Erny Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'm sorry to hear, Ness. How's Kenz bearing up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Drugged and sleeping at the moment. Has been mega clingy and sooky, thought she might have actually damaged her cruciate the way she was holding her leg (always a scare when you know the added risk having the MPLs in the first place) but vet agreed it was just likely the patella . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 You're doing the best you can, Ness, and that's something you should be proud of. All the best for Kenz. It's rotten when we can't just simply "fix" . Kenz is lucky to have you as his owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Yeah its just hard and stressful I was really stressed when she collapsed and then the afternoon just went from bad to worse . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 Am currently hating BC collapse . Three days I have tried to let Kenz have a small amount of exercise - Mon she had what I'd class as a severe BCC episode, yesterday afternoon she managed to have a moderate episode and she wasn't really even doing anything. Today on a walk she was showing mild signs so it was straight in the car and home again . Poor little girl can't do anything much anymore . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 This is all just SO unfair and awful, how is she so unlucky? Are any of her litter mates plagued by similar problems or did Kenz just have an unlucky roll of the genetic dice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 I gather none of her littermates have any issues - but I do know they are all in pet homes and apparently all fairly mellow and couch potato like in comparison (but thats just going on what the breeder has said). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Poor little girl can't do anything much anymore . It must be just awful watching her beautiful face and knowing she is not able to use all those Border Collie skills unless at great cost to her . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) I was wondering if you had contacted the breeder regarding Kenzie's litter mates ness, being a genetic thing. Poor Kenz girl & poor you ness Such a cruel situation. Kenzie in such pain physically not to mention the mental torture of not being able to do anything & you have to witness this Edited July 3, 2013 by BC Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 3, 2013 Author Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Yes the breeder has been informed. The interesting thing is the more I ask various breeders the more I hear of cases of the BC collapse which have ended up in pet homes so there are definitely more cases around. i am still not sure where the luxating patellas fit. Its a genetic condition in other breeders and the specialist has said its something Kenz was born with yet I am not sure if there may be a link to the BCC issue. Kenz seems to be the only BC around with bilateral luxating patellas. Just hope its not another emerging breed problem . Edited July 3, 2013 by ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Yes we can only hope it's not another BC issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Hmm so we can go ahead for a walk so long as its absolutely bucketing with rain - then we seem to avoid collapse. Not sure I like the idea of this . Took her out earlier and she started showing mild signs of an episode so we came home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 :( Ness so it a easier for Kenz usually when it is raining to walk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 She finds it easier to avoid collapse when its cooler/when she has access to some where to swim. I was a little taken by surprise though earlier because it was freezing and she was still running into problems. Can't get enough fitness back on her unfortunately. I guess thats why the underwater treadmill was helpful to her. She could work on fitness without risking a collapse episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipsqueak Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 She finds it easier to avoid collapse when its cooler/when she has access to some where to swim. I was a little taken by surprise though earlier because it was freezing and she was still running into problems. Can't get enough fitness back on her unfortunately. I guess thats why the underwater treadmill was helpful to her. She could work on fitness without risking a collapse episode. This is amrandom thought from someone who knows nothing about BCC, but has been following Kenz's story. You have probably already thought about this or tried it, but would a cool coat help on walks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Yeah have been through the cool coat routine. She has tried a number and I am yet to find anything I am 100% happy with. I am still on the quest to find something I am happy to exercise her in. Most of them are fairly bulky or heavy and many impede movement which is fine if the dog is mostly sitting around in a crate or walking on-leash not so great if the dog is running around or exercising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I am so sorry to read this Ness, I had no idea Kenz was so ill. Big hugs to you both. :hug :hug I don't know anything about the condition, but my thoughts are with and hoping for the best for you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 The collapse stuff has just got worse. Its always been there in the background to everything else and I guess I thought it would improve with the cold weather but it hasn't and thats really very scary and not much fun . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 So a certain little BC tonight packed herself off to bed in her crate and came up seriously front end lame. God its starting to look like we have been here before and I don't like it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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