I have a friend who has great dane puppies,?

Question

hi, A friend of mine has a litter of great dane puppies. All of a sudden the puppy started swelling in the head, she had one like this in her last litter. Said they had to put a drain tube in that it was an abcess.. The puppy is 5 weeks and the top of his head, and side of his face is swollen, I never seen anything like this.. is this hereditry? a genetic disorder? How can two puppies not same mom, but same dad have this exact problem? Am i looking to hard into this? any help appericated!!

Answer 1

How can two puppies not same mom, but same dad have this exact problem?
By inheriting it from the sire. Not everything is recessive, some things can be inherited from one side. Look up why the puppies have needed shunts to drain this type of swelling and go from there.

I am adding to my comment because some of the other posters have brought up some important issues which I think should be better explained and more thoroughly thought through. If this is a moderately common recessive in Danes, which is entirely possible (if not probable, I’ve never had Danes) than it is entirely possible that the incidence is coming from both sides just as it could be possible that it comes from one. Without pinpointing where it is coming from in some type of DNA test, we can only try and reduce the incidences with the screenings we have and through choices that produced less incidences as documented through breedings of similar relatives. DNA tests may become available in a decade or so which will be better able to identify more specific problems, but many problems are polygenetic and not caused by one set of genes but several. Breeding, even though lines should be studied, and genetic, or health screening should be done, is not an exact science. When a breeder breeds a dog they are taking a certain amount of risk no matter what they do. We test, and we screen for as much as possible but that does not mean that all tests show everything or that a dog could not be carrying a recessive trait. In other words, just because a person has perfect eyesight, does not mean that their child will have perfect eyesight. Sometimes these things can be seen in distant cousins but they are coming from the same combination or similar combinations of genes. We try to cut down on the incidences of unwanted traits, but to eliminate completely would mean to eliminate all dogs because there are no dogs which do not carry at least some unwanted genetic material. Breeding is a hobby in which breeders spend countless energy and time trying to find out as much as they can, the more we know sometimes the more we realize how much we do not know. We can do our best to avoid problems and we most certainly do try. We shouldn’t however reduce gene pools to the point of bottlenecking breeds. Unfortunately when to many are only partially informed, and continually repeat what they believe to be a golden rule, our dog breeds will suffer from the promotion of partial information. To those who are breeders, please consider this, as we are being faced with what is encroaching on the fancy now can we afford the type of negative PR partial information generates?

Answer 2

Each breed of dog has it's own predisposition for certain things.

The great Danes especially cause there are a lot of Out Crossing in the breeding in order to get the size. The genes carry a lot of faults that cause many problems with them.

Recessive genes pop out in all of them and some more so than others. This is a breed that should be left to competent breeders so that they can work with the recessive genes. They draw up grids to predict what the out come of the breeding. Individuals that breed these dogs don't have any idea as to what negative genes they are breeding into the pups cause they know nothing about the parents or the grandparents or the great grandparents.

Knowing how to work the genetics's is very important and BYBer's have no idea that they are creating freaks of nature.

Answer 3

If this has happened in two litters, I would be seriously looking into the male's pedigree. Check into other litters from the same line, to see if there have been other defects in puppies. If so, he should not be bred again.

It could be a coincidence, but that seems unlikely to happen to two of his litters.

Answer 4

Yes, it is definitely genetic. Your friend shouldn't breed the father anymore since it's probably coming from his side. But it could be from both - if this is a common problem in Danes.
Any time you breed a dog - you should have LOT of testing done before hand.

Answer 5

I wouldn’t feed that to my person canines, much less to a puppy with extra beneficial nutritional needs. in the staggering 5 ingredients they put in such fillers as wheat AND corn, yet another grain (rice), and then a fat. you're feeding canines, no longer horses. Why lots grain? No, inexpensive food. in the staggering 5 ingredients, a meat might desire to be selection one. the subsequent ingredients are vegetables and in line with danger a grain or yet another meat. Nowhere between the staggering 5 might desire to there be a via-product, corn, wheat, or soy.

Answer 6

its a birth defect. nature is confusing sometimes...but when you have anywhere from 6-15 puppies...there is going to be one with a problem..it could be from lack of nutrients or blood blow while in the mom or any number of things...that many puppies crammed into a uterus..things can happen...its sad...but its nature at the same time.

Answer 7

I would recommend that the dogs NOT be bred again. There are various genetic problems taht can cause this type of problem.

Answer 8

spay and nueter is the cure for this situation