I whelped a litter for someone about 12 years ago and the pup I kept went down and never cane up. A litter mate was also down on one. Pastern. It broke my heart to give her to someone who really wanted her as she had flaws. So did the new owner. She ( Abby) was diagnosed a few years later with perianal fistulas. She was put down. I ended up reading an article that linked so many of our problems to immune problems. I don't remember the article. The boy I have now has a lot of skin tags. ( OK not too many but some )I kept picking them thinking they were ticks. That is probably genetic too but I can handle skin tags ........... Denise & Blitzburgh v JagersTal. I just love my boy ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================