hey dog people?

Question

i have a male golden retiever and well he is postive for heart worms well the vet said it is better if we put him down because they are just to far along.. well how would i find a (*****) female golden to breed him to so i could at least have one of his babys so we can keep his blood line going.. he is only two.. would the heart worms be pasted to the babys or the *****..(female) i live in alabama and hope to find one like really close to me.. can any one help with my questions. and if so thank you a bunch.

well people you know i'm a nice person.. and we have only had this dog for about 6 months and we took him to a diffent vet and the vet said every thing was fine.. so we thought the 1200 dollars to buy him was worth it.. ok.. but i was only worth the heart brake of having to put him down... and that hurt enough.. he is such a good dog... i didn't do this to him the vet gave us heart worm pills for him and well they didn't help him to much because he already had them when we got them... i've taken really good care of him.. i've spent almost 2000 dollars on him in the past month of vet bills because they couldn't find out what was wrong with him.. so thank you very much......

it's his dad and mom i would but his dad died about 1 year ago from old age.. and they have sold all of the dad puppies.. and we were going to think about haveing him as a breeder and show dog.. but it looks like we can't

i already have background checks for the puppies that are going to be sold and to whom.. i'm taking 2 of them so the other 4 or 6 or even more are already taken care off and will be put in to good homes of people who i trust..

i have 4 dogs the one golden and the rest are from the pounds and other places i foster dogs too and all of my animals are on heart worm prevetion just because he had it before i got him does not make me a bad owner..

we are working on getting my money back they say that i gave it too them but it takes over a year for a dog to grow the heart worms.. so they want to tgo to court and well i'm game for that..

Answer 1

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. It is obvious it is heartbreaking. Even the best heart worm preventatives aren't always 100% effective.
If you have someone with a good female golden who is willing to breed then you can be assured heartworm doesn't pass. I would be concerned about the strain it would put on your guy, though. Also, have you contacted the closest University animal clinic? Often the Universities have very experienced specialists that may be able to save your dog. It would be worth checking into.

Showing and breeding dogs can be an expensive and heartbreaking venture. If someone wants to breed to make money they have no idea what is involved.

Please consider another Golden from a reputable breeder from a completely different line and different part of the country. They all have good personalities if well bred.

Also, have you gotten your money back from the person you bought this dog from? You should either get a refund or a new puppy. Any good and reputable breeder will do that. If the one you got yours from doesn't, then you need a different line and breeder. If I ever sold a dog that had a fatal disease like that I would be doing everything I could to help the buyer out. I can't see them doing that to you.

Good luck, I hope all goes well.

Answer 2

So, what do you plan to do with the other 8 puppies after the females risks her life to give birth to them? You didn't care about your dog enough to get him on $100 a year medication that could have saved his life, and now you want to stress him even more by breeding him? Why wasn't he fixed in the first place? Sorry but, if your dog is not a champion show dog or a perfect specimen of GRs, then he should not be bred. There are plenty of other great puppies out there that need homes. Don't force an animal to breed because you can't bear to lose him. Otherwise, you are simply a backyard breeder contributing to the thousands of goldies killed each year in shelters.


Edit: $1200 to buy a HW+ dog? An 18 month old dog at that? Ok, you may not have done this to him, but you are now being incredibly selfish and irresponsible by wanting to breed him. Find a puppy that needs a home and give *that* puppy a chance to live rather than create more lives. Please.

Answer 3

You sound kind of young ,but I can hear that you care about this dog. I agree that heart worm prevention should have been taken on this dog but you can't worry about that now. Seeing you put out all the money you have in trying to help this dog tells me that maybe you didn't know about heart worms..

I don't know much about them either because I live in the only State in the union that does not have them..We are heart worm neg.. Thank God.

My advice to you would be to love this dog.. Let time heal all wounds. Reseach for your area all the things that can affect a dog before you get the next one and then when this guy passes on get another one once you have had time to grieve over his loss.. Good luck..

Answer 4

I'm sorry for you that you have to put your dog down....it's not an easy decision. I adopted 2 lab mix puppies from the pound, only to find out later the 'mix' was pit bull. We also bought 2 chocolate labs and the puppies grew up together, very well cared for, watched Cesar Millan for tips on dog care. The other day the 2 lab mixes attacked our male chocolate lab and did alot of damage to him. All 4 dogs have been fixed, under the Wellness Program at Banfield Vet. We are having the 2 lab mixes put down because of aggression. We cannot bring them back home and they are deemed unadoptable since they are aggressive. We contacted rescue groups trying to find a place for them but they will not take aggressive dogs. I know people that own pit bull are passionate about them, saying they are not mean....these dogs weren't mean to us in any way and had never shown aggression to our other dogs - it just took one time though for them to 'snap'. Statistics don't lie and all it takes is one time. Very hard decision to make, my heart goes out to you.

Answer 5

I would suggest getting a second opinion just incase. At his age another vet may be willing to treat the heartworm. If he's going to be put down anyhow it's worth the attempt.
Out of curiosity how did your vet determine that he was "too far along"? Even in old dogs they often recommend letting them live out their life in peace. Good luck

Answer 6

Let it go. Don't breed the dog, its a horrible idea. Find yourself a new vet, one that does a heartworm blood test before dispensing preventative...huge mistake! Buy yourself a new dog. There's enough Golden Retrievers out there already.

Answer 7

Keep his bloodline going??? Is he line bred to one of the top show Goldens from the past???

Go buy a puppy and make sure to give it heartworm preventative. The exertion of breeding is likely to kill him if he is that far along. Furthermore, why would someone want to use your sickly dog for stud when there are so many top quality champions available?

Answer 8

Why not look for one of his siblings or a blood relitive, it's very likely that you'll spread the heart worm to the pups(the mom too if she's not protected). I would love him for the rest of his life and when he passes and your ready find a new dog. Even if you bred him chances are the puppy you pick would be nothing like him.

Answer 9

What makes the bloodline of your golden retriever so special you don't want to lose it? If (and I think that's probably a big if) he has show or working bloodlines that merit it's continuation, ask the breeder you got him from if you have have another puppy or dog from the same lines he came from. If you are just wanting to continue his bloodlines just because he is pretty and friendly...guess what, there are thousands of other golden retrievers out there just like him--you don't need to make any more for that reason.

Answer 10

I am sorry to know that your dog is positive for heartworm. I would not recommend breeding a positive heartworm dog with another dog and I would strongly recommend that you discuss this with your vet as he/she will tell you the same thing.