Hi Nikki,
I will be happy to share the results of the tests. The originally did them in February but lost them so they have redone the tests on July 7th.
It's nice to meet you.
>Your Rocky is absolutely beautiful, Max. Thank you!
unfortunately, his story is a sad one.
our breeder brought him to us at 4 weeks old as a fading puppy expected to live a day or two longer. we nurtured him and just at 6 weeks he drank water from the dish - see picture.
from that moment on he became a total character . at that time i was hosting an email list server for sharing setter pics. several hundred folks fell in love with him as i posted pics daily.
at 16 weeks he seized while in my arm out on the deck. acute renal failure. we took him to the vet for his trip to the Bridge two days later :-(
Here is an update:
I just wanted to let you know we got Steve's DNA Tests back and SOD1 is negative but the C90rf72 is positive.
Steve's breathing levels had been dropping rather slowly, about 3-4 points every 3 months for example if it was 72 then 3 months later it would be 69 but from April to July it went from 69 to 49 percent.
We went to Johns Hopkins on Monday 8/11/14 and it had went from 49 percent in July to 37.4 percent.
We are going to Washington D.C tomorrow by train, Steve has always wanted to see the White House so I managed to get a friend to arrange it since they stopped public tours awhile back.
We will be going on the tour on Saturday 8/16/14 and after that a tour of the Capitol Building.
We will be staying for 6 days so we will be seeing other sights also.
Trish