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Date Posted: 17:17:54 06/27/11 Mon
Author: TF
Subject: My sincerest prayers go out to you and your family Chris. I cant even think of Rabb wiothout remembering him getting up and walking out of the room as we were singing. LOL He even moaned loudly. What a special boy he was and he will be missed. I wish we could have seen him this time around.
In reply to: Araninda 's message, "Goodbye to our canine friend "Rabb"" on 16:44:25 06/26/11 Sun


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[> thanks everyone - it's been hard as hell - We adopted Rabb six years ago at the age of 2. he was large for a german shepherd and the first time my mother said he was tall, dark and handsome, we knew we had to name him Rabb. While German Shepherds in general are a great breed, our Rabb lived up to his name, very sweet and special and loyal and smart. Unfortunately we didn't know he had a heart problem so though he appeared perfectly healthy friday night - saturday morning his heart simply couldn't pump any more. -- chris K, 17:28:17 06/27/11 Mon [1]


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[> [> a recommondat on for large breed owners inside -- chris k, 17:35:55 06/27/11 Mon [1]

the larger the breed the shorter the expected lifespan, the more tendency to hip displacia and the younger the vet considers your dog geriatric.

For years we've mistaken Rabbs slowing down climbing stairs as hip trouble - we now know it was his heart that made climbing stairs so hard for him.

If anyone has a large breed who seems to slow down a little younger than you'd expect - our Rabb started slowing about two years ago- don't assume it's old age arthritis - take the extra time and money and have full blown physical that includes exrays.


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[> [> [> Our German Shepherd lived to be 10 yrs. old and the hip displacia resulted in his loss. We also had a wolf shepherd mix and the same thing happened, but neither one had heart problems. I think it just depends on the history of the animal and many times the inbreeding. -- jenks-still sending her I'm sorries..., 16:58:48 06/28/11 Tue [1]


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