I hope this is the correct forum - wasn't sure if it should be in health.
Here's the background: I am on my 6th & 7th doberman - my husband and I always have two. Until now we managed to dodge the DCM bullet (hadn't even HEARD of it when I got my first dobe in 1982). But my Emma has been diagnosed.
Here's the question: One of Emma's grandsire's is Brunswig's Cryptonite...and I read in an old forum that he may have died of DCM. Thing is, maybe Emma owes her DCM to him, maybe not, but as also remarked in an old forum, this dog appears in a LOT of backgrounds.
I am overwhelmed now with the uncertainty of it all. How do I find out what dogs had DCM - if it hadn't been for this forum I wouldn't ever have been aware of this possibility in Emma's background? How do I know how far removed that background might be? I'm not blaming people for using a particular dog if it is something special but I am gun-shy now, as I look into the possibility of a new puppy.
Any words of wisdom on how to proceed with trust and confidence?
Here's the background: I am on my 6th & 7th doberman - my husband and I always have two. Until now we managed to dodge the DCM bullet (hadn't even HEARD of it when I got my first dobe in 1982). But my Emma has been diagnosed.
Here's the question: One of Emma's grandsire's is Brunswig's Cryptonite...and I read in an old forum that he may have died of DCM. Thing is, maybe Emma owes her DCM to him, maybe not, but as also remarked in an old forum, this dog appears in a LOT of backgrounds.
I am overwhelmed now with the uncertainty of it all. How do I find out what dogs had DCM - if it hadn't been for this forum I wouldn't ever have been aware of this possibility in Emma's background? How do I know how far removed that background might be? I'm not blaming people for using a particular dog if it is something special but I am gun-shy now, as I look into the possibility of a new puppy.
Any words of wisdom on how to proceed with trust and confidence?