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wyrddogs · 21 days
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In regards to my thoughts on the podcast, I guess my agonies over Kermit's back screening scores were for nothing. Whether he has two calcifications (per OFA) or five (per INCOC) doesn't really matter. X-rays aren't even good at detecting them, and they aren't a good indicator over whether a dog will have a herniation event anyway. He's CDDY/CDDY, so he's at risk, which I already knew.
So I'm back at square one (scary square), which is basically cross my fingers and hope. And follow all the best practices, which are keeping my dog fit, trim, and intact, and minimizing the hard landings, and letting him run up and down the stairs, and basically letting him enjoy his life.
He's also insured.
And because he is so cobby and struggles with the A-frame and dogwalk (he has a hard time getting enough speed to scramble up it, compared to a lighter and more springy-backed dachsund), I'm comfortable keeping him off the obstacles for the rest of his life.
As for the bitch I'm getting, this breeder is not like a Belgian breeder where she has every aspect of temperament and working ability and various drives and size and COI etc. etc. etc. taken into account, and you are matched with your puppy based on what you are looking for. She's what appears to be a pretty typical hound breeder where here is a litter of puppies, here is a bitch, have fun. I'll see if I can ask for a girl with longer legs to see if I can get a CDPA dog, but it's going to be a crapshoot.
Which I already knew going in. So this has changed almost nothing for me. I'll continue screening Kermit's back every couple of years just to see if we can track any changes, and I'll do all my own health testing for my bitch like I did with him.
And I'll cross my fingers and hope.
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doomspaniels · 5 months
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Guinevere started acting pained while I was in the hospital, first week of October. We had her checked, it seemed mild, she got NSAIDs. It got worse, we got x-rays, it looked like... confusing. Increased pain meds.
Thursday night. Guinevere cried almost all night. First thing Friday,, we were in Emergency at the university.
They... discounted her pain levels because she is tense around strangers, and so did not express pain for them to see. They therefore chose not to do further scans, and recommended 4-6 weeks crate rest. And trazodone, definitely trazodone.
We're trying it; I am afraid it is a mistake, because I think it started during unusual crating. But we'll try it. Today I can barely stay awake--I was not yet ready for an all-day visit somewhere, even in wheelchair--so Gwyn with her trazodone and I with my exhaustion are both being very still and quiet in our respective naps. Tomorrow may be different.
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honeybee-puppy · 2 years
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I am shamelessly begging for anything you’re able to give. If everyone even donated a dollar maybe we could do this thing. I’m actively saving my own money and trying to find more ways to earn such as a garage sale or picking up a third job. But I need help, please help me help her.
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this-is-wanderlust · 1 year
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Guy, I am really struggling. Anyone who knows me, know much my dogs mean to me, and my first born, Oliver recently suffered from intervertebral disc disease, or IVDD, and had to have emergency surgery or they said I needed to euthanize him. Losing him was unbearable for me, so we did the surgery, and now he needs physical therapy. I will do absolutely anything for my boys, but I simply can't afford the care he needs on my own. Just in the month of December, I'm working 370 hours between two jobs, and it's still not enough. I am desperate. Please help me help my baby.
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mydachshundfamily · 1 year
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ilikevintagebooks · 2 years
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Bat- Everyone send healing vibes to my pup with newly diagnosed IVDD, a spinal injury. He needs 8 weeks strict crate time in his 'dog aquarium' So I can safely remove him for potty breaks which now require a hind end support device. His new orthopedic bed came with a crown & toy 16/10 being a very good boy.
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rashmeerl · 4 months
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vetnews · 1 year
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Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is an age-related degenerative disease commonly seen in dogs and occasionally in cats. It happens that the most common spinal cord performed for dogs is as a result of this disease. When the intervertebral disc, which supports and acts as a shock absorber degenerates, it can lead to spinal cord compression and disc herniation.
For more information: https://www.safarivet.com/blog/pet-care-tips-how-to-prevent-ivdd-in-dogs/
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coralsseadawgs · 2 years
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My client, hairdresser, neighbor and good friend Lindsay Brabank needs help getting a life saving surgery for her sweet senior dog Bernie who I've had the pleasure of walking and sitting for the past 3 years. Bernie has been diagnosed with IVDD and needs an MRI neurology consultation and and surgery to prevent paralyzation and keep him pain-free while getting him out of the kennel confinement that's he's currently under. He is in great health otherwise and has several more great years of life and love to give to us if he can get the surgery, which has a 90% success rate and should solve all of his back pain and mobility issues. He is the sweetest dog, he loves absolutely everyone he meets, and has been Lindsay's rock and best friend for over a decade as well as the best big brother to his tiny chihuahua companion Franklin. I want Lindsay to have as many years as he has left on this earth with him and for Bernie to live a long, fulfilling pain-free life -- and the dog pack misses walking with him while he's been on mandatory kennel rest! Bernie's pet insurance denied coverage for this surgery based on the fact that Lindsay has already spent thousands of dollars on less expensive, less invasive procedures in an attempt to cure him including acupuncture, lazer and physical therapies so this is considered a preexisting condition despute never having been previously diagnosed with IVDD. This surgery is our only option left and costs at least $10,000 so we are asking our friends, neighbors and dog-loving community for help! Anything you can donate and sharing on social media platforms will help us get to our goal. Thank you so much for reading, sharing, and donating if you can! Lindsay, Bernie, and Franklin are more than deserving of the help!!! https://www.gofundme.com/f/gew2n2-bernie-needs-surgery?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet #dogs #dogsofinstagram #dogsofinsta #dogsofig #smalldogsofinstagram #smalldogsofinsta #smalldogsofig #smalldogsunday #smalldogs #seniordogsofinstagram #seniordogs #dogwalker #dogwalking #petsitter #petsitting #ivdd #ivddsurvivor #medicalcare #surgery #pleasehelp #donate #share #gofundme (at Phinney Ridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci8gH-MvlLi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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its-beingbrandy · 2 years
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kangals · 9 months
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Husky or Beagle lol
hmm i see do i want LOUD or LOUD. honestly i do like both of these breeds! huskies are funny in that drama-queen way and i'm not scared by the hair, and beagles are also very charming and cute as hell (i have a co-worker who breeds/shows beagles and i loooove her dogs). i think my preference just based on general aesthetics would be husky, but if i had to live with one i'd probably go beagle.
