[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [gsdshowlist] Mega-esophagus
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <murk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Elsyd1@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 22:59:36 -0400
This may sound stupid...but I'm going to tell a little story.....back at the
end of the 60s, or maybe very early 70s, we had a Corgi puppy who had a good
deal of trouble swallowing. My regular vet couldn't figure out what was
wrong...most of what the poor dog tried to eat came back up, always
accompanied by gagging and coughing...
and the stuff that didn't come back up took a long, long time to go down,
and that, too, was with gagging and coughing........
Well, the new vet did some research and came back with "this sounds like
something the German Shepherd people have sometimes. He can outgrow it--
but in the meantime, no kibble, no dry treats or small bits of food.....only
meat, and not in chunks. It's called "mega..........." and means there's a
litle place in his throat that catches food.......that's why he's gagging
and choking."
I asked a few Shepherdists about it, and they thought my vet was
nuts...they'd not heard of it. BUT...I really liked the dog, so there we
went...he got meat and broth, no kibble at all.....no small bits of
anything. (Kinda tough when every other dog on the place got to have a
biscuit, or some kind of treat...but not this one)...
and he did, in fact, outgrow it. By the time he was about 15 months old, he
could eat kibble, even dry kibble that hadn't had a drop of water on
it......with no problems at all. He finished his championship easily, but
for some reason or other was never bred..........I wonder if that was mega.
Sure sounds like it, no?
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maureen" <murk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Elsyd1@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:39 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [gsdshowlist] Mega-esophagus
>
> Syd,
> YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had ONE problem with mega and it was a
> breeding I was forced to do by the co owner of the bitch. It is heart
> wrenching to watch these poor pups. I lost 3 to mega's..............2 of
> them also had Shaker Puppy Syndrome..........2 to bad elbows.......and the
> boy I kept not only had 2 bad elbows but a bad hip socket to boot......
> Bred to my guys she produced normal happy HEALTHY pups. Mo
>
>> Hi, I take exception to your statement that "Most people put these
>> puppies
>> down as they do not want to be bothered with it and they should not be
>> used for
>> breeding as it is very hereditary especially in German Shepherd Dogs". I
>> and
>> "most people" put them down because they have a very very small chance of
>> surviving, and a very very large chance of pneumonia, starvation, etc,
>> and
>> no
>> normal way to eat... However, you are damn right that I do not want to
>> "be
>> bothered with it". After 35 years of breeding and facing almost every
>> tragedy, I
>> have learned which fights I can win. To euthanize a pup in the terrible
>> condition most of these puppies are in is an act of love and mercy. They
>> can and
>> do starve to death before your very eyes, they cannot breathe because of
>> the
>> reflux they suffer...they look at you with haunted eyes as they back up,
>> gag,
>> and try to get the food either up or down. Feeding in an artificial
>> manner
>> is not doing a service to the dog, or the breed. Syd
>>
>
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