Tibial bone deformities in GSDs. - Page 2

Good luck with the checkup! According to Fred, the disorder responds well to treatment. (That is, if it's the same disorder I gave info on above!)

Does it sound the same as what he has?

LionQueen,

Whatever the outcome I hope things go well with your pup.  Enjoy him and we will keep our fingers crossed for a good outcome.

Deb

great detective work guys

My dog had his 3 month check-up yesterday for his osteotomy/TPLO and the prognosis was good.  He still has a couple of months of work ahead of him to build up his muscle in his left hind leg but is getting better each day. 

Unfortunately, he's still twisting his left paw outward like a charlie chaplin/duck walk but the vet hopes in time
he'll build up the muscle and stop turning it outward.  If not we have to go back in and cut the bone and turn
it inward so he will place his paw foreward when walking. 

I am also concerned with the breeder who has now sold two dogs with this same deformity (within a very short period
of time) and is claiming she has never encountered anything like this before.  Especially since she was aware of my dog's condition when the other person stepped forward and told her about his dog's deformity.  There is no telling how many dogs prior to mine which had the same condition or how many dogs in future litters which might.

I just don't want to see others spending a lot of money for a dog from a supposedly "reputable breeder" of which the dog is supposedly bred with "superior temperament, beautiful conformation, excellent health, and high levels of trainability" having to go through what I went through with my dog, the cost of surgery, the recovery, etc. 

Yes, I could have "put him down" and gotten a replacement dog after two years (per the contract, and these deformities aren't even covered in the contract...only hip and elbow.)   How in the heck do you do that to a dog you've bonded with that you've had since 8 weeks of age?

 Why lie about it if you have bred a few puppies with deformities?  Who's to gain from that?  I just don't understand any of this, and I can't, in good faith, ever recommend this breeder to anyone.

Are there breeding practices or standards a breeder should adhere to, or is it just a "buyer beware" type of situation?

LionQueen,

Of course there are standards and practices that breeders should adhere to, but there's nobody to make them do it if they don't. Some people have ethics, some don't. It's a breeder eat buyer world, unfortunately. A good breeder is relatively rare, if you include in your search every single person who produces litters. Therefore, you pretty much have to print out and memorize the thread that Mystere was referring to. 

UC Davis has been researching that deformity, by the way; you might get info from them about it. My friend in Great Dane rescue took in a whole litter of them but only one survived, sadly; the other three were euthanized because the pain never went away. Your pup is doing lots better than these puppies were.  

And the bastard is out there producing more litters, anything to turn a fast buck. Makes you sick.

 By the way, UC Davis thinks the problem IS lack of vitamin C. DebiSue, you apparently had it right!