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This Windrock Greyhound, with the same pedigree as the other Fritzler's Legacy Greyhounds, didn't make it past her second birthday. A "rare form of distemper" indeed! Bad breeding on the same pedigrees that produced all the other Fritzler's Legacy of Greyhounds with deadly health issues and conformaton defects. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Fritzler continues to breed Fritzler's Legacy Greyhounds, but expects them not to die prematurely! Einstein said "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same result." He must have known Kim Fritzler!
Kimberly Ann Fritzler
Kimberly Fritzler
Kim Fritzler
Colin Fritzler
3326 F Road
Clifton, Colorado 81520
970-434-9866
970-270-1300
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Dead at Two!!!!!
Windrock My Precious JC September 01, 2009
While signed as the owners of the dead two year old Greyhound, this was clearly written by Kim Fritzler, fraud extraordinaire and another of Fritzler's Aliases. Distemper is a puppy illness that can be prevented by 1) proper vaccination and 2) breeding dogs with immune systems not like the Fritzler's Legacy bred Greyhounds with deadly health issues and conformation defects. If the distemper was some "rare form" that struck a two year old Greyhound dead, how does Fritzler know it was not hereditary and possibly a result of a compromised immune system. How is it that killer Kim is so "wonderful" when these people buried their TWO YEAR OLD Windrock Greyhound like so many others have buried their prematurely dead Windrock Greyhounds?
I have known Kim for almost four years now. WOW and you still can't see what a fraud Windrock is??? Stupid is as stupid does! When I first started looking for the perfect greyhound, I came across Kim and her breeding and decided that her line was the line I wanted to found my greyhounds on. I talked to Kim for quite a while, waiting for Naughty to come in heat, be bred, then have the pups. Through the whole process, Kim kept in constant contact with me.
I had told Kim I wanted a female to show, course and breed,and now you have a male??? in other words, I wanted her best, and I got it when I got Eowyn (Windrock My Precious). She was absolutely everything I had wanted in a greyhound.Except that she had no immune system and is dead at two. Unfortunately, Eowyn contracted a very rare form of distemper when she was two years old. What a medical oddity. Did not know there was a very rare form of distemper! I took her to specialists, had spinal fluid pulled, had a CAT SCAN and an MRI done to try to find out what was wrong. Why would a CAT SCAN and MRI be needed for a very rare form of distemper? Distemper is a virus! See below:
Canine distemper is a contagious, incurable, often fatal, multisystemic viral disease that affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. Distemper is caused by the canine distemper virus (CDV).
Incidence
Canine distemper occurs worldwide, and once was the leading cause of death in unvaccinated puppies. Widespread vaccination programs have dramatically reduced its incidence.
CDV occurs among domestic dogs and many other carnivores, including raccoons, skunks, and foxes. CDV is fairly common in wildlife. The development of a vaccine in the early 1960s led to a dramatic reduction in the number of infected domestic dogs.
Young puppies between 3 and 6 months old are most susceptible to infection and disease and are more likely to die than infected adults. Nonimmunized older dogs are also highly susceptible to infection and disease. Nonimmunized dogs that have contact with other nonimmunized dogs or with wild carnivores have a greater risk of developing canine distemper.
Distemper is caused by a filtrable virus that is airborne; it is also spread by infected utensils, brushes, and clothing. Symptoms are high fever, apathy, and lack of appetite with resulting dehydration and loss of weight. The respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts become involved, and there is vomiting and diarrhea. A dog may recover from the above signs and then develop nervous complications, i.e., convulsions, localized muscular twitches, weakness, and paralysis. Distemper in dogs can be controlled by immunizing each animal as early as possible with a modified live-virus vaccine.
The vets were stumped and the specialists told me that it was just one of those things that no one could have prepared for or prevented. There are several methods used to diagnose distemper in dogs and puppies. A polymerase chain reaction test (a laboratory test) can be performed on samples of urine, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, blood, and post mortem tissues. Skin biopsies, including the pads, can be specially examined for the presence of portions of the canine distemper virus. Depending upon the severity and time of infection, blood examined microscopically may show characteristic changes called "canine distemper inclusion bodies".
