LEONBERGEURS

Question
WE HAD A LEONBURGER PUP AND IT DIED A FEW MOS. BACK ITS NAME WAS LEXI AND IT WAS A SPECIAL PUP BUT IT HAD A SERIOUS CONDITION AS IT COST OVER 12,000.00 IN DR. BILLS AS IT HAD DANDY WALKER SYNDROM, WE ARE NOW GETTING TWO NEW PUPS FROM THE SAME BREEDER AS SHE IS FROM CANADA ALL REG. AND TOP RATED DOGS BUT DID YOU EVER HEAR OF THAT DANDY WALKER AS WE DID NOT KNOW TILL SHE WAS HAVING SEZIURES AND WE HAD A SPINAL TAP THAN WE FOUND OUT BY VET. SPECIALST. IT IS A RARE CONDITION AS THE NEW PUPS ARE COMMING FROM THE SAME MOM AND DAD SO I HOPE THAT WE DO NOT RUN INTO IT AGAIN AS LEXI DIED AT THE VETS AS SHE HAD A HI TEMP AND IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN SO WHEN SHE WENT OVER THE BRIDGE WE HAD A ORTOPSIY DONE AND HER BRAIN WAS REALLY BAD AS HER AREA TO CONTROL HER BODY TEMP WAS ALL BLACK. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AT ALL. IF YOU LOOK UP LEONBURGERS YOU CAN FIND A LOT ABOUT LEXI AS THE LEONBURGER FOUNDATION HAD SENT US A LOT OF FUNDS FOR DR. BILLS AND FOR STUDY OF THE SYNDROM. SHE HAS A FEW WEB PAGES . THANK YOU

Answer
HELLO ROGER
WELL I JUST PRAY TO GOD THIS BREEDER DOES NOT GIVE YOUR DOGS OR PUPS WITH IT AGAIN.  IT IS A GENETIC DISEASE EFFECTING THE BRAIN.  IT DOES RUN IN CERTAIN BREEDS AND RARELY IN MOST COMMON ONES.?
I FOUND A SITE THAT MIGHT ALSO HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS DREADFUL DISEASE.  THAT IS A TERRIBLE VET EXPENSE I MIGHT ALSO ADD ONLY TO GET A DEAD PUP IN THE END RESULTS.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/d/dandy_walker_syndrome/intro.htm
BEST TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES BEFORE BUYING A RARE BREED FOR ALL BREEDS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THIS RUNS IN THIS AND THAT IS MOST LIKELY WHY THEY ARE GOING TO FOOT SOME OF THE BILL.
I THINK I WOULD WANT A REFUND AND GO ON THE A MORE HEALTHIER BREED OF.  I SURE WOULD HATE TO HEAR U WENT THROUGH THIS AGAIN FOR ITS IN THE BREEDER LINES ON A PARENT OR SO.

KIND REGARDS AND KEEP IN TOUCH.
PATT
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