junglejane13

Has any one had any experience with this? My doberman was just diagnosed with it.

Molari

Unfortunatly you are going to find quite a few with experience. None of it very good. I am sorry you are having to experience it with us. Was it caught early?

Julie W

Sadly the vast majority that have been in the breed a while have experienced it. I'm very sorry you are having to also.

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Tinyfxds

It is a very serious condition and it is a problem with this breed. I wish you the best in your fight against it.

Murreydobe

Been there, done that, more than once. It's an awful, awful disease that kills way too many dobermans.

I'm sorry to hear about your dog. Hopefully it was caught early-early diagnosis and new medications are frequently able to extend lifespan and quality of life beyond what was possible in the past. But sadly, this disease is always fatal..it just doesn't provide any happy endings.

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dobebug

Unfortunately, junglejane13, DCM is one of the big three Doberman health problems (cardio, specifically DCM, CVI and cancer).

If you have Dobes long enough you'll have your own experience with it. Testing and meds are much better today than they have been in the past but as MurreyDobe says, there are no good outcomes.

You might want to take a look at or join the yahoogroup, ummmm--Doberman Health?. Louise, who owns it started it because of a Dobe of hers who had and died from DCM. The list talks about a variety of things but there are very knowlegable people on it who have dealt with DCM

hbwright

Hum, I wish I had know about the yahoo group. I'll have to look it up.

junglejane, unfortunately I can't offer much of education on the disease but I can share personal knowledge as it has killed two of my two previous dobies. I was fortunate. One died at 7 1/2 of congestive heart failure and the other was more fortunate to have a sudden cardiac death after not being sick a day in her life. My last had clear cardiac exams up to three and a half months before her death. You're fortunate to have found this so that you can hopefully extend your pets life with medications. My vet doesn't seem to have much faith in the medications used as of yet, I think it is still all very new as far as medical knowledge goes. He says that there is a chance that the medications can extend life expectancy but it has not proved itself to him as of yet. For me, if it could have extended her life, even a short while, I would have jumped at the chance.

I'm very sorry for your diagnosis. It is one of the things that all doberman breed lovers are faced with at some time or another, unfortunately. The lives they bless us with are all well worth it though IMO.

sorthund

Is it "HealthDobes"? I don't want to join the wrong group, there are so many...

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Murreydobe

Yeah, Healthdobes would be the list Dobebug is talking about.

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AvaMarie

Oh wow. now I am worried. How do you find out if they have this? I am so sorry and hope your baby recovers from this.

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