[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V4 #1605

From: Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 17:57:17 EDT
In a message dated 4/7/2007 10:29:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Showgsd-
Msg: #7 in digest
From: " Oak Smith" <osmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Sick dog
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 07:39:10 -0600

What are the symptoms? We had sickness after the Denver shows. Required
IV's. Hope it will turn out OK.
Oak
Oak Ridge German Shepherds
Dedicated to the German Shepherd Dog
Signer's of the GSDCA Breeder's Code of Ethics.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alycia Partei" <frontiergsd@xxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:49 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Sick dog


I wanted to know if anyone else had a sick animal after the Sac/Reno shows.
I don't think it was that, but I thought I'd check anyway.

Seems our boy ended up sick yesterday (4 days after the shows). He is now
on IV's at the vets. He has been feed the OL ROY bones for a treat - he is
one of the only ones that will eat them. I was hoping it wasn't that, but I
suspect it is:( We might have one more - we are watching her closely!

Alycia



 OAK AND ALL:

    AS THE GSDCA HEALTH & GENETICS  CHAIRMAN I TRY TO KEEP ON TOP OF ALL THE  
NEW  VIRUS'S AND HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING OUR GS BREED. 
   TO THE BEST OF WHAT I CAN GATHER FROM THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THIS IS A 
VIRUS THAT HAS BEEN  ON- GOING  NOW FOR  SOME TIME... 
  ...SEEMS TO HAVE  BEEN  PREVALENT   AFTER THE CANADAIN NATIONAL.WITH EAST 
COAST SHEPHERDS..... ALTHOUGH SOME DOGS NOT YET SHOWING SYMPTOMS , FROM THE USA 
, AND EXHIBITED THERE, COULD HAVE  BEEN THE ONES WHO STARTED IT ALL.
   IT STARTS WITH LOOSE STOOLS, AND SOME VOMITING AND REFUSAL TO EAT... BIG 
PROBLEM IS THAT SHEPHERDS SEEM TO DEHYDRATE SO RAPIDLY AND NEED INTRAVENOUS  
SUPPORT FROM VETS...
   DO NOT HESITATE OR WAIT,  IF YOU SEE SUCH SYMPTOMS... BUT GET THEM TO A 
VET AND HYDRATED ASAP...THE VIRUS  SEEMS TO BE EASILY SPREAD IN  A KENNEL 
SITUATION WHERE SHEPHERDS ARE HOUSED CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.. SO IT COULD BE 
CARRIED ON 
 SHOES OR CLOTHING OR HANDS, ETC. AND CONTAMINATE  THAT WAY. PLUS DOGS WHO 
HAVE USED OPEN TO ALL, EXERCISE ENCLOSURES AT SHOWS... 

 THIS IS NOTHING TO WAIT AND SEE ABOUT..GET TO A VET ASAP AND GET THEM ON 
INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS...IT IS AN EXTREMELY DEBILITATING VIRUS.
I WILL POST IF I CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. A YEAR OR SO ,  AGO ON THE WEST 
COAST, THERE WAS AN EPIDEMIC  CALLED 'SHOW CRUD'  AND THIS ONE SOUNDS MUCH THE 
SAME. 
  IT DOES SEEM TO RUN IT'S COURSE, OVERTIME, BUT SOME DOGS SEEM TO BE MORE 
SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED THAN OTHERS..TEMPERATURES VARY FROM NORMAL TO 105... WITH 
THIS VIRUS.,.

  . SO PLEASE... IF YOUR DOG IS SLUGGISH OR NOT THEIR USUAL SELF AND HAVE 
LOOSE TO WATERY PROJECTILE STOOLS AND/OR NOT VOMITING, GET TO A VET ....DO NOT 
WAIT TO SEE IF THEY WILL GET BETTER ON THEIR OWN.. 
  JUST A HEAD'S UP....

  BARB WILLIAMS  CHAIRMAN OF THE GSDCA HEALTH & GENETICS COMMITTEE..     


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