milly
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hi all,
I have just joined this forum. I have three beautiful dogs, Bailey my 5 year old ruby boy who is a therapy dog and also has had epilepsy since he was two years old; however its controlled very well by medication and he has a very good quality of life. I was very reluctant to get another cavalier after my experience with Bailey and I waited a long time to get Toto. I got him from a very reputable show breeder and was sure I was going to avoid all the heartache of a cavalier with serious health problems. Alas, he is a very unwell dog. He is only 11 months old and is severely affected by SM. According to my vet he has scoliosis of the spine as well as occipital caudal malformation and the outlook is very poor for him. I'm totally devastated at the thought of losing him and dont know how i'm going to face that day when it comes. In the meantime I am going to give him the best life he can have as long as his quality of life is maintained and he can go for a walk, wag his tail and be relatively pain free. my head is in a spin as I only got this news a week ago and i'm still trying to take it all in. I have written to the breeder with a recommendation from my vet that the parents should be mri'd and not be bred in the future. Any advice would be much appreciated. my other dog is Roxy a one year old japanese spitz and I got her at five months from a family who could not keep her any longer. Roxy and Toto are the best of friends and Bailey tolerates the two of them with as much grace as possible!
Milly
I have just joined this forum. I have three beautiful dogs, Bailey my 5 year old ruby boy who is a therapy dog and also has had epilepsy since he was two years old; however its controlled very well by medication and he has a very good quality of life. I was very reluctant to get another cavalier after my experience with Bailey and I waited a long time to get Toto. I got him from a very reputable show breeder and was sure I was going to avoid all the heartache of a cavalier with serious health problems. Alas, he is a very unwell dog. He is only 11 months old and is severely affected by SM. According to my vet he has scoliosis of the spine as well as occipital caudal malformation and the outlook is very poor for him. I'm totally devastated at the thought of losing him and dont know how i'm going to face that day when it comes. In the meantime I am going to give him the best life he can have as long as his quality of life is maintained and he can go for a walk, wag his tail and be relatively pain free. my head is in a spin as I only got this news a week ago and i'm still trying to take it all in. I have written to the breeder with a recommendation from my vet that the parents should be mri'd and not be bred in the future. Any advice would be much appreciated. my other dog is Roxy a one year old japanese spitz and I got her at five months from a family who could not keep her any longer. Roxy and Toto are the best of friends and Bailey tolerates the two of them with as much grace as possible!
Milly