I think it's hereditary. Years ago (almost 10) I had 2 puppies who would later turn out to be Solo's 1/2 brothers, older, out at a show and Annie Brogden, there's a name from the past huh???? anyway...Annie had bred the dam's mother so the puppies' grandmother, said "yes, those are from my lines", referring to the pastern issue. I had taken them off puppy food, had them on low protein, and yes, they came up. Some don't. So, yes hereditary. More of an issue w/ big males. I went in another direction and haven't had it since. Now...I have a 4 month old bitch puppy, not my breeding so a bit unfamiliar w/ how they grow. Noticed some of her siblings started to go down (FB videos) and YANKED her off puppy food at about 10 weeks. She's fine. I usually take mine off puppy food at about 4 months. FWIW Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 11/8/2013 3:53:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I don't have time for facebook or other Lists...so I have a question for THIS List while the volume is low. <G> Pasterns. Ed Hill posted about a pup he had with one bad pastern. For the first time in many many years we have a pup with ONE pastern a tad lower than the other..similar to Ed's pup I guess. Ed...you never said what Dietary changes the Vets at UCD advised you to use....and why. Hope you are willing to share? But I am wondering about this strange thing that some GSD pups go through with pasterns. Does this happen to OTHER BREEDS? Is this a GSD problem only because of angulated pasterns? IS it dietary in the opinion of breeders...as UCD suggested to Ed when the tests showed nothing else? IS it genetic? WHY in a litter of normal pasterns does one go down..especially from a bitch that never produced them before in 3 other litters. This List is usually GREAT about sharing about health issues. Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.marhaven.com -----Original Message----- From: showgsdOn Behalf Of Denise Fox Ditto Denise Fox Rita Sandell <magic4sure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Everyone, Hope we all return to the list soon. I enjoy. Rita Sandell ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================