After a successful show career in Europe Falco changed hands too often as too many top ranking male dogs do. He clearly should have gone VA but was in the wrong hands at the time. He was rescued by me from the same breeder as where his son Castar vom Venushof unnecessarily died just weeks before the court approved rescue mission on September 5th 06.

He had a great year and a half of always being with some pretty GSD Senoritas, walking and living the good life in a very natural setting and proving what a great German Shepherd dog he was.

I was shocked when on December 19th 07 he suddenly couldn't lift his back end any longer after having done so well up until December 18th! Degenerative Myelopathy took his dignity and I was facing the same heart wrenching decision and let him cross the Rainbow Bridge.
He did not have to live without dignity or in fear as dogs in such a situation face.

He still looked so incredibly good, so clear in the head and so very interested in the girls ;)
He was fully checked out, with no heart murmur, no enlarged prostate, no blood in his stool, and normal temperature. All was so well for a dog his age!
DM is a night mare, I wish more research was done on it! Many people loved this great dog and he will be in my heart forever.
He was 10 and 1/2 years old and I'm very grateful to have had him in my life.