My boy was NEVER vaccinated because of the compromised immune system. Never overtreated for fleas and ticks either. He was an intact male still at age nine and always ate high quality dog food. The vet had told me years ago that my boy would not live a long life because of the Demodex. He told me that I had done everything that one could have done for him. I truly have no guilt feelings other than losing him to such a rotten disease. The Demodex showed up as a young pup and the reoccurances became more and more frequent the older he got until it could no longer be controlled. BTW, my daughter's boy, Kota, most likely died of toxic gut. Same symptoms as Steve's GSD. It was just such a shock to find this boy dead after him being fine and eating in the morning. My daughter was with him at 1:30 PM when she went to feed him at 4:45 he was gone. Marcia So. Ca. *************************************************************************** Over vaccination can compromise a dog's immune system. Over treating for fleas and ticks are another problem and other environmental factors Also, they are finding that spay and neuter are causing a miriad of problems It is suggested that instead of castrating a male, you do what we do in humans, cut the vas deferens and just llow the dog to have normal hormones And then some of the food we feed is pretty horrible! ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================