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Well, we had a little scare with Skylar last night. I came home to find her wobbling around, shaking her head, losing her balance, and generally looking drunk. Her legs were weak. So off we went to the emergency vet. She's home now and doing fine. The vet thinks she somehow ingested something - even possibly that she could carry the MDR1 mutation, and got into horse poop (we train for agility at equestrian arenas, they de-worm horses with ivermectin, and there is always poop everywhere). Skylar is definitely the kind of dog who eats everything she finds; no matter how vigilant I am she sometimes manages to grab something while outside). In the end we never did figure out what it was, but within 6 hours she was back to normal and came home. We'll probably never know what happened, but it was quite a scare. Spirit was worried about her sister but has now gone back to being jealous of her.

And of course, since Skylar's deductible for her health insurance is $500, her bill came in at $483 :eek2: But I don't really care about the money. I'm just glad that she's ok.
 
Oh, no what shocks - good to hear she is doing well again :hugs
- yes, we want to make sure that our fur kids are doing well - in such a situation - we can not relate to money :no:

Is her parents tested for MDR1?
 
Hanne said:
Oh, no what shocks - good to hear she is doing well again :hugs
- yes, we want to make sure that our fur kids are doing well - in such a situation - we can not relate to money :no:

Is her parents tested for MDR1?
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Yes, her parents are both negative for the MDR1 mutation, but it could be a new mutation.
 
Cara, I'm glad she's doing OK.

You can get an MDR1 test kit from the University of Washington's Veterinary School. When I ran the test on Edan and CJ a few years ago it was only $60. (The kit was free, the $60 was for processing the DNA sample and was due when you sent the sample in.) The results are emailed to you. I then printed off the results and gave them to my vet for their records. It's probably the best way to be sure if she has the mutation or not.
 
Silaria said:
Cara, I'm glad she's doing OK.

You can get an MDR1 test kit from the University of Washington's Veterinary School. When I ran the test on Edan and CJ a few years ago it was only $60 for the kit. The results are emailed to you. I then printed off the results and gave them to my vet for their records. It's probably the best way to be sure if she has the mutation or not.
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I actually already have the test kits - I just hadn't done them yet. But you can be sure I'm doing it now!!!!!!
 
Well, Skylar just grabbed hold of a corncob while we were out walking. WHY anyone would throw a corncob out on the sidewalk, I'll never know. But it's clear that until Skylar has a better "leave it" I have to keep her from grabbing whatever she sees (she has a great "leave it" in a controlled environment, but not at all when she spots something out on the street before I see it). The vet this weekend suggested a basket muzzle while we're out in Miami (around the horse poop) and I hate the idea of using it, but until she has better self-control I think we're going to need to try it. It's not worth potentially losing her because she has gotten hold of something dangerous.
 
Cara Sandler said:
Well, Skylar just grabbed hold of a corncob while we were out walking. WHY anyone would throw a corncob out on the sidewalk, I'll never know. But it's clear that until Skylar has a better "leave it" I have to keep her from grabbing whatever she sees (she has a great "leave it" in a controlled environment, but not at all when she spots something out on the street before I see it). The vet this weekend suggested a basket muzzle while we're out in Miami (around the horse poop) and I hate the idea of using it, but until she has better self-control I think we're going to need to try it. It's not worth potentially losing her because she has gotten hold of something dangerous.
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And in case you're wondering how difficult it can be to wrestle a corn cob out of your sheltie's mouth - it is INCREDIBLY hard!!!!!!!!
 
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