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One of my previous puppies found a home with a couple who called me about two months after taking it home. The puppy had problems with it's exterior anal sphincter muscles. The puppies muscles were not developing as fast as the rest of the puppy and it was unable to deficate. The first vet said to put the puppy down. That was the last I had heard after telling them I would refund their money and stop breeding the dam. They called four months later after seeing another vet for a second opinion who prescribed a liquid diet to cause diahrrea stools until the muscles caught up with the rest of the body, which it did. Has anyone heard of this? Being a breeder I would really like to know more, along with a name of the problem. I am aware of all the those who do not like breeders and enforce shelter adoption. I don't blame you and I push for shelter adoptions myself and help find homes when an abandoned dog comes my way. If you must berate me for breeding you are welcome to, but please someone help me learn more about this very rare problem. The more more I know the safer my little ones may be.

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Wouldn't you be better to ask your vet?
Sounds congenital to me, but I'm pretty clueless when it comes to dogs.
Good to know the puppy made it through and is in good hands.

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Originally Posted by ladyorchid
. If you must berate me for breeding you are welcome to, but please someone help me learn more about this very rare problem. The more more I know the safer my little ones may be.

Cant really do such a thing, we dont know if you are ethical or not, sometimes we do jump the gun, but it varies on the strange questions we get asked from time to time.

I have never heard of such a thing, but am glad to hear that everything worked out in the end.
Keep us posted as you learn more.
Im sure someone here will have some great advice

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Originally Posted by ladyorchid
The first vet said to put the puppy down. That was the last I had heard after telling them I would refund their money and stop breeding the dam. They called four months later after seeing another vet for a second opinion who prescribed a liquid diet to cause diahrrea stools until the muscles caught up with the rest of the body, which it did.

So the vet knew how to treat this but didn't know the name? I believe the disorder you are talking about can vary quite a bit and even though the outcome was okay for this pup I don't think it always is.

Originally Posted by ladyorchid
If you must berate me for breeding you are welcome to, but please someone help me learn more about this very rare problem. The more more I know the safer my little ones may be.

If people seem to "berate" those who breed it is usually out of a deep concern for the fact that thousands of unwanted dogs are put to death each year. Your little ones are not safe from rare inherited or congenital disorders. Why chance it??

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I thankyou for not jumping down my throat. I did talk to my vet and they were clueless so I am thinking this is pretty rare. I am asking at every chance I get, but I am still hoping someone out there has a clue. I don't like having something like this happen and not be able to understand it, what likely causes it....
As for whether or not I am ethical, I know one person's idea of ethical can vary quite drastically from another. I grew up on a farm and have grown up learning to love animals as well as remembering that nature is an undisputable power. I starting breeding because I loved my dogs and loved my puppies with every fiber of my being. I have continued to breed because not everyone can have a shelter dog, I myself had several as a child and I have a shelter cat now, and money breeders are growing like the plague. I am doing what I can to stop people from buying puppies from them.
I also take in abandoned dogs and find them good homes. I am constantly trying to gain as much info as comes near me so that I am less likely to be surprised when health is an issue. I have my own views on the care of my dogs and since I try to be as natural as possible I tend to get grief from vets. Greatfully my new vet is not so narrow minded and she does what she can to help.

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