You will notice that the GenPed has the call names of dogs.  Look at the spreadsheet to see not only the registered names of the affected dogs, but the call names and registered names of almost every dog on this pedigree.  (A dog that doesn’t seem implicated in the disease may not be on the spreadsheet since there is no risk associated with that dog.)  Since the spreadsheet is in Excel, you can sort it any way that suits your research.  Right now, it is sorted in descending order by the percent of risk each dog carries for Megaesophagus.  All the affected dogs are listed with their sires and dams on the same line, but each dog is also listed individually with degree of risk and shows which affected dog(s) determined their degree of risk. 

Important fact to keep in mind, the pecentages are based on reported affected dogs.  We know we cannot assume we have all the dogs that were/are affected on this pedigree, but this gives us a pretty good idea where the carriers are.

You must factor in that this pedigree only shows four sibling relationships to affected dogs that I was personally aware of, but every sibling of every affected dog has a 66.6% risk of being a carrier, so you need to know about siblings.  Keep in mind that we are showing 26 affected dogs and if each of them had only four littermates, that would be another 104 carriers at the 66.6% risk factor.  And, for every carrier you see on this pedigree, their siblings are also carrying a risk for being a carrier.  The approximately 50 parents all have siblings and if you assume each have only four, you would have another 200 possible carriers.  You need to do your homework to find these dogs. (Obviously, only a small percentage of the potential carriers I just mentioned would be in the breeding pool, but they are important to know about.)  You can also ask any of us who have the Breeder’s Assistant Pedigree Program to help identify siblings, half-sibs, etc.