Epilepsy - Meerdyke Machk's short life - Page 9

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Oli & Admins - is it possible to make this one "stickie" for a while ?  Thanx.

My heart goes out to all.  I know how devestating it is for a human to have this or to raise a child with this.  I cannot imagine dealing with this in a beloved dog.   

Quite often we discuss the males who are known to pass on this disease but we do not discuss the females from these animals which have bred on.   Any comments?

Mackenzie

Well its not that females don't get considered, imo, just that a) stud dogs can be used prolifically,
b) bitches can't;  and they can be carrying any kennel name or none, usually untitled (serious
breeders avoiding using them) and for those reasons less readily traceable. 
The disease appears to be passed on through both sexes.

fawndallas - thankyou very much for your sentiments they are much appreciated.  It is a difficult disease to live with.

macenzie - it is on meerdyke machks Dam's side that there are 3 generations of epileptics recorded (that we know of) and of course one of those is Megan (Belgran Follow Your Dream) so the females are getting the disease or possibly carrying the gene.  My dog's dam (Belgran Incaspirit at Vonsilvas) has had at least 4 litters, not knowing the size of all her litters but I  suppose you could be talking of around 20 progeny maybe more?  Then like Hundmutter has said, the dogs can sire many litters so the numbers will be so much greater. 

Sorry posted in wrong thread.

 

  Rachael,
   It is a very difficult disease to live with and for your dog to suffer with, we have always thought that the only Predictable thing about Epilepsy is that it is so Unpredictable.
    Some dogs do and can lead an active life responding well to the Meds. sadly as we know not all dogs do, getting that "balance" is not easy, and in cases the seizures become so bad that it really does take its toll on your dog, the post-ictal as you know can also be terrible, and can last hours, it can ravage your dog in that time,and even with that cocktail of meds. it is sometimes not enough.
Bailey was in a lovely Family environment well loved and cared for, it is so sad that he suffered the way he did xxx

 Unfortunately as already been mentioned, the Sire can and probably will be used much more so of course the number of litters will be a lot more, and if some breeders choose to ignore what has already been produced from certain lines and they continue to use them, some of the puppies from these litters  could go on to be used in their breeding program thus continuing the circle, of producing or carrying the disease.

  Margaret

When thinking of the females we also have to think of their sons and daughters.  We should also be looking at the overerall picture to see whether any of the females families appear more often than others in epileptic Dogs.

Mackenzie