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 and generally maintenance.
My reason to post here about breeders is that since discovering our dog has DCM we are aware that there could be many other dogs and owners who are totally unaware that they have DCM, it may be that it’s still occult stage for them or that they were just lucky siblings etc.
At the moment we can’t help but wanting to advice any other dog owner that got their doberman from the same litter as we got ours to either warn them to be vigilant and have a check up for their dog, and at the same time to impart knowledge to them and perhaps to find out ourselves whether Jake was just a one off in his little or whether DCM runs through the entire litter or not, and hope people are coping right now?
We bought our Jake in September 2013 at a farm called Exclusive pups in Pickering North Yorkshire, the owner there is called Carol. The stud that came from Whitby but was not a family dog of the breeders I bought from.
Carol the breeder informed us that Jakes litter had been sold all around the country and also to Scotland etc. I cannot yet find or locate anyone who bought from this particular litter back in 2013 meaning your dog or bitch would be coming up to 8 years old at the end of this month.
Hope I’ll be able to make some progress here, I’ve contacted the breeder already and she isn’t been too forthcoming so can’t make much headway there, but from an ethical and moral standpoint I’f you become aware that a dog you sold has DCM or could possibly have you ought to make them aware of that in order to give that dog a chance in life, that goes first before any commercial considerations.
My reason to post here about breeders is that since discovering our dog has DCM we are aware that there could be many other dogs and owners who are totally unaware that they have DCM, it may be that it’s still occult stage for them or that they were just lucky siblings etc.
At the moment we can’t help but wanting to advice any other dog owner that got their doberman from the same litter as we got ours to either warn them to be vigilant and have a check up for their dog, and at the same time to impart knowledge to them and perhaps to find out ourselves whether Jake was just a one off in his little or whether DCM runs through the entire litter or not, and hope people are coping right now?
We bought our Jake in September 2013 at a farm called Exclusive pups in Pickering North Yorkshire, the owner there is called Carol. The stud that came from Whitby but was not a family dog of the breeders I bought from.
Carol the breeder informed us that Jakes litter had been sold all around the country and also to Scotland etc. I cannot yet find or locate anyone who bought from this particular litter back in 2013 meaning your dog or bitch would be coming up to 8 years old at the end of this month.
Hope I’ll be able to make some progress here, I’ve contacted the breeder already and she isn’t been too forthcoming so can’t make much headway there, but from an ethical and moral standpoint I’f you become aware that a dog you sold has DCM or could possibly have you ought to make them aware of that in order to give that dog a chance in life, that goes first before any commercial considerations.