About them...

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1. PRCD affects both night and day vision. Retinal changes can be identified by a veterinary ophthalmologist from adolescence to early adulthood. PRCD-affected dogs have noticeable visual impairment by 4 years of age, progressing to complete blindness. It is an Autosomal recessive trait
2. Degenerative myelopathy (DM), also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy (CDRM), is a disease affecting the spinal cord, resulting in slowly progressive hind limb weakness and paralysis. The symptoms result from degeneration of the white matter of the spinal cord.

These radiographs are sent to a board certified radiologist for each of our Adult Giants when they turn 2 years of age (OFA standard), all our giants pass on elbows and hips, with the below exception to 

Etta, Murdock & Hex

Pepper and Salt Giants are regularly not passed by the OFA for Hips

•  This is because they have less coverage on the ball joint of the hip, this has been around since the 1900s and most breeders will tell you different things when asked why it is so prevalent in S/P lines, and less in solid black lines, however, this DOES NOT mean they have hip dysplasia, and as long as you feed a good quality food and keep your giant on a good quality vitamin supplement you can negate a lot of the issues that can come later in life no matter their coloring.

We recommend keeping ALL COLOR varieties on a vitamin supplement!

Our vet is here regularly- she sees all our adults, our puppies and even some of our farm animals. We vaccinate all our adult dogs for the following:

1. ULTRA Duramune DAP+4L- canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, canine adenovirus type 2, canine parvovirus (CPV), Leptospira canicola, Leptospira grippotyphosa, Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae and Leptospira pomona. 
2. Bronchi-Shield Intranasal- kennel cough vaccine that is for protection against Bordetella bronchiseptica & parainfluenza 
3.  Imrab® TF-  Rabies virus vaccine that does not contain thimerosal.
4. Heartworm Tests- The American Heartworm Society recommends testing to insure our medications are working and the worms are not becoming resistant. This is a preventable disease! 
5. ProHeart injection- We do ProHeart12 injections' once a year so we don't have to give the monthly chewable for heartworm prevention or intestinal parasite deworming.