River - Shiloh Shepherd

River - Shiloh Shepherd Our Girl Dog River the Shiloh Shepherd - Pictures and stories about River

Beautiful River all grown up and hanging in Mexico!
11/11/2016

Beautiful River all grown up and hanging in Mexico!

River @ 14 months.
08/10/2016

River @ 14 months.

River relaxing in Lo De Marcos has garnered a people choice photo award :) Way to go River!
08/05/2016

River relaxing in Lo De Marcos has garnered a people choice photo award :) Way to go River!

My pretty girl River is starting to look all grown up!
07/24/2016

My pretty girl River is starting to look all grown up!

So - My Princess River was holter monitored (24 heart monitor) a month ago and was found to have GSDIVA. This is a condi...
06/28/2016

So - My Princess River was holter monitored (24 heart monitor) a month ago and was found to have GSDIVA. This is a condition which is hereditary and apparent in the German Shepherd / Shiloh Shepherd breed, and is the same disease my boy Kaiden had. We took River to the cardiologist and had an echo-cardiogram done, and her heart is structurally OK. Unlike Kaiden who also had mild SAS and a slightly enlarged ventricle - which likely ultimately killed him at age 4. River has a good prognosis - but she has the risk for sudden death. No drugs were prescribed to her. The biggest thing is we were aiming to breed her - and she was not spayed yet. Had we got her spayed - there would have been a terrible risk that she would not do well under anesthesia. As it is now - we would need to bring her to the vet college to have her spayed (and the gastropexy). At a very high cost!

The message here is that all puppies should be holtered. This prognisis on River was very unexpected as there has not been any sudden death seen in this line. Spaying River may have ended in her death.

My hopes are that in future - ALL Shilohs will be holtered as part of the breeding program. It may not stop this terrible disease - but it may supply some answers.

There is now a holter available in Ontario thanks in part to the kind donations that Kaiden's Go Fund Me page brought in. Please book it and have your puppies monitored. This may save their lives and will pave the way to finding some answers to the disease and the hereditary risks.

Happy River Girl!
06/17/2016

Happy River Girl!

River lives up to her name - she loves the water!!
05/23/2016

River lives up to her name - she loves the water!!

TOT with River!
05/17/2016

TOT with River!

River - 11 months of gorgeousness.. if I might say so...
05/10/2016

River - 11 months of gorgeousness.. if I might say so...

River has the same smile as when she was 12 weeks... How cute!
03/14/2016

River has the same smile as when she was 12 weeks... How cute!

Beautiful River @ 9 months
03/14/2016

Beautiful River @ 9 months

slobbery sandy happy ball dog
03/06/2016

slobbery sandy happy ball dog

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