I just fount this topic on my dog, yes he did die 2 days before X-Xmas,  I had him holtered, digital, and cardio pet just two weeks  before he died.  I went on vacation, and boarded him at the vonjedo kennel, and picked up him up on Monday and Tuesday he at about 4:30PM
he died in my living room, I don't know what happened at the kennel, but they do have
an ax to grind, isn't it strange that they have gotten 3/4 dogs from me for nothing? and now they are bad mouthing my dog.  Go figure you can't please everyone, but I did want to set the record straight here, my boy was my heart dog, my friend, and he is gone, he had is Chic# and all his health testing done yearly, he had his temperment tests done also, and was pointed.  So before VonJedo, starts anything else, ask the question, what have they done with their dogs, other than ????    I will send all Alva's (Ben's ) health
records to anyone to match with and you will see it won't match to what has been said, except whoever forgot to mention, he was at their kennel, so what happened there?  I will
never know.   date of death was December 23, 2009 at 4:30PM  RIP my dear friend.

Alva died in late 2009.  He dropped dead.  While he had received cardio testing and had been clear to date, one of the primary symtoms of DCM is sudden death.  Hopefully he is not used any longer as a stud.