interbreeding worry

Question
hi karen
  i'm the owner of 2 british inuits. 1 bitch and 1 dog. i had intentions of allowing them to have a litter. it has come to my attention that one's grand father is the other's greatgrand father. would it be too risky to breed them.

please help if you can
thanks
kev  

Answer
First of all, make sure you have homes available for some of those puppies or you could be stuck with quite a pack of dogs to feed and clean up after!

As to breeding risks, that is impossible to answer without knowing the health issues behind your two dogs for several generations. But if you have eye checks done on them by a veterinary opthalmologist, have hips X-rayed, blood panels drawn, and have their thyroids checked out, and if all those things check out as normal, you will have done the best you can to insure happy, healthy puppies.