What a heartbreak - so sorry Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <MASSTANA@xxxxxxx> To: <Germanshepherds4Show@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:37 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Ch Masstana's Casey Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="bf5.332264c7_alt_bound" --bf5.332264c7_alt_bound Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We lost our new champion Masstana's Just in Case on Friday. Casey was just 2 years and 6 months old. On Thursday he was playing normally with our other dogs, ate well, and when I brought him in for the night, he was feeling great, ran into his crate and turned around waiting for his cookie. A little later we heard him throw up his cookies and some food, let him out and he piddled. Came back in and seemed ok. Was resting comfortably so after an hour of watching him Nancy went to bed again. I had a golf game at 7:30am so I left, everything normal. When Nancy went down to let the dogs out, Casey was lethargic and she called the vet. Took him down. By 3:30pm he was dead. Died in our arms as we were getting ready to put him down. His intestines were being destroyed by bacteria. We believe it was Toxic Gut Syndrome. Our vet whom we have used for over 30 years had never heard of it. Our understanding is that once the symptoms are manifest, it is too late. Such was the case here. Casey was so young. A champion at just over two years old. OFA Excellent. And had bred a flipping and turning maiden bitch with no problem. Everything you want in a bright young star. Now he is gone. Don't know why, or what could have caused such a massive infection. We are devastated. So sad. John and Nancy Vaught Here is a picture of him the day he finished last Feb. First time in Open class First and only time in Breed. We had plans..................... **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) --bf5.332264c7_alt_bound Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset= =3DUS-ASCII"></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial" bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT= id=3Drole_document face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>We lost our new champion Masstana's Just in Case on Friday. Casey= was=20 just 2 years and 6 months old. On Thursday he was playing normally wit= h=20 our other dogs, ate well, and when I brought him in for the night, he was=20 feeling great, ran into his crate and turned around waiting for his=20 cookie. A little later we heard him throw up his cookies and some food= ,=20 let him out and he piddled. Came back in and seemed ok. Was rest= ing=20 comfortably so after an hour of watching him Nancy went to bed again. =20= I=20 had a golf game at 7:30am so I left, everything normal. When Nancy wen= t=20 down to let the dogs out, Casey was lethargic and she called the vet. =20= Took=20 him down. By 3:30pm he was dead. Died in our arms as we were get= ting=20 ready to put him down. His intestines were being destroyed by=20 bacteria. We believe it was Toxic Gut Syndrome. Our vet whom we=20= have=20 used for over 30 years had never heard of it. Our understanding is tha= t=20 once the symptoms are manifest, it is too late. Such was the case=20 here. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Casey was so young. A champion at just over two years old. =20= OFA=20 Excellent. And had bred a flipping and turning maiden bitch with no=20 problem. Everything you want in a bright young star. Now he is=20 gone. Don't know why, or what could have caused such a massive=20 infection. We are devastated. So sad. </DIV> <DIV>John and Nancy Vaught</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here is a picture of him the day he finished=20 last Feb. </DIV> <DIV><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA1.1211733459@aol.com" style=3D"WIDTH: 480px; HEIGH= T: 360px" height=3D360 width=3D480 vspace=3D5 comp_state=3D"speed" DATASIZ= E=3D"31839" ID=3D"MA1.1211733459" ></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First time in Open class</DIV> <DIV><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA2.1211733459@aol.com" style=3D"WIDTH: 480px; HEIGH= T: 354px" height=3D354 width=3D480 vspace=3D5 comp_state=3D"speed" DATASIZ= E=3D"57623" ID=3D"MA2.1211733459" ></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>First and only time in Breed. We had plans.....................</= DIV> <DIV><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA3.1211733459@aol.com" style=3D"WIDTH: 480px; HEIGH= T: 384px" height=3D384 width=3D480 vspace=3D5 comp_state=3D"speed" DATASIZ= E=3D"61340" ID=3D"MA3.1211733459" ></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style=3D"color: black; font:=20= normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get trade secr= ets for amazing burgers. <A title=3D"http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?vide= o=3D4&?NCID=3Daolfod00030000000002" href=3D"http://food.aol.com/tyler-floren= ce?video=3D4&?NCID=3Daolfod00030000000002" target=3D"_blank">Watch "Cooking=20= with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --bf5.332264c7_alt_bound-- ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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