This makes me so sad that such a young dog has to go through all this pain because a breeder just wants to make a buck. There has to be some way to get the word out to stop her from breeding, or at least warn people not to buy puppies from her so she'll have no reason to breed. Poor Ole, he sounds like such a sweet pup.

There's a dog we groom, he's a boerboel, the guy who bred him seemed very responsible, we've been grooming his dog for years, she's a great dog, seems very healthy. He told us all about the process of breeding her, he even drove to another state to get her bred, he thought he researched and picked a great dog to breed her with. Well all of the puppies but one died, and the one that lived his a horrible mess. He's so sweet but he's so screwed up with severe hip and elbow displaysia he can barely walk. His owner knows its only a matter of time before he has to put him to sleep. He's a huge dog (over 100 lbs for sure), if he can't walk there isn't much that can be done...wheelchair won't work because his front and his back are messed up. His elbows are big and shaped weird. It's breaks my heart this poor dog has to go through all this from puppyhood. At least the guy who bred him is going to be way more careful about who he chooses to breed the mom to again. She's not the problem, he had her hips/elbows checked, it was the dog he bred her to. That dog had those problems, and I believe he was a dog who won shows, from high quality lines...I'm sorry but any dog who carries those genetic problems should be banned from dog shows and breeding. The show world needs to do more about genetic testing before allowing dogs to compete in shows.