Photo by Francesca Torres
This is just a heads-up that Washington State is increasing the price of the DEPOHGEN™ test* to $70 on September 30th.
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Photo by Francesca Torres
This is just a heads-up that Washington State is increasing the price of the DEPOHGEN™ test* to $70 on September 30th.
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Photo by Siv Ovesen.
The information on this webpage on anesthetizing a Deerhound has been updated.
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Photo by Eva and Svend Svendsen.
Since the DEPOHGEN™ test became available early this year, some questions keep cropping up, so we thought it would be useful to compile a page of Frequently Asked Questions. That page can be found here.

Photo by Karen Winter.
The new DEPOHGEN™ test for the genetic mutation that can cause Delayed Post-Operative Hemorrhage (DEPOH) can now be ordered using a credit card, which means it is now available to people outside the United States!
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Photo by Ellen Bonacarti.
We are THRILLED to announce that our breed has a new genetic test — the DEPOHGEN™ test for Delayed Post-Operative Hemorrhage (also called Delayed Bleeding Syndrome or hyperfibrinolysis)!
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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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Photo by Katrina Richardson.
Our research is still being impacted by COVID. Many projects continue to be delayed. But we have made a bit of progress on some fronts.

Photo by Verena von Eichborn, who passed away last week and whose photos will be greatly missed on this website.
Below are a couple of articles from the fall on new developments in diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy.