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Why NOT to Breed
The Story of a "Little Dog" that Touched our Hearts
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God Bless You and May You
Rest in Peace Little Dog
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LD (aka Little Dog) is a one year old classic brindle male with natural ears and a cropped tail. LD is not a very big boxer and is pretty laid back for as young as he is. He is very submissive and was obviously handled with a heavy hand and a loud voice. He is easily frightened when someone raises their voice. LD is a special boy. It's been discovered that he has a leaky Tricuspid Valve in his heart. It may not ever effect his life, or it may cause problems as he ages. Just like with humans with a heart murmur, it's something that we can not predict. The best thing to do would be to feed him a very nutritious diet and to get regular checkups. We have a baseline x-ray and we have done an echocardiogram. This will serve as a tool to show if there's been any changes in the future. NOTE FROM FOSTER MOM: LD got his name because he is a Little Dog! Fine boned and small for a male boxer. When we first got LD he was extremely timid and shy, which you would find hard to believe now. If he meets new people and he isn’t on his home turf, he reverts to being wary and shy. LD has discovered what the toy basket is for and he now loves his toys! He takes them all out and scatters them everywhere just to enjoy them. It seems that he never had any toys before – he didn’t show any interest in them for over a month. His disposition is very sweet, - he will come up and lick your hand and wiggle. There isn’t a mean bone in his body. He plays well with other dogs and is very social. LD does have one behavioral problem at the moment which is improving and will be resolved in time. He apparently wasn’t potty trained properly and so he has accidents in the house. Because of this he has to be in his crate quite a bit and let out for lots of outside exercise and frequent bathroom breaks. When in the house he needs to be on a leash attached to a human until this is resolved. He has gotten much better – basically it is no different than the proper training of a puppy, which does take consistency and some time. UPDATE: WEDNESDAY APRIL 20, 2005 At the beginning of this week, LD's foster mom noticed that he was breathing fast and hard for no apparent reason. When she felt his pulse, she could feel that it was racing. Another trip to her husband's Cardiology Clinic for an EKG and an Echocardiogram to see if his heart had worsened since the first one taken. While in there LD's heart rate was over 300 and he was very uncomfortable. He continuted to worsen through the night and on into the morning. Medically, there was nothing that could be done to fix what was so terribly wrong. We had to say goodbye to a sweet young boy that never made it to two years old. LD is the perfect example of what poor breeding practices do to an animal. His heart was a congenital problem, he had a broken pelvis at one time that was likely a congenital problem and he was very very small for a boxer boy. Reputable breeders test, hips, eyes, heart etc and will pull from their breeding stock if any animal shows problems in these areas. I'd like to think that LD's life could be used for educational purposes. You who are out there breeding for all the wrong reasons are doing nothing more than breeding SOMEONE'S HEARTACHE!! It's us, the people out here that adore these animals that have to watch them suffer until they die at a ridiculously young age. You're breeding Demodex, Cardiomyopathy, Hip Displasia etc and you don't care as long as you get a few hundred bucks. That pup is long forgotten after that. WELL I have news for you.....once they have touched our lives, they are NEVER forgotten. God Bless you Little Dog, you gave an abundance of love in your short life!! You will never be forgotten.
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 Our foster dogs love to sleep on Kuranda Dog beds, but we don't have enough for everyone. If you would like to donate a bed at a special wholesale price for this dog or another rescued dog to sleep in comfort, please click here.
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