PSS is a congenital disorder which means “born with”.
At or around the time of whelping the blood vessels within the foetus must close.
The puppies’ liver should then start to work normally.
If the blood vessels fail to close then the blood is shunted around the liver rather than through it, hence the name “liver shunt”.
Tottie was always a little bit “nice but dim”, she had a bad start with a Mum that was careless to say the least. Some bitches just never really settle into the maternal role and Tottie’s Mum certainly resented the time spent cleaning and feeding the squirmy little babies. I went to visit the litter five days after they had been born, to cut a long story short, I came home with three tiny Spinoni wrapped in a blanket in an apple box……
Please take time to check your dogs over thoroughly every day for grass seeds. Quite a few dogs have been reported in the last couple of weeks with
Read what happened Lisa Thompson’s Beryl last year by clicking on the Read More button . . .
Tina Scott owns Luna (Hochopepa Bette Davis Eyes at Doucamtia) and she has written to ask us to alert other owners of the danger of dogs ingesting pine needles. So if you walk in an area where pine trees grow or have one in your garden, please be aware of the dangers.
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Having a friend who has just been diagnosed, and a friend of a friend who is seriously unwell with Lyme Disease, it has prompted me to find out more about something I have heard of for many years but, until now, not really taken too seriously as a human risk. |
February Update from the AHT Research Study into Idopathic Epilepsy.
Phase 3 of the AHT study into Idiopathic Epilepsy in the Italian Spinone is reaching its final stage. Dr Luisa De Risio and her team have been working extremely hard and hopefully now have sufficient robust cases to enable her to move to phases 4 and 5.
The database Linda has been working on is now live. If you would like to register, please visit http://www.hudsonspinone.co.uk and follow the instructions to register for a user account.
Registered users will be able to view pedigrees up to 8 generations with common ancestors easily identifed. Breeding charts for Sires and Dams will show litter history including full and half siblings. Reverse pedigrees for a dog allow you to view several generations of offspring and Sibling pedigrees will list the littermates of dogs in a pedigree, also up to 8 generations where data is available.
Do you need to rehome your Spinone.
If you are reading this, it is likely you have had to do a great deal of soul searching about whether or not you can continue to keep your Spinone. The reasons for rehoming are various, but in the majority of cases it is due to a change in family circumstances rather than the dogs behaviour or temperament.
Should it be that an aspect of your dogs behaviour is causing concern and prompting thoughts of rehoming, we can help by talking through the problem and seeing if some lifestyle modifications or retraining would prevent a permanent parting between you and your dog.
The Working Gundog Preliminary Certificate This Certificate is for all registered gundog owners who actively work their dogs but do not wish to enter Working Tests or Field…