Need Help Oli....Comments Getting Deleted - Page 3

now I see what was meant by the "act like a child" reference

So, here is the background info.....

I received a pup from a litter Enno sired. He was fantastic. Confident, outgoing, playful, smart pup. Everything I was looking for. When he was 12 1/2 weeks old, he started not holding down any food or water. The vets initially tested for parvo and it was negative. They gave him fluids and anti nausea meds. The next day, he did fantastic.

2 days after showing signs, he started vomiting worse. Well, regurgitating is the proper word. He was back at the vet and we had barium studies. It showed he had severe primary idiopathic megaesophagus. He showed no signs until this time though.

I immediately called the breeder and let him know what happened. Needless to say, my breeder felt horrible. He has never produced this before, and with no signs showing until 12 weeks, it was one of those situations. The breeder has stood by me 100% and we have been on the phone every day since diagnosis

The same day my pup was diagnosed, I sent a message to Don to let him know. This was as a courtesy because he owns the stud and this condition is genetic. I was completely ignored.

My breeder has retired the female. He does not want this to happen again. The stud owner is continuing to breed the male. He has been irresponsible and unethical, not wanting to acknowledge this was produced.

My pup ended up having a very bad day yesterday and was unable to be saved. He was put to sleep yesterday, late morning.

My sole purpose is to make sure there is an awareness of the mega e in the lines. Genetic issues have been hidden way too much in our dogs, which is why they run so rampant now.

jaggirl47, I'm sorry to hear your little fella wasn't able to best the condition...sadly, it was probably going to take him from you sooner or later.   Although some dogs, with extremely intensive management (being fed liquified foods while held in an upright position; being kept in that upright position for up to half an hour post-feeding, etc.) manage to live out a fair number of years in adulthood, the danger of aspiration pneumonia because of the mega-e condition is extremely significant, and is typically what these dogs succumb to despite everyone's best efforts.  

Hold tight to your memories of your Zeus at his happiest, most playful and affectionate times, and the darker times fade away.

I knew what I was getting into the moment he was diagnosed. It saddened me, but it didn't stop me. I was going to do what I could for him regardless of how long he lived, and when his time was up I was not going to prolong it. Unfortunately, his time came sooner than I wanted. He was doing well too, until the last day.

Zeus' breeder has been fantastic every step of the way. I could not have asked or expected better support than I received. We will be getting our new pup within a week.

This is an issue that needs to be stopped getting "swept under the rug", so to speak. The more breeders that recognize this issue and face it head on, the better chance we have to get rid of these issues.

jaggirl, thats terrible, I'm sorry to hear you lost your pup to ME. 

Ara Haus, you kinda shot yourself in the foot here, if you hadn't come on and made a mess of defending yourself I would have been none the wiser (and I'm sure that goes for a lot of other folks reading this thread too.)  Since jaggirl never mentioned your name or who the sire was before you came on. 

 So very sorry, Jaggirl.  It is always hard to lose a puppy.  Glad the breeder stood behind the puppy.

Ara--from your self'outting posts, you should consider a different spelling of the kennel name.  If not for your fear-biter reaction, we would never have had a clue as to your identity.  Clearly, jaggirl did not write her comment to "out" you.   Next time, READ the post, before reacting.

Thank you everyone for the kind words on the loss of my pup. It was very hard on our family because he was such a full of life puppy.

I did not make a post to call the sire's owner out. I could have, but I wanted to be more professional. At least he called himself out and more people are aware of the situation.

jaggirl47, you're right--you DID take the high road, and refrained from mentioning the name of the stud and the kennel that owned him.  And after crying here about how unfairly they were treated, Ara Haus then went about DELETING the stud's pedigree on here, and then reentering the dog with, if I remember the original pedigree page correctly, a slight variation in how the name appeared.  From there, he made changes to two of the pups sired by that dog which already had their pedigrees entered here, so he could remove the comments *again*.   So it would appear that until a fix is found for the problem, each time a comment for those dogs is entered, it will be deleted if it's not the Ara Haus' liking.

Which still doesn't change the fact that the stud dog in question may well be a carrier for mega-esophagus, having sired an affected puppy recently which has now passed as a result of the condition.

I have rewritten my comment and I will continue to do so. Thank you hexe for the update. You are also correct, the studs info has been changed. If he deletes it permanently, I will reenter the info myself. I do have Zeus' pedigree.

My goal is never to try and hurt someone. I am very passionate about genetic illnesses in our breed. My old man just passed away in January at the age of 11. He was EPI, IBD, and chronic SIBO. Talk about a genetic triple whammy. After everything I went through with him, GSD genetics and breeding practices became a passion for me. Unfortunately, my pup had a genetic condition as well. He, too, was given the top notch care to try to save him.

I find it very sad when people attempt to hide things. It hurts everyone involved, breeders, buyers, and the dogs themselves.

Me thinks he protests way too much.....