I was asked by a friend of mine very active in rescue if I knew anything about this. Does anyone have any information? Elaine From: Jo To: contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:47 PM Subject: Disabled German Shepherds Hello, Our names are Joanne and Tammy, and we are the owners of two rescued German Shepherds, born with rear leg abnormalities, which you can see in the attached photographs. Over the past year, we have heard of more dogs with the same abnormalities, possibly related to being infected with Neospora. We are very interested in locating more German Shepherds with similar problems to our dogs, both to provide support to owners and breeders and to gather information. We want to see if we can find out more, in order to not only help our girls but to help the veterinary community better understand this problem. Both Spirit and BeBe have ?straight? back legs - Spirit is now 4 years old and BeBe is 1 ½, both are doing well, leading normal lives. If you know of any owners, breeders or rescues with German Shepherds having a similar condition, we would love to hear from them via email or by joining the support group we have set up (details below). Our email addresses are: Tammy: PMN888@xxxxxxx Joanne: seniorpup@xxxxxxxxx Support group: k9limbdeformities: k9limbdeform-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you for your assistance, Tammy Turner Joanne Leicester _______________________________________________ ShepRescue mailing list ShepRescue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.shepherdrescue.org/mailman/listinfo/sheprescue --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================