Spider wobble

[rabernet]

If this fault spreads into other morphs that are bred to spiders, why would they continue to breed?

I have investment quality pitbulls and have done more research on proper kennel practices than I care to mention, as I want to start my own one day, and if a fault like this appeared, that would be the last litter thrown out of the dogs that produced it. Plus the puppies would be spayed and neutered and sold strictly as pets in order to keep the bloodlines pure.

Why would you guys knowingly put this wobble gene out there? Im just wondering

It doesn't spread into other morphs (like a pastel doesn't get it because it's father was a spider and mother was a pastel). If it's a combo that includes the spider gene (like a bumblebee) then it can also have the wobble.

It also depends on your definition of "fault". It's well known that spiders wobble. It's not going to be bred out of them. I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I love spiders, even with their quirkiness. I don't personally see it as a fault. The animal is not unhealthy, it eats, drinks, sheds, defecates and breeds.

Someone could say that the broad head of a pit is a fault, or the fight instinct is a fault of the breed and ask why you would keep putting that out there?

A spider isn't for everyone. If it's not something that you can personally deal with, there are so many other choices out there in mutations! That's what's so wonderful with 60 identified base mutations.