pedigree. There are many, many breeders that thought the same thing until they did the DNA test… Please go to www.basenjihealth.org and read about the linkage test. To easy your mind, I would have the test done…
True, true.
There had been no Fanconi in Jazzy's pedigree either…... but with no testing available, how could we have known that there WAS indeed Fanconi in the pedigree -- and her mother diagnosed shortly after the birth of the litter!
Jazzy is probably affected and Keoki is a carrier {they share part of the pedigree}
An unpleasant surprise, to be sure, for everyone involved.
So yes, please do have testing done!