We are happy to announce that we have expanded our Holter Project and have a brand-new Cystinuria Project to move that research forward. Now we are fundraising and need your support!
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Welcome to the Scottish Deerhound Club of America’s web site on Deerhound health issues. We hope this will help Deerhound owners and breeders, as well as those considering adding a Deerhound to their home.
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Our Health Fund Clothing sale ends Sunday—order while you can!
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Our Health Fund Clothing sale ends on January 15—order while you can!
Read moreWe are in the home stretch of fundraising for the 2022 SDCA Health Fund drive and we still need your help to reach our $35,000 goal! Although clothing sales go on until January 15, we will stop soliciting cash donations on Saturday.
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Our Health Fund Clothing sale has been going great—a huge thanks to everyone who has ordered so far! Having problems with the shipping rates?
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We are thrilled to report that thanks to many generous donors, volunteers, and winning bidders, our November auction was a record-breaking success! We raised almost $16,000 and are more than halfway towards our $35,000 goal. Thank you!
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Photo by Margory Cohen.
Thankfully, congenital heart disease is rare in Deerhounds, but it does occur.
Photo by Amber Duff.
It’s been a long time coming, but we’re delighted to report that the Holter project has begun! We have already started to monitor dogs and are booking dogs now for the fall.
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Photo by Amy Opoka.
Although congenital megaesophagus is exceedingly rare in Deerhounds, here is some recent research that may be helpful with any future cases.
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