2 Years have passed, seems like yesterday I was writing the above notification that our girl had died through Epilepsy, this horrible disease is STILL being bred through many affected lines new dogs are appearing with Epilepsy at an alarming rate! We do have some good news that as a result of making Megan's Pedigree public many have avoided the lines carrying the problem, many now know that getting your pedigree's checked by a pedigree researcher IS worth doing and at present is the only way forward to helping lessen the spread of this disease please do this, do not condemn another Megan to suffer a cruel and unecessary death.
we still miss Megan and she has left her footprints in our hearts forever XxX

  John and Margaret

2 Years have passed, seems like yesterday I was writing the above notification that our girl had died through Epilepsy, this horrible disease is STILL being bred through many affected lines new dogs are appearing with Epilepsy at an alarming rate! We do have some good news that as a result of making Megan's Pedigree public many have avoided the lines carrying the problem, many now know that getting your pedigree's checked by a pedigree researcher IS worth doing and at present is the only way forward to helping lessen the spread of this disease please do this, do not condemn another Megan to suffer a cruel and unecessary death.
we still miss Megan and she has left her footprints in our hearts forever XxX

  John and Margaret

Post Mortem Results also revealed that Megan had Confirmed Cushings Disease,this had been suspected for a while but tests at the time were inconclusive.

Our girl Megan passed away on 21/02/11 due to Epilepsy, she had a hard life due to the health issues she suffered from, these were
1.Primary(genetic)Epilepsy,
2.Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy (loss of nails very painfull)
3.Various problems with her immune system (which never was fully functional)
we do not regret our time with Megan but we have uncovered through much research that the Epilepsy was GENETIC and WAS carried in BOTH lines, and we would encourage anyone that has the same dogs in their pedigree's to get them checked BEFORE breeding.
Post Mortem revealed NO tumours or abnormalities: cause of death seizures caused by Primary Epilepsy....Rest Now Our Girl XXX

Our girl Megan passed away on 21/02/11 due to Epilepsy, she had a hard life due to the health issues she suffered from, these were 1.Primary(genetic)Epilepsy, 2.Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy (loss of nails very painfull) 3.Various problems with her immune system (which never was fully fuctional) we do not regret our time with Megan but we have uncovered through much research that the Epilepsy was GENETIC and WAS carried in BOTH lines, and we would encourage anyone that has the same dogs in their pedigree,s to get them checked BEFORE breeding. Post Mortem revealed NO tumours or abnormalities: cause of death seizures caused by Primary Epilepsy....Rest Now Our GirlXX