OXtheII
Posted : 9/13/2009 9:11:09 PM
jennie_c_d
Is litter size related to epilepsy?
When a dog has a very large litter, say 13 or so then there can be birth defects, we don't know for sure why Shepard started having seizures but we do know that came from a very large litter. Several of his brothers and sisters also died from epilepsy.
It's the worse thing in the world to see, we did everything we could to help keep him healthy and alive. We put him on high quality food and medication, it gave him about 6 months. He was so happy and doing fine and then one day they started and he kept having them and you know that when you have a seizure that you stop breathing.
You can only go so long without air...
I miss him so much, he was the best dog I ever had.
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Diane Stirling, Stirling Collies Breeder, just had a female give birth to a litter of 13 and half of them were just too weak to suck their mothers milk.
Sadly only 4 survived :( She was up all night trying to get them to eat by spoon feeding them.
The ones that did survive may have brain damage from this.