The formation of intestinal gas, or flatus, is a normal physiologic process. Formation of excessive amounts can distend the bowel and cause discomfort. Although frequent or chronic flatus in dogs may be a sign of an underlying disease process, in most instances it is a consequence of bacterial fermentation of ingested food components or swallowed air.

Age, injury, "wear-and-tear" and developmental abnormalities are some of the typical causes of arthritis.

Many, not all, Klee Kai are aggressive toward other dogs unless they are well socialized as puppies. These dogs will tend to pick up the characteristics of an older dog if raised around one.

Both genetic and environmental factors are important in canine diabetes. At least 50% of diabetic dogs have type 1 diabetes, very similar to type 1 diabetes in humans. Certain breeds are predisposed to developing diabetes due to genetic factors. Chronic pancreatitis (inflammation of the internal organ called the pancreas) damages the pancreas and its ability to produce insulin. Chronic pancreatitis causes approximately 28% of canine diabetes cases.

Aggressive chewing on hard objects, such as commercially available cow hooves or other hard toys is a primary cause of broken teeth in dogs. You may help prevent tooth breakage by watching how your dog chews on any new toys. For example, if your dog is aggressively biting down on a new toy trying to crack it take the toy away from it. Replace it with a toy that it can't get its mouth around. Try giving you dog rawhide or other chews that soften as the dog chews on it.

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They do love to dig, and also shed, so if you want to judge them on those characteristics, yes, they can be messy. However, their double coat seems to repel dirt to a certain degree, and they have less "doggy odor" than most other breeds. Also, an Anatolian should have tight flews with a correspondingly "dry" mouth, so drooling is seldom a problem. If you want a really neat dog, though, the Anatolian is not for you.

This is less of a problem than it used to be, especially on the Camino Francés, where the local dogs are by now entirely used to seeing pilgrims pass. But in France generally, and on the other Spanish routes, where dogs are generally kept to protect farms and flocks, it is as well to be wary.

Dogs have the ability to sweat, but in places that are a little different from humans. Dogs sweat through their pads and feet. Their skin and armpit areas don't contain sweat glands like ours do. Their main method of ridding themselves from heat, however, is by panting, which is a very different mechanism than what we generally use. For these reasons, we must take great care to protect our dogs from heat stroke.

If your animals are kept inside your home there is no limit as long as you can properly care for them. If you have dogs that reside outside in your yard and you live in a residential area on less than half an acre you cannot have more than three outdoor dogs. If you live on more than a half an acre but less than two acres, you are not allowed to have more than seven outdoor dogs. Section 91.

The OFA will re-evaluate animals as often as the owner likes. However, the re-evaluation must be based on a new set of radiographs. All consensus evaluations on a given radiograph submission are final.

No, we have quality healthy dogs that represent the breed well.  Many of our dogs have potential show quality.We spend a lot of time training, grooming and playing with our dogs, but our preference is to stay home and spend time with our children and pets.  We do have a handler that is presently showing a couple of our dogs.