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My name is Karen Reynolds and I live in Palm Bay,
Florida and I was the owner of two
Rottweilers - Max and Bridgette.
They were not related in any way, but I lost my male,
Max, six months ago to bone cancer
of the mouth. I had brought him in
for his yearly checkup when the Vet
discovered it. We had to put Max to
sleep of course, when he started to
suffer with it.
My female, Bridgette, began limping on her front left leg at
which time I took her to the
vet. He treated Bridgette for
tendonitis of her shoulder as there
was no swelling or no other symptoms
at that time. Her limping
worsened as the medication wasn't
working, so I took her back for an x-ray
of her shoulder. Dr. Godwin unfortunately
discovered the cause of her limping
-- bone cancer of her shoulder, in
addition to a fracture.
Well needless to say my husband and myself are devastated.
Our dogs were our family, our kids.
They both had the best personalities
one could ever ask for in any breed
of dog, but especially in a
Rottweiler.
I am going to put Bridgette to sleep on Friday, much to my
dismay but I can't allow her to
suffer for our own selfish
reasons. I was unaware that
bone cancer is the leading cause of
death in Rottweilers. I just
found this out this morning when I browsed the
internet and found your web site,
the Rottweiler Health Foundation.
I find it
a coincidence that both my dogs within
six months
of each other acquired bone cancer and they
aren't related, even knowing bone ca
is leading cause with the breed.
I would love to help out any way possible with research for
this wonderful breed of a dog. They
are the most wonderful, loving,
smartest, intelligent
dog there is out there.
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