Just found this web site, and looks like it might be a useful place to get some advice, and support for my 5mth old border collie pup.
At around 14wks old Maisie started to knuckle over on her left hind paw, at first it was very infrequent, so we just thought it was a puppy thing. After a couple of weeks the knuckling started to become more frequent, so we took her to the vet, he did a few neurological examinations on her, but said to wait a couple of weeks,and see what happened.
Immediatly after the vets visit, I took my other dog to agility, and then showed Maisie to the trainer. (it was her male who sired Maisie) whilst talking to her we discovered that another pup from the litter was showing the same symptoms as Maisie.
Anyway my agility trainer arranged for a visit with another vet, who ran blood tests for toxoplasmosis,neosporosis and brucellosis, all of which came back negative, in the mean time, Maisie continued to deteriorate, knucking regularly on her hind paws, and starting to knuckle aswell on her front paws, her hind paws she was starting to drag when she walked, unco-ordinated, she also wasn't growing.
When the tests came back negative (took 2wks for the test results to come through) I then got a referal to a neurologist.
At the neurologist we discovered that Maisie has no deep pain sensation, virtually no relexes, tetraparesis, ataxia, and virtually no feeling in the peripheral nerves,and no proprioception, the neurologist suspects a genetic sensory neuropathy. (the owners of the other pup took theirs to a different neurologist who has said the same thing) that will degenerate over time. She walks and runs, although sometimes gets her hind legs tangled up, and is continuously on her knuckles of her hind paws.
Does anyone have any experience of a disorder like this?, what can I do to help Maisie? Are there any homeopathic remedies that will help her? any advice will be gratefully received
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