Jandrew
12-30-2005, 06:58 PM
A little distraught at this writing as I just had to put down my 6 mo old, Ajax, today for a weird gastric abnormality called intussusception. Disorder is in the gut where the intestine "telescopes", inexplicably folding over on itself, somewhat like folding the cuff of a long sleeve shirt up inside itself again and again, continuing up your arm. Everywhere the intestine folds, it dies and blocks. Horrible symptoms ensue. Surgery was attempted and 1.5 ft of intestine removed. It seemed successful and he rallied but 48 hours later, despite all attempts, his system crashed and he was so feeble we could not in good conscience send him back to surgery again. After euthanasia the vet opened him up to find the cause and, while the surgery sight looked perfect, there was yet ANOTHER intussusception site further down the intestine.
Has anybody out there ever had this happen with their Great Pyrs?
This little guy was the third Great Pyr to die on us before one year old out of the 4 we have bought in the last 2 years. We seem cursed but still LOVE this breed. The first two died at 9 mo and 1 year from complications of Parvo in puppyhood (they came to us from the breeder WITH Parvo, unbeknownst to us....we nursed them through it and thought all was well until other weird symptoms like chronic anemia and wasting began....it was awful). I still have one big strong male left, 1.5 years old, but am just beside myself with grief over this recent puppy's death.
These dogs guard our small flock of Barbados sheep so they work but are still part of our family.
Can anyone shed additional light on this?
Thank you.
Has anybody out there ever had this happen with their Great Pyrs?
This little guy was the third Great Pyr to die on us before one year old out of the 4 we have bought in the last 2 years. We seem cursed but still LOVE this breed. The first two died at 9 mo and 1 year from complications of Parvo in puppyhood (they came to us from the breeder WITH Parvo, unbeknownst to us....we nursed them through it and thought all was well until other weird symptoms like chronic anemia and wasting began....it was awful). I still have one big strong male left, 1.5 years old, but am just beside myself with grief over this recent puppy's death.
These dogs guard our small flock of Barbados sheep so they work but are still part of our family.
Can anyone shed additional light on this?
Thank you.