Connie, I'm so sorry for the loss of this little one after all you've put into him At least he was loved and cared for before leaving this world. Since blood doesn't normally travel through the intestines, there must have been internal bleeding for a clot to have developed there. Could he have had Intestinal Bowel Disease or SIBO? Those could have caused bleeding and (IBD at least) could have been genetic. The vet may have given the people more info that they didn't understand or were too sad to hear. My sympathy to all of you who gave Tank a chance to be loved, Janice On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Connie <vallesaladogsd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > weeks ago . He had suddenly started throwing up and gone down hill so > quickly that they had no choice but to put him down. The vet told the people > today that he had a blood clot in his intestine and that the cause was most > likely genetic . Does anyone have any input on this, because I am not so > sure about this ?? > I pulled this 4 month old pure bred baby boy from a shelter in NM . I > think that this puppy had been abused , he was so afraid and hand shy, and > in particular afraid of falling . He had a wonderful temperament and never > met a stranger . I would put him in the top crate at night to sleep and was > teaching him to trust me to help him down so that he didn't land hard but he > was so afraid . I really wonder if he wasn't injured by some sorry son of a > you know what . > I was very sick the day he came and my husband had to take off work and go > and meet the transport and bring him home . When they got out of the truck > Mike brought him over to the window before they came in and I was talking to > him and he was smiling and talking to me . That will always be what I > remember . We love you Tank and we will see you at the Rainbow Bridge . > Join us at www.GSDwest.com <http://www.gsdwest.com/> Rescue Forum and > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSDwest/ > networking Rescue's and Rescuers > throughout the west > > Connie Palmer Williams - Executive Director > German Shepherd Rescue of Central Colorado Inc. > ..."I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep"...Robert Frost > www.GSDRColorado.com <http://www.gsdrcolorado.com/> > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > > ============================================================================ > -- Janice Buchanan Wasatch-Gold German Shepherds, UT http://wasatchgold.brinkster.net/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================