DM DNA test - Page 1

Consider this your monthly reminder to test your dogs for DM prior to breeding them. You could save a buyer a lot of heartache. Buyers should ask for a copy of the DNA results before buying a new dog or puppy.

It's such a simple way  to avoid a such a terrible disease.

  Great reminder Blitzen!! 

Janet and Anja, who is now in the end stages of DM..............

Awww. I'm so sorry.

oh so sorry....

yep i am testing my breeding stock for DM, i have a question , i have used DDC labs, is OFA any better or  do they come back with the same results? has any one done both?

I think the results are the same; it's the same test. The big difference is the OFA results are reported on their website while the other labs doing the test do not use an interent database as far as I know.

Either way, it's great that you are doing that! Thank you.

Please help spread the word - if you're going to breed GSD's, know their DM status. It's the right thing to do.

yes , that would be nice if they had a data base, but i do have all the paper work so all is good.

ok thanks i thought they were the same.

DM test is the first thing i do on  my  new pups i plan to keep and if they come back  no good i will place them in a pet home, i am very picky about only breeding to DM clear dogs., so if a stud is not tested i wont use him. to many breeders still need to test.  i am with you on the DM testing and i have spread the word. i sure think its a good start.

Great reminder Blitzen :) Yesterday I went with my best friend to put down her nine year old female who had DM, very very sad, as this dog was still so vibrant in her mind, yet so very frustrated with her body :( She tested a/a through the vetdnacenter.com labratory. RIP Lexzie

Barbie

RoZoAn:  I am so sorry; I too have been through it;  hell to watch and wait. 

All the more reason to pass on the word.  I feel for anyone that has been thru it;  and for the dogs sake, pass the word on.  Thx  Nan

OH Barbie:  that is so sad and it seems 9 is sooooo young, but DM does not know age.  Some will wait until 12, seems the more recent DM dogs are going much younger; their bodies just won't let them hang on any longer.  It's devastating.   My boy would have been 10 this year and I was hoping to be able to keep him with his job until now or 10 then retire him and let him HELP me teach a new dog.  Miss him every day.  Nan

DM doesn't discriminate in bloodlines either. No line or "type" is immune from it.
It's a deadly equalizer.
It will take out a seemingly healthy working, show or BYB bred dog.

I feel sorry for anyone going through it with their dog. No worse feeling in the world than that of being helpless.