Blue GSD health issues? Health

hi yes he is a full pedigree he has been checked at the vets

Yeah, they would know........................

:? :?

and the vet knows this how?

always had gsd he is the same as the others but he is blue and tan

Post a pic?

Sounds odd - any photos for us to see?

hi i have put a photo of his back on on my profile i dont no how to post one

boo its too small :-(

to post pics u need to use an image hosting site such as 'photobucket'

Even though it is tiny pic - that looks weird

i have a stonking headache..all i see is a tabby cat pmsl ;-)

....o/t r u ok?

i have read on a web site about pailing its some thing to do with the diluted gene i have spoken to the breader who has kept a puppy and is in touch with the other owners but they are still blue

o/t reply - battling through it thank you - things started to head in the right direction today - long way to go - thank for asking.

Sorry OP

How many blue puppies were in the litter ? If the Breeder kept one, you have one & "others"have puppies, that would mean at least 4, very unusual to get 4 blue puppies in a litter from black & tan parents.

If the parents are non standard colours(white/cream, liver/fawn etc)then they have been bred for colour.

What are the parents registered names ?

there were 6 puppies in the litter this was the first litter there was only 1 black and tan the parents have papers but no kc

If they are not KC registered are they hip/elbow scored, DM/dwarfism screened, the male haemophilia tested then ??? What colour/coat type are the parents

You have IMHO purchased your puppy from breeders who can hardly be described as responsible

Whether you like the KC or not, they do support health testing.

BTW The Blue colour in GSDs is not colour paling it is a dilution

no only been vet checked the parents are black and tans dad has not got alot of tan

so bred for colour with no health rests :-( :-( why did u buy this pup ? (just interested)

hi fair point i have had gsd for 20 years first one i had had all the checks and papers but he suffered from 12 months with hips and other illnesses so it put me off as this does not mean a problem free dog my other gsd did not have any papers or checks and had no trouble at all
i was looking for a pup and this one caught my eye did not go looking for a blue one and as i said this was the first litter

Is the pup full blue with no pattern?

My father's first GSD was fear aggressive & from the top breed dogs of the UK of the time-she was PTS after attacking my brother-she was KC reg. My first GSD was from Ireland, bred from two good German imports owned by Gwen Barrington, she was bomb proof 7 KC registered. Did my father's dog put me off KC reg GSDs-nope just off English bred ones !

It would be very unlikely that your first GSD from 20 years ago came from 5 generations of low scoring dogs as hip scoring only started in mid 1978 & this was not at the time part of the BVA/KC for 6 years, so 20 years ago in 1990 there would only have been 6 years of BVA/KC hip scoring-not enough time for 5 generations of dogs to have been bred