Flipp Von Arlett Dead?!!! - Page 1

I read somewhere that Flipp Von Arlett died? Is this true? I have a son of his that is only 14 months old, so I am a bit concerned that he died at such a young age. Does anyone have any information as to how he died? Thanks.

According to what was posted on this board along with a couple others when this sad event took place, he died of bloat :(

look at www.arlett.de!!!

Yeah I guess he is. If you go to the link Seifenblase posted and go to "Im Memoriam" he is listed there.

Yes Flipp died from bloat, according to what I'm reading. Unfortunately when you breed and start producing these deep chested dogs.. the dog is at a grater risk of having bloat.

Flipp was not deep-chested.

Silbersee, if hes not deep chested then why did he died from bloat? Can you care to explain? http://www.canismajor.com/dog/bloat.html

Forgive my ignorance here, but aren't all GSDs deep chested, just some more than others... Darlene Vom Herrenhaus German Shepherds

Any breed of dog can die from bloat but the gut twisting is more prevelant in deep chested dogs. Birdy...

Brittany, I don't know if I can care, but I will, lol!!!!! The breed standard (FCI, SV) calls for an ideal ratio of 45 to 48 % of chest depth to heigth of withers. Now, it is a matter of opinion and I have not researched other breeds and their ratio, but I do not call that deep chested. However, I want to bet that a lot of AKC dogs will not fit into that description, as they are a lot more deep-chested than their German bred counterparts. Often, when you hear an SV-judge's critique and he uses that term "tiefgestellt" he means that this particular dog exceeds the ratio and is more in a 50% to 50% bracket. While it is normal for an older dog and/or a female after one or more litters to deepen out, it would be wise to breed such a dog to a breeding partner with longer legs ("lange Laufknochen"). Getting back to your statement, that bloat occurs because our dogs are so deep-chested: I do not believe in that, neither is it proven to be the case. Yes, there is a higher incidence of bloat in deep-chested breeds, but that is certainly only one factor of many. If you go purely by the ratio of chest-depth vs. heigth of withers, all smaller breeds would be in a lot of trouble. Chris