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AThos was the Belgium regional Schutzhund Champion twice, and also competed in three WUSV qualifying trials for the Belgium team.  I think it was three. I know he did two. He went 5th and went 7th in 2007. Yes, he is now ten years old.

Had to correct those danged typos.

Hexe, I can post a picture of the vet record if you like. I didn't even know what that was till he was diagnosed with it. Vickie

I believe in 2004 Athos was placed third in the Belgian Nationals, behind Ronny van den Berghe with Eros and Juilian Clements with Goran, Athos was handled by Johan Vangerven
Steve1

Athos should bite both there asses:-)

Here is pics of the first couple of pages of Athos's medical History from OSU.  I removed my personal information for obvious reasons.  Some of the history maybe incorrect as I was in sobbing and everyone was trying to interpret what I said.  There was some of health testing posted on Veronica's website regarding Athos from when she imported him and I was trying to recall it......

Doing a little research I came across this.....

http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(02)00233-4/abstract

Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 51-66 (September 2002)

The syndrome of cardiac cachexia
Stefan D Ankerab, Rakesh Sharmab

Received 22 April 2002; accepted 20 May 2002.
Abstract
Cachexia, i.e. body wasting, has long been recognised as a serious complication of chronic illness. The occurrence of wasting in chronic heart failure (CHF) has been known for many centuries, but it has not been investigated extensively until recently. Cardiac cachexia is a common complication of CHF which is associated with poor prognosis, independently of functional disease severity, age, measures of exercise capacity, and left ventricular ejection fraction. Patients with cardiac cachexia suffer from generalised loss of lean tissue, fat tissue, as well as bone tissue. Cachectic CHF patients are weaker and fatigue earlier. This is due to both reduced skeletal muscle mass and impaired skeletal muscle quality. Concerning the pathophysiology of cardiac cachexia, there is increasing evidence that neurohormonal and immune abnormalities may play a crucial role. Cachectic CHF patients have raised plasma levels of norepinephrine, epinephrine, and cortisol, and they show high plasma renin activity and increased plasma aldosterone levels. A number of studies have also shown that cardiac cachexia is linked to raised plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha. The available evidence suggests that cardiac cachexia is a multifactorial neuroendocrine and metabolic disorder with a poor prognosis. A complex imbalance of different body systems, termed catabolic/anabolic imbalance, is likely to be responsible for the development of the wasting process. It is hoped that a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in cardiac cachexia will lead to novel therapeutic strategies in the (near) future.

I hope this info will help save another dog some day!

Vickie

http://cardiology.vetmed.lsu.edu/Education/CongenitalCardiacDisease/PatentDuctusArteriosus/tabid/453/Default.aspx

Has OSU sent the records to me via certified mail?  Did you make sure they got a tracking number? And permission for me to see the files once they arrive? 

Thanks so much,
Veronica