#mpsmonday

Sweet @super_mort is loving his tummy rubs this morning. #MPSMonday #MPSVI #MPSArmy #MPSStrong #MPSVIdogs #dogsofinstagram

It's #MPSMonday. Here's a quick fact about MPS in animals. -- Affected pups can die within a few weeks, or start to gradually deform over a few weeks/months of age. Each dog may progress at different rates depending on how quickly the cells are affected. The more awareness that is raised about MPS VI the more breeders are likely to test and eradicate the disease from the breed. If every Miniature Pinscher breeder would test for this disease, it could be eliminated from the Miniature Pinscher breed completely, but sadly, few test for it.

Pan and Walter are close the the finish line. Can we get them to 100 in the next few hours? #MPSMonday isn't over yet. Here's a little bit about MPS and how it affects our dogs. * The body is continually replacing old cells with new, and to do that, parts of the cells must be broken down and disposed of so that the new parts can be built properly. When a dog has MPS-VI, it has a deficiency of arylsulfatase B, an enzyme that breaks up the mucopolysaccharides so the body can remove them from the cells. The mucopolysaccharides that should have been removed stay in the cells and cause damage over time, as they don’t allow the proper formation of new cells.

It's #MPSMonday. MPS is a gene disorder. This means it is not caused by inbreeding. It is caused by uneducated breeding. If a mother and a father both carry the #MPS gene than they have a chance of having a child affected by MPS. The siblings could then be carriers of the gene. This is how the MPS gene gets passed along. If breeders do not test their dogs for the gene they could be passing it down multiple generations and allowing it to be breed out all over the world. The result is more and more dogs being born affected by MPS. 😔