From: Pamela Quisling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: CKCS Rear End Lameness, Lethargy
I have a Blenheim who has near-advanced MVD. Her murmur is a 5 out of six. She is seven years old and on Vasotec, and Furosemide. Sometimes she seems to go lame in the back legs and can't stand. When this happens she licks constantly and her gums and tongue are very pale. She does not seem to be in pain but she cannot stand. She does not have convulsions or trembling or seizures. On visits to the vet all blood work and xrays were normal, except for the size of her heart which is enlarged. The vet seems to think that sometimes the enlarged heart causes her to have less oxygen in her blood than she requires and the back extremities are deprived first and so she sort of sinks down and cannot move. Picking her up and holding her and sort of massaging her back seems to help, but she recovers by herself as well. Bradycardia comes to mine because her heart rate is very slow sometimes. Her heart is very enlarged in the xrays -- you can see that it presses against her rib cage and her throat and her lungs very definitely. It is very sad, but this is MVD. She doesn't cough much but she does cough more often now. She is exercise intolerant and has been since she was one and 1/2 years old. Anyway, I guess my point is that it could be heart related, but with my baby's rear end lameness there is no seizure, at least not yet. We don't use flea collars and I am careful about pesticides. We use heartguard for heart worms and Advantage for fleas and ticks, but I apply less than is indicated and I haven't noticed that these problems occur close to Advantage applications. Just wanted to share. Pam Quisling ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise P. Quittmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: [CKCS-L] Rear End Lameness, Lethargy > Dear List- > > This has got to be a new record for me, as I am quite content to remain in > the lurker mode and learn from those with much greater wisdom than I. But > this will be my third post for the day, and again is a question for the list: > > I was just contacted by a person who has a ruby Cavalier that I bred, as well > as a tricolor girl from another breeder. Several days ago her tricolor > started to walk with a "waddle" in the rear, and seemed increasingly > lethargic. She took her to the vet yesterday, but after running blood tests > and taking x-rays of her back, they could not determine what the problem was. > Her blood tests revealed nothing unusual. I believe they gave her some > Rimadyl. This morning, the dog could not go down the stairs, was even more > lethargic and seemed reluctant to even walk. When placed outdoors, she had a > seizure and collapsed, losing control of her bladder. She again ran her to > the vet, where she was put on fluids and given some drug whose name her owner > cannot recall. She has not shown any signs of improvement today, and the vet > has recommended taking her to a neurologist. > > One interesting piece of information that this woman gave was that she had > put a flea and tick collar (Prevent-A-Care?) on both of her Cavaliers > sometime last week. She said the tricolor girl had removed the ruby girl's > collar at some point and was chewing on it. > > I am just trying to solicit some possible ideas on what this could be. > Obviously the correlation with the flea collar is of concern. Any thoughts > would be very much appreciated. > > Thanks again for any help, and also thanks for all of your comments on the > doggy doors. It looks as though 4"-6" will be about the right height! > > Denise Quittmeyer > Hobbshire Cavaliers > Las Vegas, NV > > ========================================================= > "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. ========================================================= "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.
