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My Quanah had an undiagnosed Neuromuscular disorder. (This some years back)
We tested for absolutely everything and there was no definitive answer. My Vet
was fantastic and concurred with specialists all over the country.
We gave him Vit C, Vit E, Vit B, L'Carnitine, & CoQ10 in large amounts.
It was quite expensive, but it gave him a quality of life for an additional
year + of life.
I did home cooking with the help of some Organic Farmers in the
area. (Still do) That lightened up the $ factor. I used extra virgin olive
oil rather than canola oil. I have a really good home cooking recipe for my
Pups. I'd never hesitate to eat it myself - except I'm one of those Vegetarians.
:-(
Bless your heart!
In a message dated 5/29/2008 10:10:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
BDrube1441@aol.com writes:
Have any or you had any personal experience with Degenerative Myelopathy?
Our rescue group has taken in a GSD with it and when I went to the University
of Fl vet school website, one of the breeds mentioned as probably having some
issues with it were Great Pyrenees. This 7-8 year old girl has had hip surgery
since with got her for severe dysplasia and it seemed to activate her DM.
The poor girl has been boarded all of her life and I would like to give her
the best we can for the time that she has remaining. She is souweet, but very
neurotic and although she is not vicious, she has never learned basic
dog social skills. My husband says that she is like the child in the class who
blurts out all of the wrong things at the wrong times. Our funds are very
limited and we have 11 other dogs and 4 cats in our small house, but we will
do whatever we can. Because of our numbers we are unable to do a homecooked
diet, but we do use a high quality dog food with human grade ingredients and
no artificial additives/ preservatives. At present I am adding B vitamins,
vitamin C, fish oil, canola oil and vitamin E w/selenium to her diet. There is
a pharmacy near the University of FL call Westlake, which has formulated the
supplements and pharmaceuticals that they use at the vet school at what is
called an affordable price and I plan to speak with my vet and Westlake about
the costs of pursuing that avenue. They believe that the disease is the same
as MS in people and that it is caused by a combination of genetics and toxins.
After this dose of Ivermec, I plan to go to the daily hw meds as is
recommended. I would appreciate any advice that you can give me.
Shari
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