The typical distemper suspect is a rescue or pet store dog or puppy, usually with questionable vaccination history or an as yet incomplete vaccination series. The dog or puppy has been housed with other rescue dogs.
Symptoms begin with:
Gooey eye and nose discharge
Fever (which often comes and goes unnoticed)
Poor appetite
Coughing and the development of pneumonia
The virus is attacking interfaces of the body with the environment (the mucous membranes) and starts with the respiratory tract, hence the pneumonia, but it does not stop there. The virus moves on to produce:
Vomiting and diarrhea
Callusing of the nose and foot pads (hence one of the old names for distemper – hard pad disease)
After completing what is called the “mucosal phase” of infection where environmental interfaces are attacked (as described by the above GI and respiratory disease), the virus proceeds to the central nervous system for its “neurologic phase” leading to:
Seizures (classically starting with snapping or tremoring of the jaws that progress to convulsions of the whole body. This distemper classic sign is called a chewing gum fit.)
Seizures are not the only distemper sign by any means. Tremors , imbalance, and limb weakness all may occur. Signs may progress to death or may become non-progressive and permanent. Recovery is also possible.
This means that the dog appears to recover only to break with neurologic disease 1 to 3 weeks later. Younger puppies or individuals with weak immunity often die during the mucosal phase while stronger individuals may have relatively mild mucosal signs and not appear ill until the neurologic phase strikes.
Timetable of Infection
The infected dog typically infects other dogs via coughing infected respiratory secretions though the virus is shed in most other body secretions including urine. The virus enters the new host via the nose or mouth and promptly begins to replicate. Virus is engulfed by cells of the immune system called “macrophages.” The idea is that the virus will be engulfed, walled off within the cell and then destroyed by enzymes. Unfortunately for the new host, this process does not damage the virus as intended; instead, the virus is able to use the macrophage as a means of transportation through the host’s body. Within 24 hours, the virus has traveled to the lymph nodes of the lung. By the 6th day, the virus has migrated to the spleen, stomach, small intestine, and liver. Fever is developing at this point.
By day 8 or 9 an important crux is reached in the timetable of infection. The host is mounting an immune response during this time and the outcome depends on how fast and how well this is accomplished. A strong immune response begins to clear the virus at this point and has eliminated all traces of virus with no symptoms of illness by Day 14. A weak immune response allows the virus to reach the “epithelial cells,” the cells which line every interface the body has with the outside world. The tender epithelial cells lining the chambers of the brain are infected as well. The host begins to get sick as the virus spreads but as the host’s immune response grows symptoms wane. This phenomenon accounts for the wide variability in symptoms; some dogs get only a few mild symptoms while others get a full lethal combination.
After clearing from most internal organs, the virus is able to “hideout” for long periods of time in the nervous system and skin. Because of this phenomenon, callusing of skin or, much worse, seizures may occur long after the infection was thought to be cleared. If the experts were stumped, then how is it that it was concluded that is was a very rare form of distemper??? Or was it a brain injury or swelling on the brain that caused this mysterious disease that stumped the experts??? The kind of injury that can occur from using a cattle prod to stop a dog from jumping the fence, or an injury sustained at the hands of a so-called breeder from a beating after dinner when she would not stand still in a stack??? Now that would require a CAT SCAN and MRI to determine if there was an issue in the brain. But no where does it state that a CAT SCAN or MRI is ever used to diagnose distemper. And further, how long did this dog suffer before there was neurological involvement? Distemper is distemper and there is no rare form of distemper. Distemper manifests itself with very obvious signs of illness that would preclude any responsible owner to take the dog in for veterinary care long before it had neurological involvement. It was not hereditary, that is correct, it was either lack of proper vaccinations or a brain injury from a beating at the hands of the breeder Fritzler, and it wasn't something that I had done wrong. Through all of this, Kim called me daily to check on Eowyn, she gave me encouragement when I was just beside myself, and she gave me comfort when it came time to let Eowyn go. Fritzler was trying to be sure no blame would fall on her even though Eowyn is the product of another prematurely dead Fritzler's Legacy Greyhound. You should have read about the pedigree before purchasing this dog and having her prematurely dead like so many other Fritzler's Legacy Windrock Greyhounds.
