breeding question

[Titus-n-me]

I have been told that there is a type of sexualy transmitted disease among dogs! I was also told that if I wanted to stud my male I needed to have the famales checked for this- does anyone know what they are talking about- what is the name of the disease and what does the disease do to the dog? How expensive is it to treat- is it treatable, is there a cure- etc...

[Mardi]

This is called "Brucellosis". If your male is exposed to this it can render him sterile, and can cause reproduction failure in the female. There is a simple blood test that can determine if the female is infected. To my knowledge there is no effective ro treatment for prevention or cure.
Hope this helps.

[Krikkit]

You can find links to articles on Brucellosis and other breeding resources here http://boxerworld.com/links/Breeding_Information/

Sharon

[Titus-n-me]

Yes this does help alot- I am in the process of finding me another vet! He didn't know what I was talking about when I said the doggy sexually transmitted disease. He frustrates me- because he turns it around like I am a doggy hypochondriac and am just an overly concerned mama.Listen to what else he's told me:
First he told me that it doesn't matter if there are chicken by products in food, its all the same anyway- he doesn't know anything about BARF feeding and he told me my dog "looked ok" when he was running a very high temp and he ended up having an enlarged prostate!! (What do vets have to do to become licensed around here?) He also - get this! told me the diet I have Titus on is not as effective as the Science diet they sell there in the office- I feed Titus Iams Large breed, plus I give him 2 eggs every other day with 1/2 cup cottage cheese and shredded carrot! My breeder recomended suplementing this way- and he said it was the same as his prescription science diet- which contains chicken by products- thank you! I'm just venting sorry- he also told me I didn't need to give Titus an echo cardio gram or Holter test - his heart "sounds" healthy. Can you believe this guy? I wouldn't let him neuter my pig!!!

[Alisha Mobley]

Sounds like you are doing the right thing by looking for a new vet. I can't believe he would say the heart tests are not needed since his heart 'sounds' good. Maybe you should advise him to pick up any Boxer book and read it.

[JulieM]

Just wanted to add, the male should be checked for brucellosis as well. It is not only sexually transmitted.

Julie