[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What ever happened to our dog's posternum?
- From: Joan Fox <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: JANGSD@xxxxxxx, epeningt@xxxxxxxxxx, uwish@xxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:17:27 -0700 (PDT)
Did they study bloodline relationships?
Joan
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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 11:08:52 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What ever happened to our dog's posternum?
This is the Linda Ardnt's take on the Purdue Study:
Chest Ratio
In the early stages of this research, their hypothesis was -- the
measurements of height, width and depth of the dog's chest - chest ration - was
the
determining factor for those prone to bloating. And if your dog fell within a
certain range, it was at risk and would more than likely bloat. The dogs that
were
not within this particular ratio were unlikely to bloat. Many of the "chest
measurements" were taken at the Great Dane National and at Great Dane Specialty
Shows over the years, so the majority of the dogs measured were from breeders.
Now enough time has passed, that some of the dogs that were not supposed to
bloat due to chest ratios, HAVE bloated and this has caused some considerable
skepticism in the breed. Knowledgeable breeders tend to disregard this study
completely anyway. I believe this has probably been somewhat of an
embarrassment
to those involved in the study and therefore the focus of the study has now
shifted to other issues like elevated dishes and diets (citric acid, fats,
etc.). Dane breeders are no longer dumping money into this project because they
realize the real problem is the _enviroment of the gut_
(http://www.greatdanelady.com/articles/bloat_and_allergies.htm) and with
changes in foods and the use
of probitoics in the past 15 years the amount of bloat has severly decreased.
Janet _www.JanMarGsd.com_ (http://www.JanMarGsd.com)
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