I've never heard of a Flatcoat that was affected by this illness.  I thought I read that the test was being withdrawn.

I got a Flatcoat because all of my very well bred GSD's were so ill that I couldn't face having another one.  But I put that down to my bad luch as I know many peopple who have ver healthy GSd's. 

My Flatcoat is fabulous, fit & healthy, as are all of the Flatties that I have met.  Can Jemima tell us how many Flatcoats have ctually been diagnosed as suffering from this illness since the test was manufactured?  Or is the test manufacturr just out to make a buck like everyone else?

I agree with Noddi, it's about time the backstreet  breeders & puppy farmers were targeted & if anybody wanted to do something really constructive they would target all these SBT's & Pit Bull types that are being over bred, sold on the internet, allowed to live with irresponsible owners who create amenace for society out of them before being they are dumped in the pounds where most are destroyed.  That is the real tragedy in the dog world, why not do something about that?  Why not start a campaign that would stop the popularity of 'Status' dogs.  I rememeber a time when I could visit my local highstreet to socialise a pup wthout the fear of getting on he wrong end of  some hoodies killing machine, when guide dogs could do their job without being attacked by a dog some moron could'nt be bothered to control.   Who's breediing these dogs?  I saw a programme where a teenage boy walked down he road selling his staffie pups to anyone who was interested, not cring whose hands they fell into.  Surely that is worse than a breeder who has paid out to do every health test under the sun exept one that they've never known a dog to get ill from?