Re: [PyrNet-L] Re: Bad Breeder in Spokane WA

[faye ragland <faye@cwv.net>]

Cathryn Lundberg wrote:

> >He died Friday of heart failure at the ripe old age of 5!!!!   GRTPYR said he
> >was probable born with the defect.  I bet!
>
> Aside from the other issues here, heart failure is not a condition that can
> be screened. Heart failure is often a guess by the attending vet, if the
> necropsy (if done at all) yields nothing concrete. Unless the dog is
> monitored on a heart monitor, and a printout of it is kept detailing the
> arythmia (which is not usually done) and it is done prior to death in the
> dog (obviously) there is little to be done to confirm this.
>
> Although dogs cannot have heart attacks, according to the GPCA health
> committe reports, heart failure is high on their list of cause of death,
> and although not common, is one of the more common causes of death in
> younger (<9 years old?) Pyrs. It is indeed probably genetic (as are most
> things), but of course, we know nothing about its pattern of inheritance.
> What we do not know about we cannot prevent. Often, dogs who die of heart
> failure are old enough to have produced litters prior to death; in fact
> whelping a litter can be the stress onset of heart failure, esp if a
> c-section or other complication is involved.
>
> I guess what I am trying to say IS, yes he probably was born with the
> condition. BUT, with all the other sins to lay at this person's door, this
> is not one that should be included. Having a dog die of heart failure can
> happen to anyone, good breeder or no. It IS sad to lose a dog so young, but
> THIS IS LIFE. Breeders cannot control everything. At some point we have to
> realize that dogs are not some kind of machine under warranty, but living
> breathing things that can have any myriad of health and behavioral problems
> despite the best of care on both the breeder and owner's part.
>
> Two cents,
> Cathryn Lundberg
>
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 I'm not much of a global chatter - but:

What a refreshing bit of wisdom and comman sense - very well said.

                                            Faye