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R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:16 pm

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:29 pm My neighbor's 15 year old Shepherd, Chip. I looked after him at their place most weekends for the past 10 years while they visited their 2 daughters. He had to be put down for multiple health issues a couple of weeks ago. He was a good buddy. Head the size of a horse. He would eat rib bones like they were potato chips.

Sorry about your buddy passing, it definitely hurts when the time comes. When my wife's first dog Misty got sick with an autoimmune disease (she already had her when we first met), I had to take her to vet to get put down. And man did watching her go down hit me really hard, I balled like a sissy little school girl. I still get teared up thinking about it.

XLR8 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 10:27 am Dogs aren't simply pets, they are family - like our kids.

I honestly don't mean to be unaffectionate at all. I have/had a few dogs which I strongly care for and love on a certain level, but I'll never feel nor have love for a pet as I do for my own child, not even remotely close. I honestly feel it's absurd if someone does.

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:31 am We recently had some devastating news of our last litter of puppies, three of them have developed a rare degenerative genetic neural condition , they are losing control of their back legs and this will spread , probably they won't get more than another year , I feel sick , we don't breed for money but love of dogs and to have three of five pups affected is truly sickening , the other two should be ok if nothing shows in the next few months , evidently each pup has a one in ten chance of developing it , you feel from that that it's should only affect one of them but that's not how it works , neither my wife or I ever feel like we could breed again and Em must carry the gene so she can never have pups again . It's been a very low time for us and I can only see it getting worse as their conditions deteriorate , sorry to drop a downer on this beautiful thread .
Gav

silvertriple wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:05 am

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:31 am We recently had some devastating news of our last litter of puppies, three of them have developed a rare degenerative genetic neural condition , they are losing control of their back legs and this will spread , probably they won't get more than another year , I feel sick , we don't breed for money but love of dogs and to have three of five pups affected is truly sickening , the other two should be ok if nothing shows in the next few months , evidently each pup has a one in ten chance of developing it , you feel from that that it's should only affect one of them but that's not how it works , neither my wife or I ever feel like we could breed again and Em must carry the gene so she can never have pups again . It's been a very low time for us and I can only see it getting worse as their conditions deteriorate , sorry to drop a downer on this beautiful thread .
Gav

I did not click like because I can feel how sad it is... But I can definitely relate what this means as my wife was having talk with many breaders during pets exposition (one of our white swiss shepperd even claimed a french senior championship during one of those contests (and if you search for it, it was never validated as the white swiss shepperd french association just made sure they only give this title officially to professional breaders)), and she is generally very attentive with the breader selection when it comes to get a puppy: there is some breader out there known to have no afterthoughts about risky business in the matter. And for a professional breader who takes all precautions for this type of things not happening, when it is happening, this is devastating: beside the business, they are really attentive to the life quality of thier puppies, and some of them get the affected puppies back (and reimbourse their owners) to find them a new family which will help even though there is a disease... Hope those are having nice and loving family, as this is key in such a situation... And for the downer, don't worry, we all know this can happen when we are taking dogs: they are family members, and it goes with this events as well...

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:18 am we actually used a professional stud male who was supposed to have had genetic testing , it takes both dogs to have the gene for the puppies to be affected , we have spoken with the stud owner and explained this and recommended they stop using him as a stud but they are either ignoring it or not understanding it because he is still on the market , maybe they just don't care !

silvertriple wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:15 am

Dadio wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:18 am we actually used a professional stud male who was supposed to have had genetic testing , it takes both dogs to have the gene for the puppies to be affected , we have spoken with the stud owner and explained this and recommended they stop using him as a stud but they are either ignoring it or not understanding it because he is still on the market , maybe they just don't care !

Soem actually don't care, and that's even more sad... And if it is still on the market, you may have a doubt on their honesty... They may be aware of this long before you actually contacted them