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Isn't it something, Bill, how people with a cause and dedication come
together. Some how. Some way.
I don't mean to butt in here. I know the message is for Shari. But I'm very
thankful for your response and hope I may use you as a resource in times to
come. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! For coming on!
Jane
In a message dated 5/29/2008 11:42:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
bill@ceterisparibus.info writes:
Hi
Shari,
A few years back I found a couple of GPs and subscribed to the
list to
help me locate a home for them (BTW, we eventually found their
owners,
they were missed). In any case, I've never unsubscibed, even
though my
favorite breed is the GSD (I have two beautiful GSDs).
Maybe your
e-mail is the reason.
I've had a GSD with DM. In
fact, his case sounds a lot like your girl.
I adopted him at the age
of 5 and he too had been kenneled his whole
life and didn't even know how
to walk on a leash. He grabbed my heart
in a very short time.
It was when he was 7 that we found out that he
had DM. Long story
short, I became very involved in his care and
discovered a fantastic
website that helped me deal with his disease (in
fact, I'm now the
webmaster for the site: http://www.mzjf.com). You may
have already
seen the site (especially since you've already found Dr
Clemmons
information at U of Fl). I strongly suggest that you sign up
for the
DM discussion board (http://www.mzjf.info/Forums). Marjorie,
Tamar
and our other moderators and members are very well informed about
DM and
are sooo sympathetic, it's a tremendous support group.
We've just
added some links that offer financial resources
(http://www.mzjf.com/links.htm#FINASST). On the discussion board we
also have a forum to connect people that have dog wheelchairs to those
that need to borrow them. On occasion we have people that have meds
to
donate as well. The pharmacy that you mentioned is great and very
helpful. I don't know if they can help in a case like yours, in
terms
of giving discounts, but you might ask.
I don't want to clog
the list with too much info, however, Shari (or any
others with GPs that
have DM), please feel free to contact me directly.
BTW, GPs are one
of the breeds that also get DM. GSDs are by far the
most frequent,
however, I've personally known of several GPs that have
had DM as
well. Best of luck with your girl Shari and thank you for
taking a
GSD into your pack.
-- Bill Elliott
BDrube1441@aol.com
wrote:
> 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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