It is with great sadness that we share with everyone the passing of one of the great Shar-Pei vets, Dr. Jeff Vidt. Dr. Vidt was a well known Shar-Pei vet who contributed his expertise to helping our beloved breed. His published works on the subject is immense and we are grateful for all he did to help the Charitable Trust over many years.
Dr. Vidt was working at West Suburban Veterinary Associates in Westmont, Ill. until his condition of Cortical Basal Degeneration hastened his retirement due to the physical requirements of his job and the challenges of his medical condition. Despite receiving this diagnosis in 2015, Dr. Vidt continued to treat the animals that he loved so much until his retirement in June 2020.
For more information about this amazing man, please visit either: https://westsuburbanfh.com/jeffrey-w-vidt-dvm or https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/tributes/201014340.
Our prayers go out to his family and especially his wife Linda.
It has taken over 20 years of research and experience to gather the knowledge we now have about the health of the Chinese Shar-Pei. These advances are the result of the efforts of so many who contributed their time, their money, their information, their energy and optimism over the years. In 1995, the Chinese Shar-Pei Charitable Trust was established expressly for the purpose of raising funds and leading the way to learning as much as possible about the causes, treatments, and heredity of the unique diseases of the Chinese Shar-Pei.
The help and support from CSP Charitable Trust was in part what made possible..
Still more research needs to be conducted to learn more about the disorders that affect our beloved breed. We need your help and cooperation for this research to happen. One future goal is to make it possible for members of the Chinese Shar-Pei breeding community to participate conveniently, affordably and confidentially in these studies to develop a longitudinal view of the various conditions and possible underlying genetic causes.
The list of those we would like to thank is long and growing. We are grateful to Lee and Romana Arnold for their skillful stewardship of the Charitable Trust over the years, Dr. Linda Tintle of the Wurtsboro Veterinary Clinic, Dr. Jeff Vidt of the West Suburban Veterinary Associates, the staff who volunteered their time and effort to build and manage the Chinese Shar-Pei Charitable Trust, our generous donors, our fund raisers, our prize makers and gatherers, our Facebook community Administrators, the Chinese Shar-Pei breeders and owners who participate in the research studies, the veterinarians and veterinary technicians who help collect samples, those who have developed and shared protocols to help our Shar-Pei live the healthiest lives they can, and many others for giving their time and efforts.
Each contribution, no matter the size or effort, has helped to make these advances; without each one, we cannot make a difference. It takes a village to help these special dogs, who give us so much and teach us what is important.
Let us join together, channeled by the efforts of the Chinese Shar-pei Charitable Trust, to move toward our common mission: to support and improve the health of the Chinese Shar-Pei breed through continued research.
We would like to thank Jacqueline Collins Hullar for her valuable assistance in making sure that the content of this web site is accurate. We would also like to thank Esa Heiononen for permission to use his photos on this web site.