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wyrddogs · 21 days
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Listened to the FDC podcast episode with Dr Danika Bannasch on chondrodystrophy (CDDY). It was not dachshund-specific; since she breeds tollers she mostly focused on them. Here are my notes:
IVDD (intervertebral disc disease) is not the same thing as IVDH (intervertebral disc herniation). Dr Bannasch considers CDDY and IVDD to be interchangeable.
CDDY variant: Abnormal intervertebral discs. Can have bouts of back pain. Can have disc herniation. All discs are "diseased".
Not all dogs with disc herniation show clinical signs.
All CDDY dogs (in her study on tollers) have signs of diseased discs, but not all had clinical signs that the owners noticed. So not all CDDY dogs are brought in for medical care.
She emphasized that CDDY causes short legs, not long backs. So CDDY shows up in a lot of breeds that you wouldn't expect-- tollers, Portuguese water dogs, beagles, Chesapeake bay retrievers, etc. because the phenotype is shorter legs, not longer backs.
She feels that IVDH is the most painful disease in veterinary medicine.
The CDDY mutation is dominant. It is a "gain of function" mutation. There is no "normal" gene; it is an insertion of an entire gene on a chromosome where it does not belong.
There is a difference in calcification risk between dogs with one versus two copies of the CDDY mutation, but there is no difference in herniation risk with one or two copies.
All beagles are homozygous for CDDY. You cannot "fix" this unless you do an outcross. In breeds where the allele frequency is lower, you can select against it. But be careful-- if the frequency of the allele is high enough, there can be consequences if you remove all CDDY dogs from the gene pool.
Usual recommendations-- keep dogs lean and fit, avoid landing hard if possible, stairs seem to help. Pay attention to subtle signs of pain, eg. refusing to do things they like.
CDDY prematurely degenerates the discs. So a younger dog has "older" discs. All discs degenerate as dogs age, but a dog with CDDY degenerates faster.
What does CDDY do? It makes the legs a little shorter and the skull a little wider. Dr Bannasch believes it rounds the ear tips. This is a desirable phenotype (it seems to win in the show ring), so breeders selected for it before we knew it was bad.
Chondrodysplasia (CDPA) is not associated with IVDD but also produces short legs. Some breeds only have CDDY, some only have CDPA, and some have both. [Note: Dachshunds have both, but CDDY is more common.]
In a breed where there are a lot of homozygotes, it will take a long time to remove CDDY. First you will have to produce heterozygotes, then you will have to produce homozygotes of CDPA.
Chondrodysplasia (CDPA) may be associated with valgus (deformed/bowed legs) and elbow issues. So its not totally innocuous.
As a breeder, she worries about producing a dog that would experience back pain, or have a herniation event, or sell a dog to someone who cannot afford the $12,000 surgery.
X-rays are not great at detecting calcification. CT scans are a bit better, but much more expensive. They've been screening in Europe for a while, and have not seen much improvement. She has not seen much evidence that the amount of calcification correlates with the possibility of a disc herniation event. MRIs look at hydration status, and still aren't great at predicting herniation events, and are super fucking expensive. There are no good screening tests for predicting disc herniation.
Dr Bannasch has dealt with a lot of anger and pushback from breeders for her work on CDDY. Whenever she feels down about it, she goes into the neuro ward to look at the surgery patients for disc herniation events. Then she is rejuvinated to continue her research.
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stubbiethecorgi · 11 months
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Looking better with walkies! ❤️🥰.
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honeybee-puppy · 2 years
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Today has been a good day. We’ve raised about 200 dollars of our 7k goal. Please keep donating and please keep sharing. Let’s get this sweet girl her spinal surgery guys 💜
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Go fund me- https://gofund.me/12cfa843
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thunderheadfred · 2 years
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My dog decided she wasn’t done almost dying so. Um. good for her. Real power move.
Taking her to the ER again tonight. I’m super duper not okay!
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hyenaswine · 1 year
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over-explaining veterinary stuff is a comfort thing for me i think, helps me feel in control. you should've seen me with waldi jfc
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