Ron Ludwigseck is deceased? - Page 1

I thought I heard somewhere that Ron Ludwigseck is deceased?  Can anyone confirm or deny this?  How about Rex?  Or the rest of the R vom Ludwigseck litter?  

Hello all together,

yes it is true, Ron died last year in ending of summer.
We are really sad about this..he was a great dog in all.

I hope I could help.
many greetings
Sonja

Thank you for your reply.  Do you happen to know how he died?  The reason I ask is that Rex is my pup's paternal grandsire, and his sire (Rex son) died recently of gastric torsion at only 5 years old.  I am researching relatives to try to make an educated decision about gastropexy.  

gastric torsion(Bloat) several others died of the same

Bloat is a bugger, hard to avoid, except by not breeding a dog with it in it's history.  That should be another thing that is disclosed besides DM, HD and so on.  Why are breeders not more open about this?  It seems to be kept hush hush for the most part.

5 years old seems to be the common age it hits too, at least in the dogs I've seen.

Why are breeders not more open about this? Stud fees -puppies

  Another thing that sets good breeders apart from poor ones.

Bloat is very expensive, and often fatal, and should definitley be checked into before buying a pup.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Bloat 
 

Bloat in dogs is likely caused by a multitude of factors, but in all cases the immediate prerequisite is a dysfunction of the sphincter between the esophagus and stomach and an obstruction of outflow through the pylorus.^[4] Some of the more widely acknowledged factors for developing bloat include increased age, breed, having a deep and narrow chest, stress, eating foods such as kibble that expand in the stomach, overfeeding, and other causes of gastrointestinal disease and distress. Studies have indicated that the risk of bloat in dogs perceived as happy by their owners is decreased, and increased in dogs perceived as fearful. This may be due to the physiological effects of the dog's personality on the function and motility of the gastrointestinal system.^[5] Dogs with inflammatory bowel disease may be at an increased risk for bloat.^[6] This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Look up Sphincter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The esophagus (also spelled oesophagus/Å“sophagus, Greek ), or gullet is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. ... From Greek pylorus; pyl- = gate, -orus = guard. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. ...  

---Mary

It has an inherited component, just like arthritis, and some cancers.

I've never had a dog with bloat, however, I know someone who had  3(or 4), all of which were related. His other dogs were fine, all were fed the same, and treated the same.  He tried the raised dish, and everything else.  None of them were fearful.

 I know of others  that have had more than one dog bloat, they were also related.

 

Redsable said: "Bloat is very expensive, and often fatal, and should definitley be checked into before buying a pup."

I know.  Unfortuately the sire and Ron both died after I bought my dog.