Hi, Mega is a mystery, one I wish would be solved. A few years ago, we had a litter of 2. One was clearly a Mega puppy. We tried our best to save her in spite of the Vet saying he would put her down. That was unusual for my vet. But I had been feeding her sitting up and we were making progress. But she had a couple of instances where we thought she looked bloated. Finally one day I looked at her and she was in a full bloat, I have never seen one bloat before but her stomach was the size of a football. I told Jerry we are taking her in, gave her a holistic remedy I keep on hand, called the vet and raced her in. We got her to the vet's. Her bloat had subsided on its own with the holistic remedy, but I had her put down. That was so very, very hard. She was in so much pain from the bloat and this was not the first time we noticed it, just the worst. We recently found out that the other puppy is also a Mega puppy. Obviously a very mild case. We had already bred the Mom to another male. Thought that we were OK with the Mega factor on the male side but 1/2 way thru the pregnancy, I remembered that the male did produce a Mega puppy before. So when we weaned the puppies (there were 4 this time) I was worried sick. All 4 puppies were fine, no mega in any of them. Why mega happens? I don't know. Obviously both parents carried the Mega factor. We should have had a mega puppy in this litter. So why it happens? I couldn't say. Have only had about 5 mega puppies in about 20 years of breeding and can't find a connecting link to any of the breedings. Janet _www.JanMarGSd.com_ (http://www.JanMarGSd.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================