Epilepsy and wolfdogs!?

loco · 09-11-2008, 09:39

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Originally Posted by michaelundinaeichhorn

Hi,

in Germany we also have several dogs with epilepsy. You can even trace the lines.
Michael

I can not trace it

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Because it is a disease no one wants to talk about.

And if we all keep silence

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Maybe someday, it is as normal as by the malinois.

Groette Martine.

Xhrista · 09-11-2008, 13:41

Because we not know how epilepsie goes,we must not shut out hole line,because thats make the breed population to small.
Epilepsie is not the only sicknes there is..

Maybe it's posible to make a european list with names of sick dogs on this site?
It's difficult to do it in each country apart,because there is al lot of import from all country's.(and soms coutry's don't have a breeding club of they do nothing with ilness) .So it's better to centralice it.

Only with permission of te owner ofcourse.

Gr. Christa

jmvdwiel · 09-11-2008, 14:03

In holland there is a very small breed the dutch Schapendoes. They had a severy problem with PRA, al the breeders, owners and the club agreed that this was a big problem. So they did something about it! They found a DNAmarker, so now there are no new PRA dog born anymore, in the future they wil try to get rid of the problem DNA totally.

This is only to tel you what is possible if al breeders work together!
Why not try to make the largest DNA datapool ever ? collect some blood from a lot of CSecloslovakian wolfdog, maybee even try to do it when the puppies are stil at the breeders place. Store the DNA (blood samples) in a special laboratory so it is there whenever there is a reason to look at it.

I hope that something can be done, but than you wil need the cooperation from the breeders and the owners.

greetings Judith

09-11-2008, 13:41	#2
Xhrista Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Borssele Posts: 426	Because we not know how epilepsie goes,we must not shut out hole line,because thats make the breed population to small. Epilepsie is not the only sicknes there is.. Maybe it's posible to make a european list with names of sick dogs on this site? It's difficult to do it in each country apart,because there is al lot of import from all country's.(and soms coutry's don't have a breeding club of they do nothing with ilness) .So it's better to centralice it. Only with permission of te owner ofcourse. Gr. Christa

09-11-2008, 14:03	#3
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	In holland there is a very small breed the dutch Schapendoes. They had a severy problem with PRA, al the breeders, owners and the club agreed that this was a big problem. So they did something about it! They found a DNAmarker, so now there are no new PRA dog born anymore, in the future they wil try to get rid of the problem DNA totally. This is only to tel you what is possible if al breeders work together! Why not try to make the largest DNA datapool ever ? collect some blood from a lot of CSecloslovakian wolfdog, maybee even try to do it when the puppies are stil at the breeders place. Store the DNA (blood samples) in a special laboratory so it is there whenever there is a reason to look at it. I hope that something can be done, but than you wil need the cooperation from the breeders and the owners. greetings Judith