Pam,
I have a friend in the UK that has a little ruby girl that has
cavalier collapse. I was told that the symptoms resemble a "scotty
cramp" and it is being looked into by her cavalier club.
If you go to a search engine on the net and put in "cavalier
collapse" you can get some information about the myopathy if anyone is
interested.
Sandy Liston
--- Pamela Quisling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Pamela Quisling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: advice please - seizures
>
> For what it is worth, I would like to tell you all about my
> experience with
> my ruby girl, Rose. She has what was finally diagnosed as "Episodic
> Falling." There were two medical articles written on "Episodic
> Falling In A
> Cavalier" and once I had these articles. I can't find them at the
> momentbut
> I bet someone on this list has heard of this and may havethe
> information.
> Anyway, my experience with Rose and episodic falling, began about
> 3
> years ago one summer, when Rose, coming in from an active romp in the
> yard,
> suddenly fell to her side and became stiff as a board, she sort of
> shook or
> trembled all over. She did not lose consciousness but she had a sort
> of
> terrified look
> in her eyes...she drooled but not excessively and she did not lose
> control
> of her bowels or bladder. The seizure lasted about 15 minutes in
> which I
> just held her quietly on my lap. After about 15 minutes she wiggled
> down
> and sort of hunched her back and scuttled into her crate. I watched
> her and
> she was just lying there
> normally for about 1/2 hour and then she was fine.
> That summer Rose had about 3 episodes. She has continued to have
> these
> spells on and off (usually during the Spring or Summer although
> I don't think they are heat related) for the past 3 years. Each
> spell has
> been exactly the same except sometimes they are shorter in duration.
> The
> longest was 15 minutes and the shortest was about 5 minutes.
> Last year she only had one episode. That time she was just
> sitting
> around doing nothing and it happened. This year she has had one so
> far but
> it lasted only about 5 minutes. She never loses consciousness but she
> cannot
> move and she is very rigid. My vets have the articles I mentioned
> and
> apparently there is
> no treatment per se for these episodes. The important thing is to
> comfort
> and to reassure her and keep the other dogs off her. I am not saying
> that
> this is
> what happened to your Cavalier, I just wanted to tell you about what
> I
> learned about Episodic Falling....apparently it is a very real
> problem and a
> form of epilepsy but is relatively mild and not nearly as threatening
> as the
> true epilepsies. I sincerely hope this information helps you and
> that
> someone
> can find the articles I used to have (I will keep looking if anyone
> is
> interested, let me know). Rose is otherwise a very healthy happy
> Cavalier
> and she did
> not come from an importer....she was bred by a reputable breeder from
> healthly parents. She is six years old now and has no heart murmurs
> and
> no other symptoms of any kind. Hope this helps.
> Pam Quisling, Nashville, TN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary McHenry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] advice please
>
>
> > susan,
> > Thanks for the info. I will pass it along.
> >
> > i knew i could count on this list for good info.
> > Mary
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Susan Van Luchene
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:55 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] advice please
> >
> >
> > Hi Mary,
> >
> > Unfortunately, you are more than likely correct about the seizures
> this
> > little Ruby had not being a 'one time thing'. Here's a couple of
> sites you
> > can pass on to your friend for some information on Canine Epilepsy:
>
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