in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

[Cynthia12]

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Look at that shiny black coat. Love me a Dobi. If only I were younger.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

I love big dogs. I used to have Golden's like sour. Didn't know the Dobie breed that well until I watched Ruby for a while on the net. Hear of ger? She passed away with that heart problem Dobies can get.

No, I haven't heard of her. DCM, yeah bad stuff. Poor Ruby. Supposedly, grain free diets are a contributing factor to DCM. Oddly, food with grain seems limited.

 

[DobieLover]

No, I haven't heard of her. DCM, yeah bad stuff. Poor Ruby. Supposedly, grain free diets are a contributing factor to DCM. Oddly, food with grain seems limited.

There isn't enough data to conclude that grain free diets contribute to DCM. Dobermans will get DCM more than all other breeds COMBINED. 40% of Dobies will get DCM. 50% of them will have sudden death.
Out of the 5 I've lost, 3 had DCM, 2 had sudden death.
Bella is on a grain free diet. It is called "meat". So is the min pin puppy.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

I mostly have videos of her and haven't been good about getting pictures lately. I'll try to get a good one for you @Cynthia12 . This is one of my faves of her.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I mostly have videos of her and haven't been good about getting pictures lately. I'll try to get a good one for you @Cynthia12 . This is one of my faves of her.
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Beautiful girl! I've always loved dobies but I've never owned one.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

There isn't enough data to conclude that grain free diets contribute to DCM. Dobermans will get DCM more than all other breeds COMBINED. 40% of Dobies will get DCM. 50% of them will have sudden death.
Out of the 5 I've lost, 3 had DCM, 2 had sudden death.
Bella is on a grain free diet. It is called "meat". So is the min pin puppy.

Agree. That's why I said supposedly. Georgia eats meat primarily. We feed Merreck with grain kibble, but she also is fed steak a lot. Sometimes raw, sometimes gently cooked as we like rare steaks. She gets other meat, too, but mostly beef.
I've never lost one to DCM. I thought that's what was wrong with my boy I lost nearly a year ago, but the necropsy report proved that it wasn't. He had pulmonary hypertension caused by a birth defect and lung torsion. Most of mine have died from cancer or some type of accident, and 1 was just really old and passed.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

Beautiful girl! I've always loved dobies but I've never owned one.

Thank you! If you ever add one to your family, you'll likely never want another breed.

 

[Pasha838]

I was sorting out about the nest here - it turned out that owls do not build such nests, but willingly occupy the old nests, where magpie chicks had previously been bred.

 

[Sally PB]

Our Dobe, Raven, used to sit with her paws crossed like that. We called it "sphinx position."

She did die of heart failure. She was just shy of 10. Our first Dobe, Shadow, died of cancer, just shy of 12.

Wonderful, wonderful dogs.

 

[sdm111]