Posted By: LMD
Posted On: Aug 30, 2008
Views: 1363
| Neck Pain Syndrome
1st PBGV in my family developed neck pain syndrome at 12 weeks after her
2nd vaccination for DHP. She lived with recurring symptoms until the
age of 3 1/2 which is when she passed. Breeder had never had a history
of NPS.
Received an unsolicited email from the breeder of the paternal
grandfather, a very well known and widely bred show dog. Breeder of
grandfather defended in the email that the french lines behind him threw
NPS but that info was not made available to her initially. She claimed
that by the time she had this info available to her this dog had been
bred many times. As a pet person new to the breed I naively thought it
would have ended there. However this dog continued to be shown and used
as a stud dog. Being empathetic to other pet owners whose peebs
suffered with newly diagnosed NPS I corresponded with them and
discovered that this dog was either the sire or grandsire of the
affected peebs. I have a strong medical background and understanding of
genetics and realize that it takes 2. Pedigrees need to be studied very
carefully in hopes of producing sound and healthy puppies. But if you
have a known "carrier" even if there is not a genetic marker. it is time
to re-evaluate a breeding program, particularly if you are a breeder on
health and genetics committee as the breeder of this dog was.
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