dcm

As I wait to take Kanda back for his third Holter (first two failed to record, ugh. Third time is a charm I hope) I have fallen down the rabbit hole of trying to understand how the breed got to a place where there’s so little genetic diversity, such high inbreeding and such a high risk of DCM...

I’m at a loss here. kanda had his EKG two weeks ago and his first Holter monitor went on the same day. Cardiologist hooked it all up and sent him home. I recorded his activity in a diary for 24hrs and brought the cardio kit back the same day it finished. A few days later I get a call that it...

Hey all, haven’t updated in a while. Kanda is now just a little over 2 and a half years old and he is just the best dog you could ever ask for. If you look back at my older posts, you can see it took some work past the puppy stage to get here but it all paid off and he’s amazing. Kanda isn’t...

Anybody here feed their dogs TOTW ancient gains? If so how does your dog like it ? & does your dog have any issue eating the food/health wise? I was advised TOTW GRAIN FREE is not good for dogs in general & it causes DCM. I wanted to know opinion on their food with grains.

I am planning on getting a doberman and it will be my first pup and I’m excited for it :) But when I was researching about this dog I scared myself. dcm seemed to come up a lot and I couldn’t live with myself if my future doberman got it. After trying to see how this could be prevented, it said...

I post this with tears in my eyes, but our 4yo boy doberman is in emergency. He has never had any health issues, has had good quality organic diet all his life. About 2.5 weeks ago, he started coughing. We took him to the vet, who did check his heart (stethoscope, not EKG), and the vet did not...

Hiii, I just stumbled on a tiktok video that warns the negative side of using grain free diet. The video said that grain free are only for dogs who are allergic to grains. I scrolled down to the comment section trying to understand the reason behind that and found out that there’s some concerns...

Hey guys, been awhile since I’ve been here. I’m gonna make my hoo man do the typin’ today because I can’t today. Give ya all an update on me because I know ya’all can’t get enough. Well Saturday night I took my hooman to the playground. It was one of those fenced in ones cause you know how...

Our dog Jake has DCM and CHF diagnosed in late May. He’s now on his meds as diagnosed by a cardiologist, he seems to be doing well and no signs of any heart failure such as panting, lethargic etc at the moment, he’s also on a very good home made diet and supplements to help his heart and organs...

Buddy will be 13 years old come January 2nd. The oldest Doberman I've had out of three. Also the only one that developed all those benign lumps! Unsightly, but benign! :thumbsup2: I thought it was a good trade-off for having a dog a couple of years longer. But lately he has not been...

Hello, I just received my pups embark test results back and she came back hetro positive for DCM2, I have knowledge pertaining to DCM but don't really know much about DCM2. I have had people tell me this is the form that causes sudden death as standard DCM presents with symptoms prior to, Im...

Hi guys, From the research I've done it looks like the doberman breed is severely inbred, as breeders are churning out puppies for aesthetics and neglecting longevity and health. As so, it looks as if the gene pool is rapidly shrinking (at least in Europe) with only a handful of kennels...

Felt like this deserved its own thread outside of the big thread... TL;DR - The assertion dog food with “grain-free” labeling will cause dilated cardiomyopathy or other heart disease has no scientific merit at this time...

I am very glad to hear that the OFA will now have a data base that shows ALL results, not just the good ones owners send in. Unfortunately very few breeder/owners use the database as it should be used - to report ALL findings, so now the OFA will do it by having a triplicate form. Those who...

This pertains to ALL BREEDS. Download the PDF: https://www2.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccah/local_resources/pdfs/ucd-diet-and-dcm-handout.pdf

"Fox Valley Dog Training Club of St. Charles IL is offering a Taurine Testing Clinic on the evening of October 9th, 6-8pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Cost is $91/dog for blood draw, testing and shipping. A veterinarian from Amber Leaf Animal hospital will do the blood draw. There will...

I lost my boy Capone to DCM in April. Still in grief. I am trying to find out info on the breeder so I can do Capone's family tree so I can honor him. I would also like to advise others who may have got a Doberman from there to get tested ASAP. The breeder was Lakota Doberman Reservation in...

Hi friends. Our 1.5 European male Duke was just diagnosed with DCM. He took him into the vet because we noticed he was very shaky and had labored breathing and a cough. We now know that he had fluid in his lungs, which likely indicates he has congestive heart failure now. I can’t beleive this is...

FDA UPDATE: 6/27/19 FDA Investigates Potential Link Between Diet & Heart Disease in Dogs ___________________________________________________ Original Post: June 21 2017 Sharing this post from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study group (a lifetime study on 3,000 golden retrievers to learn more...

I have started on Facebook a fund raiser with the University of Munich for additional research on DCM. There is already a lot of progress and when we want our Doberman's in 50 years we must something do, support the research. Please look at Click here to support Healthy Doberman - NO DCM anymore...