We would all like to extend a special thank you to Debbie for organizing this list for us all to meet
and share stories and support. Also a Big Thank You to Dr. Clemmons, who gave us all hope.

"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."
Author unknown

"They are your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are their life, their love, their leader.
They will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of their heart.
You owe it to them to be worthy of such devotion."
Author unknown

For those of you visiting that are unaware of this disease, here is a brief description of it. For more detailed information, please click HERE to learn more.

Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) of German Shepherds is an autoimmune disease. In autoimmune diseases, the patient's own immune system attacks some part of its body. In DM, the myelin and axons are attacked. (Myelin is the insulation around nerve fibers leaving the nerve cell. Axons are long nerve fibers that go from nerve cells to muscles and other parts. They carry the signals from the nerve to the muscles.) It is similar to Multiple Sclerosis in humans.

Excerpt taken from Dr. Scanlan

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