jasper65 6 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Hi All My 4 year old Paterdale "Muttley" collapsed two days ago just before I was about to take him out. this is the seocnd time he has done this! the last time was just before xmas! he seem to lose the use of his legs and take up like a frightend cat pose with his back arched up, he pants pretty hard and also seem to tremble and shake , within a few minutes he recovers and tears round the garden as if nothing has happend! its identical to what happend last time at xmas, this time I was about to take him to a vet but he now seems fine again, one thing I have noticed is either one of his front leg now seems to tremble while he is sitting! any help would be appreciated, Just a quick couple of picture's of him! he is the one at the front, He was the one WAF brought over for me from Ireland and my favouite. Cheers Tony Quote Link to post
Guest Uk_Hunter Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 he might be having fits [bANNED TEXT] Quote Link to post
Guest JOEB Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Just get him to the vet fella JOEB Quote Link to post
Guest tim Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 I've only seen this once before and it was in a huge pyranean (if thats how you spell it)mountain dog - anyhow huge great white fluffy thing that had epilepsy, it spent the rest of its short life on phenobarbitone . Thing is when you take your dog to the vet unless its fitting at the time, its virtually undetectable. Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Many thanks for the replies! I think you're right that its going to be a vet job, I have no arguements with them if they help him but what I hate about the vets around here is the way the rip people off, first they'll charge me a £20 consultaition fee then they'll go through all the crap of X-Rays and probably a ECG. a lad down this way thought his dog had swallowed something and took it to our vets! by the time they had finished with it and multiple X-Rays they concluded nothing could be found they ran him up a £180 bill . Don't get me wrong I'll certainly take him as I'm worried sick about him, I'm not slagging off all vets but some do take the P**s a bit. Cheers Tony Quote Link to post
Guest Uk_Hunter Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 the vets are the same round here,when my patterdale was a pup he fell of the sofa and was limping for 2 days so i took him to the vets and they charged me £100 for a exray then 8 quid for medician and wateva else so they said make an appointment to come bk so we did and a few days after that the dog was fine he just knocked his leg and probs bruised it but he was fine so we didnt go bk lol Quote Link to post
pickaxe 23 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Tony see how he goes i had a old bitch do it on me a few times, laying there fitting, even spew, then up she'd get re-eat the spew and off to go , if he starts having more and closer together , and you think he's in pain , take him to the vet , but don't forget he's breed to b a worker , and a life on pills is no good to him or you ..regards Mate Quote Link to post
dirtydawg 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 I've only seen this once before and it was in a huge pyranean (if thats how you spell it)mountain dog - anyhow huge great white fluffy thing that had epilepsy, it spent the rest of its short life on phenobarbitone .Thing is when you take your dog to the vet unless its fitting at the time, its virtually undetectable. CORRECT,I VE SEEN THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE,SORRY TO SAY IF IT IS FITS FORGET WORKING YOUR DOG ...EVER, BUT HEY ,NOBODY KNOWS NOWT ON HERE ABOUT YOUR DOG ,SO DONT TAKE ANY CHANCES WITH YOUR DOG MATE ....GET TO VET,ITS A f*****g SHAME ,COZ THAT DOG IS TAYLOR MADE Quote Link to post
Guest mucker Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 ive had this jasper there two kind of fits there epilepsy and theres some thing called ??secs?? forget what it stands for, i mine had trouble with the latter two different things but fits all the same. make sure the vets clued up and doesnt diagnose and treat for the other.. Quote Link to post
Limb 31 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 My mates dog had what sounds the same. After he eventually died due to a fit, the vet did an autopsy and found a tumor on his brain. He said that as it was growing it was causing more fits. He died at nine and was worked up until then. Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 He was fine right up until December last year just before xmas. a couple of weeks before that he managed to dig his way out of the Garden and go AWOL for a couple of days, a local keeper contacted me and told me he think he found my dog laying at the end of his drive but he is in a bit of a mess, he was'nt wrong! his ear was ripped threw and he was bitten around and under his muzzle! when I got him back hear he as good as collapsed and after some teatment spent a good few days recovering from it, I'm now wondering if this had anything to do with it as he was fine up until just after then, Feck knows what he came to grips with but I'm betting whatever tangled with him got smashed. Cheers again for the replies . Tony Quote Link to post
jimmyg 6 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Many thanks for the replies! I think you're right that its going to be a vet job, I have no arguements with them if they help him but what I hate about the vets around here is the way the rip people off, first they'll charge me a £20 consultaition fee then they'll go through all the crap of X-Rays and probably a ECG. a lad down this way thought his dog had swallowed something and took it to our vets! by the time they had finished with it and multiple X-Rays they concluded nothing could be found they ran him up a £180 bill . Don't get me wrong I'll certainly take him as I'm worried sick about him, I'm not slagging off all vets but some do take the P**s a bit. Cheers Tony They certainly arnt shy in charging my mother-in-law just had her 18 year old cat put down charged her £75 no wonder hes driving a £50k range rover Quote Link to post
Guest Stevie D Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Look back at the old threads on here mate, I'm sure Dawn B put up some good info on the subject, might save a consultation fee or two. I'm also sure she said some forms of fitting are controlable. Ultimately though you'll be visiting the vet, best do it sooner. Good luck Stevie Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Look back at the old threads on here mate, I'm sure Dawn B put up some good info on the subject, might save a consultation fee or two. I'm also sure she said some forms of fitting are controlable. Ultimately though you'll be visiting the vet, best do it sooner. Good luckStevie Nice one Stevie . Been looking through the pages and I'll have another look later, I kept coming across threads and could'nt stop reading them, some of them threads in the archives are the Bollox, this one was a very good thread "Different" types of 100% digging dogs...., Our dogs different working styles.... Its looking like a definite Vet job. just had him out tonight and he's blasting about like a good un as if everything is totally normal, its a weird one but Hopefully he'll get sorted. Cheers Tony Quote Link to post
Bantam cock 1 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 my brother has a bitch that got over fps . I'd have pts but his misses looked after it . It ok 95% then if tired its back end stops working after 5 mins its ok again just a thought Quote Link to post
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