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December 7,
2000 - January 17, 2001
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From: Alistair@Woodsong
Date: 1/16/01
Time: 12:50:14 PM
I was wondering if any of you chaps could help me on this one. I have a 4 year siberian male who has developed a respiratory problem after he had just received his booster vaccine. This was the usual parvo/disemper/lepto combination ( we no longer have any of our get their boosters all at once like this). Since then we have spent over £1000 on vet bills trying to find a solution. Money is not an issue to us on this one. He has had everything doing from full blood work 3 times, which showed an unusually high white cell count, 3 lots of chest X-rays which showed his heart was in magnificent condition but there was a slight thickening of the tracea and broncial tubes, and 2 endoscopies where a camera is put into his lungs that showed small pockets of green flem, just like you or I get if we have a chest infection. When it gets really bad he also gets a discharge from his nose. The net result is that there appears to be no cure and he is on a low leval steriod to surpress his immune system and keep it under control. He was my best command and fastest dog, and it frustrates me like hell that a vet could screw such a good dog up just with a booster jab. He still trains and races, but I know he is getting stressed with his breathing and tends to back off half way through a sprint until he coughs up some flem and then he is off like a rocket. Before any of you get the wrong impression with me running a dog in this condition please be aware that this exercise helps keep his chest clear and helps stop secondary infections developing and secondly, he gets depressed if he is not allowed to go for a run. We did not run him for 12 months because we felt it was in his best interests, but he got down and his chest got worse. What I would like some help on is: 1. has anyone come across this before and is there a cure to it that our limited knowledge has not found. 2. Is there an alternative medacine we can give him rather than pump him full of drugs for the rest of his life. 3. I was told that it is a condition that occurs alot in Rottweilers but i cannot find out any information on it, can someone point me in the right direction.
So please please please try and help me out. Oh, by the way, he is not in any distress at any time and having him put to sleep does not even come into the equasion. I feel a desperate need to help him as I have suffered with asthma for the whole of my life and can relate to what he is going through even though he does not, like me, let it affect his everyday life.