bruno22rf Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 After noticing my lad (ESS) has been breathing fast, even at rest, we popped him to the Vet today and 2 hours later heard that he has an enlarged heart and a "kink" in his Aorta - he is only 5 and we are devastated to hear such bad news. According to the Vet his condition is either genetic (unlikely as he has a string of FT champions behind him) or has been caused by Trauma - there is a Dog where we walk him that seems hell bent on running into other Dogs as they run past. If we have been lucky and caught the condition early then he may lead a long and relatively normal life but he is going to have to learn to calm down - not easy as he is manic most of the time. He is on a strong initial dose of Diuretics to try and remove the accumulated fluid from his stomach and lungs so the next few days will be critical. I'm , tbh, in pieces over this, just thought I would share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 That awful news mate, thankfully caught soon enough I hope. Thoughts are with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 B...... hell thats terrible news. Fingers crossed he can live with it. Clearly he has done alright up until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) Very sorry to hear that mate . And obviously a topic very close to my own heart . Im sitting listening to my ess .panting hard now .but we are just in from a walk /run after his ball . Keep us posted and fingers crossed Edited July 11, 2019 by Ultrastu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapid .25 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 That's terrible news bud, it's going to be a hard time for you trying to get your ess to calm down as there always on the go, I wish you both all the very best and hopefully he can live a long happy life, atb, Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Best wishes chap, hope it all turns out ok. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) Oh bless him I hope he gets sorted. Just to add that having FTCHs in the line doesn’t preclude them from having health problems, one of my springers from trialling lines is a carrier for PRA for example, (which is a condition you can test for hence how I know). Another if not better bred of mine from extremely well known lines cannot tolerate certain vaccines (and I know of others from the same FTCH sire that have autoimmune issues) so there’s bound to be many many other conditions underlying that we can’t test for. Really hope your boy gets better soon, a worrying time for you all 😔 Edited July 12, 2019 by bigbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca2017 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 I really feel for you, I hope the outcome is favourable....best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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