In a message dated 4/16/02 4:01:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > She was x-rayed today and even under anesthesia the vet could not pry her > jaws open. He said he does not know what is wrong. > > Please if any of you have ever experienced something similar let us know. > Even some brainstorming could help. Next stop for them is the state vet > school
I know I have spoken about this before so I apologize for those who may have heard this already. About 6 years ago I helped a friends' daughter obtain a Cavalier from a very reputable breeder. At about 6 months old she developed the same problem and we could not find out what was wrong. This was before today's technology of lists and easy access to breeders so I called up about 10 of the larger breeders in the club and no one had an answer for me. Finally I called Ann Thaeder who said it sounded familiar and found an old article in the Bulletin that spoke about myositis...an autoimmune disease that has no cure and a very sad prognosis for the puppy. I notified the vet of our findings and the hospital treated accordingly. With the help of steroids she got better, but it was temporary. She had several other incidents and in the meantime developed several other conditions like dermadectic (?) mange. The mange was kept in control by taking one Interceptor every day. The physical symptoms were that she did not develop normally. She grew to about 8 pounds only. Her ears were slightly lower set and her skull took on a domed appearance....though she was still a cute little Cavalier. She was happy and loving and did not suffer most of the time. She did unfortunately die at the age of 2 of respiratory failure. For the information of the breeder....I did find a breeder in England who had also had such a Cavalier 9 years before this little one. She was doing fine until she decided to breed her (we did not know as much 20 years ago and certainly today would not breed such a dog) and she went downhill quickly after that. However, that condition never showed up in her lines again. As for this puppy, her symptoms showed up just 2 days after she was spayed. It seems that stress, like puppies and surgery, triggers the condition. There is a group of Vets, I believe in Sweden, who have been studying this condition in Cavaliers for a few years, so I guess it is more common than we know. I do hope this is not the case for your friends puppy, but if it is I would be happy to put her in touch with my friend for further information. I had requested she send the vet records to the CKCSC but don't remember whether she did or not. Phyllis Phyllis Lasser WELMFORTH CAVALIERS Wyckoff, New Jersey ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
