Deb did not write the message below I did. Risk of carrying this disease is 100% if one parent died from it. There is even over 50% that siblings or grandparents can carry it on. My pups sire I lost to Hemangiosarcomas... 3 daughters age 7-9 and 1 son age 9 died from the disease out of 7 pups. Yes, they were linebred off of certain GSD's so in my dogs case it was inherited. When I lost my boy my vets told me I would probably lose several to the disease. Were they right or not? There are cases where enviroment has a link but the weakness is there otherwise it doesn't happen. Why do some familes seem to have a history of dying of cancer they link to a specific gene while others never get it? Theresa On Wed, 9/5/12, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> wrote: That's a leap. I have had it with related and totally unrelated dogs. The only common denominator was that they were seniors. Kathy, In a message dated 9/5/2012 6:28:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, DOGSRLUV@xxxxxxx writes: Yes, it is inherited my GSD's are proof of that. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================