I had had high hopes for Eowyn and was devastated when she died. I didn’t expect anything from Kim because there was nothing hereditary wrong with Eowyn, so she wasn’t responsible. Really, maybe vaccinating the dog on a proper protocol by a licensed veterinarian when it was a pup would have prevented this dog from a horrible tortuous death! or breeding something other than the typical Windrock Fritzler's Legacy Greyhounds with deadly health issues and conformation defects int he first place. But, Fritzler continues with the same insane breeding program that has produced so many prematurely dead Windrock Greyhounds in Fritzler's Legacy.
However, Kim is such a wonderful person that she couldn’t stand the fact that I didn’t have a greyhound puppy to show, course and breed. That's right, she needed to dump another one of her dogs that she could not sell with the same Fritzler's Legacy pedigree! At first I was so upset that I just couldn’t think about what I wanted, but Kim didn’t give up on me. That's right because she is like a pitbull on the pantleg of life!
When Whisper had her latest litter, Kim called me and said, I have the perfect little boy for you; you just have to have him. Kim knew that I couldn’t afford to pay for another puppy, and she didn’t even ask me to. Damn Right, not at her outrageous prices for dogs that drop dead prematurely!
She replaced Eowyn on her own because she is a compassionate person and she cares about not only the pups she breeds, but the people who buy pups from her.
I drove to Colorado to pick up my new pup this summer, and I have been SO happy! OH GOODY another sucker that has enabled Fritzler to continue with her circus of horrors! Kim was wonderful to my nieces and me when we arrived. Now why in the world would you bring your nieces when you supposedly have 3 boys? Wouldn't the boys want to be a part of seeing the dogs since they have to live with the puppy? She showed me all of the pups, all of the grown dogs, stacked everyone up for me to look at, and just let me have the run of her kennels. Oh please everyone knows Kimmie hates kids and everyone else. Kimmie loves Kimmie only!
Kim is a wonderful person. I cannot thank her enough for trusting me again with my new pup, Rhaegar. He has the same fantastic personality that Eowyn had. He’s great with my three boys and confident enough to go anywhere and try anything. It is quite obvious that he has great breeding and was well socialized when he was young. Kim spends time with every one of her dogs and makes sure those that get a dog from her get the best. I’m so glad that people like Kim still exist! Well, chickie, than you are the only one that feels that way! I would recommend Kim as a breeder to anyone who wants a great greyhound and a wonderful breeder and teacher to go along with it!!
Thanks so much Kim!
Sincerely, Ronni and Rhaegar and Family rhhh3lft@yahoo.com (903) 796-1215
Kimmie, writing your own personal greyhound tales again? Do you actually think that someone with 1/5 of a brain would believe this malarky? Hey when do we get to see that UPS 20 years of service certificate again? Isn't it kinda hard to do when you were on strike for over a year and you were working at the meat rendering plant in the next town over? Go to:
I am nine years old and a champion. Instead of being retired, I am bred! I have cataracts, my sisters died of bloat and brain tumors. My aunt died of a heart attack, bred just like me, as a matron, but her heart gave out and she died with a belly full of puppies two weeks before whelping. Did you see me at Windrock? Did you leave me behind? Why?????
Instead of a lovely retirement to play and enjoy what is left of her life (amazing that she lived past nine at Windrock), this is Whisper's plight. Look at her poor unhappy face. The poor old girl is exhausted.
Fritzler's Legacy of almost 100 Greyhounds with deadly health issues, bad temperaments, conformation defects AND CATARACTS, is a nightmare of the relatives surrounding these unfortunate Windrock Greyhound MATRON sisters, born in 2000 who are still being bred by Windrock, those that are still alive, that is.
Fritzler has posted ads for the past two months about her May 2009 litter, at first not revealing the sire. Perhaps that's why her Greyhounds are now DNA tested!!!!! The picture she uses on the ads is an old picture of who knows what Windrock bitch, with who knows what Windrock Litter. She shows that Whisper was OFA/CERF'd and if you follow the links, you will see that her CERF test showed punctate CATARACTS in 2008. Recommended to retest, but that was not done and Whisper was bred anyway. Recommended that puppy owners be advised of cataracts. Well, they're not advised of any of the other Fritzler's Legacy defects, so why would they be advised of cataracts.
