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My first Leonberger, Maddie, is an absolute charmer of a girl. A temperament so sound and a personality to match.

She was born in March 2004 and even at a young age she was proving to be a handful! We soon enrolled in Obedience training and found she was very quick to learn new commands as long as I had a treat reward to hand. She has since achieved her Bronze and Silver Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards, and we are 'going for Gold'.

She also loves swimming (what Leo doesn't?) and we try and go as often as we can, weather permitting, to an equestrian centre where she would stay all day if we let her!


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Maddie hasn't always been in the best of health. From an early age (10 months Jan 05) she became very ill. She had an emergency operation to have part of her bowel removed. It had folded back in on itself and, as you can imagine, made her very poorly. At this time she weighed 48 kilos

At 15 months (June 05) she was diagnosed with Exorcrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) At first we didn't know what was wrong with her and she had lost so much weight in a few short months we thought we were going to lose her. By the time all the tests had been done she weighed 38 kilos. She was also found to be intolerant to most foods that she had eaten in the past so the challenge was on to get her on the road to recovery. She was having powdered digestive enzymes on every meal, and we had to be so careful she didn't eat anything she wasn't allowed. EPI is a life threatening condition and without treatment they are unable to digest their food, so can literally starve to death.

In August that same year we took her on holiday to Devon. After half an hour of being there she bloated! After an emergency dash to the vets and within an hour of arriving she was on the operating table - again. She recovered better than we hoped and so by the Thursday we took her for a day out to Canonteign falls, where she had a lovely walk and said hello to the ducks - mind you she would have preferred to swim with them!

Back home she still wasn't putting weight on and at 18 months old (September 2005) she had her first season, lost what little coat she had left and really looked pathetic bless her. A drastic change to her diet was made from cooked chicken, steam vegetables and potatoes, to completely raw food. At last she started putting on some weight and it seemed the EPI was finally under control. But she had one more hurdle to cross. In December 2005 I had her spayed, she was so weak and it took a few weeks before we could safely say she was definitely back on the road to recovery .

So, a lifelong condition, a change of diet, and three operations in one year, I think my Maddie has had her fair share of bad luck.

If I could turn the clock back would I swap her? No chance!! She means the world to me and my family and for all that she has been through you couldn't meet a nicer girl.

I have included a link to EPI on my contacts page. It can happen to any dog, of any age, of any breed. It is also hereditary

All my dogs are now fed a raw diet and have suffered no ill health, no growing problems and are healthier than I've ever seen them before. 

I would also like to thank my best friend Helen who has helped and been there for me throughout.

Also thanks to Teri (Tintigny Tervs) for all her help and knowledge that she shared with me, so patiently too, and for putting me in touch with the k9-epiglobal website

Thank you



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