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KACY VANDUINEN, DOG BREEDER
At Risk for DM by Parentage: inherited diseases
MY ACCOUNT OF BUYING A PUPPY FROM KACY VANDUINEN
DOCUMENTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER


Worth repeating: regarding genetic testing for the genes indicating the risk for Degenerative Myelopathy,
NO carrier corgi has been found to develop DM, and
only TWO dogs testing clear have been documented to develop DM - corgi not specified.
FIRST THEIR TOES DRAG UNTIL THEY TRIP AND STUMBLE, NOT FEELING HOW BADLY THE BACKS OF THEIR FEET ARE GETTING SCRAPED DOWN. THEIR LEGS QUIVER AND THEN THEY START TO TIP OVER UNTIL THEY CAN ONLY PULL THEMSELVES AROUND WITH THEIR FRONT LEGS ... LIKE A SEAL.
THEIR BODIES WITHER. THEY DON'T FEEL PAIN, BUT THEY DO GET FRUSTRATED FOR LACK OF MOBILITY. THEY ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTION AND ILLNESS. EUTHANASIA IS THE LAST ACT OF LOVE WE CAN GIVE THEM BEFORE THEY CAN NO LONGER BREATHE OR SWALLOW. THE MOST TRAGIC THING WHEN EUTHANIZED IS THAT THEY FEEL FINE AND THEIR MINDS ARE CLEAR.
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