Yes, it was diagnosed by our vet as DM. I didn't say that Lance had DM--I said he was blamed for a lot of problems. Since this was a Lance-FREE pedigree, no one could blame Lance for this one. Penny On Dec 13, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Theresa-GSD Stolz-Scenecrest Farm wrote: > Did you at the time know it was DM? Jack Flash was the first GSD > that I heard of with diagnosed with DM. > > I did not hear that Lance had DM but did read in a magazine > somewhere years > ago he died of blood vessel cancer now called Hemangiosarcoma. I > have been > looking everywhere for this magazine but I own so many throughout the > years don't know which one it was now. > > Theresa > > On Tue, 12/13/11, Penny & Bill <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't know the first dog either, but in 1990 we lost CH ptd > Landsend's Obie of Jeenellyn, CD, OFA (By ch ptd Jeenellyn's Congo, > CDX, OFA < CH UFO son> ex Jobes Sha Na Na <CH UFO daughter>. Obie > was 10 and it was the most difficult thing in the world to see his > body deteriorate from DM, while his mind stayed keen. His was a > Lance-free pedigree. I say this only because Lance has been blamed > for a LOT of things. Not this time . . . > > Penny in NC > The Farm Dog > > > On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:00 AM, InquestGSD@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > I dont know who was the first dog, but I know we lost one of ours > to DM in > > 1999, he was 11 years old, and trust me, this was not an easy > thing to > > watch. > > > > * Ileana * > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================