Quote Originally Posted by MasonC2K View Post
My short thought on this: As he says, it should be up to the breeder and the industry to police itself.

Long thoughts: I have a Spider. When I bred I had no problem breeding it. As long as it's taken care of properly they is no harm. How many dog and cat breeds have inherent genetic issues? Take the American Bulldog, A female physically cannot give birth. All births are by C-section. It's not stopping people from breeding or buying them.

Great Danes have super short lifespans for a dog and usually have joint problems.

I could go on and on.

Point is, this could become a government thing. And it shouldn't.
But that's just the thing. Its a genetic defect. Great care, great husbandry, and great feeding doesn't fix genetic neurologic problems. I don't think it should become a government thing, as you said, I agree that the hobby and its breeders should do the responsible thing, whatever that person thinks that is, after studying the possible defects of a spider.