This Shame on Windrock page is not a gossip page, so just read the test results for yourself and the two different ads with different dates of birth and prices. How very Blue/Dante/Kegger of Fritzler and more of her false advertising. It's her m.o. Her May 26 litter was born June 9 out of a bitch with cardiomyopathy, brain tumors, bloat and CATARACTS in her line and in her. In the meantime, this is what Kimberly Ann Fritzler and Colin Fritzler are breeding and continue to breed and produce at Windrock.
Date of birth: Nov 11th 2000
Litter sisters still being bred at NINE YEARS OF AGE (except if they're dead)****
"Naughty" - Windrock's Mamma Mia (Bred last fall)
"Whisper" - Windrock's I've got a secret (Due in May) Had her pups in June - Now how could Fritzler say the pups were due May 26, 2009, but Whisper had them on June 9, 2009???????? Please click on Windrock Cataracts to see what Fritzler has bred in Whisper in addition to cardiomyopathy, bloat, bad bites and bad temperaments. If they live to nine, they will have cataracts.
"Dharia" - died at nine, two weeks before whelping a litter of pups - heart failure
"Guilty" - Windrock's Does your mother know *** Died of Bloat
WHERE IS THE CURRENT LITTER that she's advertising for on nextdaypets.com for $2000 a pup? She's advertising them on greyhound-data for $2500 and up!
The dog that died in Gail's possesion was not a sister. She is an aunt to Naughty and Whisper...
Whisper is the MATRON bitch that was due in May and Naughty is the MATRON Windrock bitch that whelped last fall.
Two of their sisters (Guilty) died of Bloat and Angie died of a brain tumor. We don't know what Molla died of at three.
Worse than losing the mother in whelp, she tested positive for cataracts. Her aunt Sober's Dharia who died of cardiomyopathy pregnant at NINE YEARS OF AGE TWO WEEKS BEFORE SHE WAS TO WHELP.
MATRON "mother" of Windrock's "current" litter, Whisper has two sires in the 2nd and 3rd generation that are heavy producers or cryptorchidism. The sire to this litter is a producer of dogs with severe overbites. Brain tumors, severe bloat issues, cryptorchids, overbites, etc.... Inbreeding percentages: 47.95% and 36.74%. WHISPER HERSELF HAS CATARACTS!
Greyhound-data ad $2500 and up for the same pups you can buy for $2000 from her nextdaypets ad.
Please visit Fritzler's Legacy to see the further connections between the mother of the MYSTERY LITTER and the rest of the Windrock Greyhounds bred with deadly health and temperament issues and conformation defects AND NOW CATARACTS
Any time you believe her hype about being honest and supporting owners, etc., click on Marzluf v. Fritzler.
Kimberly Ann Fritzler, Kim Fritzler, Colin Fritzler, Windrock Greyhounds, Windrock Hounds, Windrock Sighthounds, Elaine Summerhill, Dynomutts Greyhounds, DM Greyhounds, Anne Sheridan, Ann Cashel Sheridan, Cashel Greyhounds, Cashel Greyhounds Farm, Renee McCartin, Mielikki's Hunt Borzoi, Tricia Bingham, Tricia Bingham Perkins are abusive group of anti-dog "breeders" who abuse not only their dogs, but the people unfortunate enough to know them.
The Windrock Fritzler's Legacy pups are getting older and soon some poor unsuspecting owners might have these future dead puppies in their homes. BUYERS BEWARE and, when your Windrock Greyhounds die prematurely, please post the name, date of birth and cause and it will be posted on this page.
The latest is a two year old Whisper daughter, prematurely dead at two years of age. And Fritzler continues to breed the same dogs with the same pedigree over and over and over again.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's Windrock!
Kimberly Ann Fritzler
Kimberly Fritzler
Kim Fritzler
Colin Fritzler
3326 F Road
Clifton, Colorado 81520
970-434-9866
970-270-1300
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