DDR opinions. - Page 5

I think everyone here likes them, which is why we want the info to be out in the open. No one wants to see nasty ailments proliferated to the point where we're all afraid to own a DDR lined GSD. JMO. 

Kitkat, what dog did you get that you like? What's her pedigree and what do you like about her? 

Just to let everyone on this feed/thread know that most of what Hutchins/nonacona (same person) posts is a bunch of lies and bullshit!! Consider yourself warned!! 

     I wonder why 'Hutchins' insists on dragging this persons name through the mud everywhere, on every forum she can find. Grow up.

What person? I'm confused...

Weird posts about hutchins.

Jen, I dont know about Sandro, but I am wary as Ron died of bloat and Apache has a rather narrow deep chest and is very tucked up.

I had to put my pick female down from my ooops litter at 8 mo old, Tunguska x Apache. She had a diaphragmatic hernia and looped bowl through it. Only signs in the beginning was staying hunched over; x-rays didnt show anything. Was eating on and off, small poops. Vet thought might be a bug and put her on antibiotics. 3 days later it was too late...had taken her back to the vet and they did another x-ray. At this point the gas produced by the dying bowl went into her chest and collapsed one lung. Nothing we could have done for her. I still have her sister, no other health issues in the parents and all the other litter mates. Maybe a fluke of nature.

 Trying to get the truth out there and better the breed is just not what some people want.  Obviously it must be someone that breeds DDR dogs that is more than likely not happy with the truth coming out.  Usually when someone has something to hide they expose themselves by becoming defensive.  Isn't it obvious that both persons mentioning my name both only have 1 comment and it is within this thread addressing me. However I am the one trying to "drag" someone's name through the mud." 

This is all about FB drama that Buckeye Hill and K9Dan are bringing here.  I will just let them expose themselves.  If anyone does want to know more, please PM, as I will not encourage unethical drama to take place on here, but I will not lie or hide anything that concerns the betterment of the breed, which seems as though the betterment of the breed does not matter to some, only breeding substandard puppies for money is what it is all about. 

I do have a pretty good idea who are the two users that piped up. One of them has been banned under their old username and the other one has the means to skirt around getting caught by creating multiple usernames.  It is possible, they showed me how they did it.  Special software and the right connections is all it takes. Unfortunately the common person doesn't have that ability.

Im off to work.  Have a great day everyone!!  


 

I worry about Aria's "edginess" from the standpoint that supposedly, dogs with happier temperaments and less aggression are less prone to bloat, but of course that has never been proven. It does seem like a lot of these kennel dogs die of bloat. Is it feeding? Is it stress? Is it genetics? Is it being underweight, as many many working GSDs are? They say being underweight is a contributor.  Is it all of the above? I'm not sure we'll ever know. Steve used to swear it had to do with conformation and musculature as well. He never had a dog bloat in almost 50 years and countless dogs. 

Capri is a wide, wide girl. Barrel shaped almost, very wide rib cage, wide hips, etc. Not a very deep chest, comparatively speaking. I like that build. I worry a little less. Anza and Aria and I'd say Strider, too, are built very stocky. Is Apache narrower? He certainly doesn't have a happy-go-lucky attitude, does he? I did warn Anza's owner that her sire died of bloat, so be particularly on guard if anything seems off. Regarding Annabelle (it was Annabelle, wasn't it?), that's a tough one. That kind of malformation seems more congenital than genetic, like something just went wrong in utero, for a myriad of reasons. I'd never heard of that before your experience, and haven't since. I'd certainly keep it in mind, but it does seem like it's just as likely it was a fluke, just "shit happens." Poor baby. I try to monitor the other grandpups from my A litter and, knock on wood, great health so far. Steve certainly paid enough attention to Eicke's litters and there were never any issues like that. She was his pride and joy. 

Hi,
Thought I would comment.  I owned Oskar.......his entire life here in the states.  He died...suddenly..at 3 yrs old.  I was told at the time (by a vet) that a few of his organs were not quite where they were supposed to be, but that did not kill him.  He died of a blood clot to the brain.  He never missed a meal, never sick, always happy and very active.  Same vet told me it was a fluke.....his exact words.  I bought an Okki/Bandit female from Werner.........died the same way at 15 months.  Loved the dogs....attitude toward life, build, etc.  I know how both were raised and housed.........I feed a good food, they have a nice place to live (kennel has AC...the house does not:) I am with them almost 18 hours a day,  they are not kept in a glass bottle but I don't send them out in front of a freight train either.  I am not a genetic specialist (the more you know the more you find out that you don't know)  Anyway....two from the same mother line.....dying the same way........not a fluke in my book.  There are many dogs out there.............living nice long lives......with the same lines.  This just shows that a few of the combinations just don't work well.
Have a great day.
Jill

I just wanted to thank you all for being so forthcoming!  The breed (and lines) need it!  As an occasional breeder that only breeds when I intend to keepback, I wreck my brain trying NOT to make a mistake in my choice of studs... it would be great if everyone was so open.

To vonissk's info about the joint issues in her dog and it's littermates.  I had a litter also linebred on Gabi and Alf that turned out with one with bad elbows and a couple with hips that wouldn't pass (although workable).  They are not out of the same parents as yours, but share much in common.

JillSue, wow, sorry for your experience. Thank you for telling it. No, two dogs 3 and under dying like that is far from a fluke.