Terri Voltz
Member
My little Rudy is a ruby (of course!) 6 1/2 year old monster of a fella. Only too late did I realize that buying a dog from European breeders could cause such heartache. He is a GEM of a companion dog...loves everyone-neighbors, grandkids, mail lady... We wondered about his pedigree when he grew to 35 lbs....but in all respects we were still happy with him, in spite of his large size, because he's such a lover. We were also ignorant of the problems of early onset of MVD, as was our vet, who diagnosed him with everything under the sun (allergies, bronchial infection, kennel cough) until 2 months ago when he finally took ex-rays and found his heart enlarged to 3 times it's normal size, and the coughing and belly bloating was so prominent. I'm going to now move my posts to the MVD category, because I need ADVISE. (about suffering, expected lifespan etc) Thanks guys! Terri