My own dog - a mystery

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:00:31 GMT

must find out if horses were wormed, thanks for that lou - Daisy was quite ataxic so that would def fit the symptoms.

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loobylou — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:12:30 GMT

Have the horses been wormed recently?
Know of one case of a dog eating manure from a horse which had been wormed with an ivermectin based product and it caused temporary ataxia and blindness.

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Vicky RVN — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:20:24 GMT

Blimey that does sound scary! Hope it doesn't happen again x

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:26:51 GMT

yes, I had thought of that, thanks Carolyn. One of the fields are owned by my dad and my sisters horses graze there - I wonder could the dogs have any adverse reactions from eating horse manure?

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Carolyn Edwards — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:02:57 GMT

Would it be worth contacting whoever owns the fields around you, to find out if they've been spraying anything recently?

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:47:37 GMT

Yes, thanks for that Steph. I live in the country amongst lots of fields, so at the moment I am thinking fertiliser. Just hope it never happens again!

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StephSVN — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:22:00 GMT

Not really much help - my uncle told me one of his Golden Retrievers last year sometime laid down at the end of the walk (normal for him, he would rub ahead and lay down to wait) but when he caught up he was shivering uncontrollably but completely aware. After a few mins it just subsided. This was after just walking past a farmers field with some unidentified crop in it - dogs may or may not have gone in the field. I advised him to walk in a different place until crop had gone and it never happened again.

Sounds kindof similiar, and with your vet mentioning fertiliser - sounds like there could be some sort of agricultural product to blame...

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Saskia Quinn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:23:49 GMT

indeed, she is now back to normal, thank you! I hope your handsome lurcher is also feeling better! Had another episode this morning - up to get ready for work and Rosie, my 14 year old German Pointer had a sore eye, was runny and she couldnt open it very well........so off to work we go - turns out she has an ulcer, however its only just started so hopefully it will be fine with the eye drops as I am loathe to put her under ga for a 3rd eyelid flap due to her age.

Never rains but it pours, eh?

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wendy scott — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:49:43 GMT

Hey Paula,

they had no idea, all of his bloods cam back normal. He has no medication other than the diazepam my own vet gave. He had fluids for 24 hours and the tremours just subsided 24-28 hours after starting. They have mentioned intoxication, epilepsy, metabolic etc but nothing conclusive and they didn't want to do MRI as he improved so quickly. So we've to monitor and if it happens again he is off back to the vet school for more invasive testing.

Hope Daisy is feeling better.

Wendy x

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Saskia Quinn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:14:05 GMT

indeed it was scary wendy, did the vet school give you any indication of what may have caused it? Sounds very similar to Daisy

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wendy scott — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:56:39 GMT

Hey Paula, my MN lurcher suffered from this at 12.30am tuesday morning and given his neurological past was referred to the vet school. He tremoured continuously for 24 hours with increased temperature and inability to settle. Just got him home yesterday after 12 hours luids and the tremours just subsided.

How freaky!!! And at the time even though i am a nurse was very scary!!! :(

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Polly P — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:53:29 GMT

God, how scarey for you.... I suppose your next step will be trying to track down what they have been in contact with to avoid a repeat. Good luck.

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:27:18 GMT

fingers crossed for you!!!!

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:21:40 GMT

haha I know Steph!! Of course it could only happen to me lol!!

just hope tonight passes without event!!

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:18:33 GMT

hmm does sound like they have accessed some form of toxin....trust you!!!!