thankyou
we had a rescue gsd pup when i was a little girl, so we know to be careful with exercise and make sure he doesnt put weight on too quickly while he is still growing.
the pup is only 9 weeks old and he is being housetrained as we speak (hes slowwwwwly getting the idea!) and he has been wormed up to date. he has been checked over at the vets and we are going to speak to him on our final vaccination/microchipping visit about the signs to look out for for hip problems and i have no problem with spending 5 years on beans on toast if he needs a hip replacement at some point
as far as we can tell from the pedigree list and what the late breeders son could tell us, it is only the mother that was not registered- her parents and the registered fathers parents and a list of about 5 generations back come with kc reg, so im hoping its fine.
unfortunately as the seller didnt know much about the dogs and was just left with them when his father died- he is unable to tell us about the parents hip scores is the only downfall.
Our rescue gsd was born with calcium deficiency and was booked in to be put to sleep when my mom fell in love with him at the dogs home (an 8week old ball of fluff who couldnt stand cos his legs were weak!), and they thought he would have major hip problems and a short life cos he was the runt of the litter.
hes kinda small for a gsd, but has outlived all his 'healthy' siblings (a neighbour of ours had some) and has only recently had problems with his legs (he's almost 17!!!)