blackstar
New Member
Hi!
So I am familiar with DCM I do health testing on my dogs before breeding. And my stud just came up with clear for 163 diseases, including the most common in Dobermans being “vWD” “DM” “DINGS” He did get diagnosed as “AT RISK” for DCM because they found 1 copy in his linage which I assume was “Gino Gonez del Citone” who was born 1997 and died 2010 being 13 when he died he is a great great grandpa to my stud. Anyway we will be doing yearly holtor monitoring making sure there aren’t any signs before breeding.
My question is.. how do I tell new puppy owners his health results? Clear? At risk? What? He’s not affected.
People freak out when they hear DCM and I understand why, my heart dog is positive for DCM.
No before you start telling me to not breed him or I’m a bad owner/breeder ect please keep your opinion to yourself only a portion of dogs who are DCM1 negative will develop DCM; a portion of DCM1 positive dogs will not develop DCM. There are DCM1 and DCM2 negative Dobermans who develop DCM. His parents get annual echo/holtor and are clear and healthy also. His grandfather died at 11, and his grandmother is still alive and well today at 10 years old. And so on.
So I am familiar with DCM I do health testing on my dogs before breeding. And my stud just came up with clear for 163 diseases, including the most common in Dobermans being “vWD” “DM” “DINGS” He did get diagnosed as “AT RISK” for DCM because they found 1 copy in his linage which I assume was “Gino Gonez del Citone” who was born 1997 and died 2010 being 13 when he died he is a great great grandpa to my stud. Anyway we will be doing yearly holtor monitoring making sure there aren’t any signs before breeding.
My question is.. how do I tell new puppy owners his health results? Clear? At risk? What? He’s not affected.
People freak out when they hear DCM and I understand why, my heart dog is positive for DCM.
No before you start telling me to not breed him or I’m a bad owner/breeder ect please keep your opinion to yourself only a portion of dogs who are DCM1 negative will develop DCM; a portion of DCM1 positive dogs will not develop DCM. There are DCM1 and DCM2 negative Dobermans who develop DCM. His parents get annual echo/holtor and are clear and healthy also. His grandfather died at 11, and his grandmother is still alive and well today at 10 years old. And so on.