A Norrie Update
Posted: 10 Apr 2013, 13:25
This is from Ky
I must admit I have never heard of this at all didnt even know thats what the Vet had thought about but very interesting and at last a diagnosis,thank goodness its all been very worrying.
I hope Norrie can have a good life for as long as possible I am in no doubt he will be well looked after and is in the best place.
Here is a link to click.
http://www.aht.org.uk/cms-display/genet ... pathy.html
Latest up to date news on his Norrieship is as we feared he does indeed have what is commonly referred to as"Labrador Myopathy", it seems to go by any one of umpteen names but the most common are ( H.M.L.R) Hereditary Myopathy of Labrador Retrievers and also (C.N.M.) Autosomal Recessive Centronuclear Myopathy. One of the symptoms of myopathy can be megaoesophagus and also masticatory myosis-- in laymans tems an inabilty or difficulty to swallow or chew.
All the time here we have kept careful notes of what sort of day he has had, the air temperature and even his food temperature to try to form a a clear picture about his eating, it is all as clear as anything now and we know what to do.
Norrie has a double whammy as not only does he have the hypotonia but because of his prolonged incorrect diet he also does not even have the normal amount or sufficient muscle so not only is he weak but he is doubly weak as he has less muscle in the first place.
It is not something they catch or a result of bad keeping but a result of bad breeding and occurs when 2 carriers are bred together, it may be non progressive but as we are very unclear as to what stage in his life it first manifested we just do not know.
His weight is stable now at 23.5 kilos and I am to try and keep it there as we do not want him to put on fat, he looks well covered now and although looking at his feet he should be much bigger if he does increase in weight it has to be by muscle and not fat.
He will carry on having hydrotherapy, he is to have massage and very possibly acupuncture but that is being looked into.
He is also to have warm water treatment by standing in my bath of warm water and then the jets put on to massage the muscles.
Maybe all my years of working with kids with mobilty problems at RDA will come to the fore now.
He is incredibly happy, well and enjoying life and that is the most important thing, he is not in pain of any sort. The gang are amazing with him and tone games down to his level.
He will never be cured but will remain on long term steroids which is about all that can be done with regard to drugs and of course they come with their own long term problems.
Before
I must admit I have never heard of this at all didnt even know thats what the Vet had thought about but very interesting and at last a diagnosis,thank goodness its all been very worrying.
I hope Norrie can have a good life for as long as possible I am in no doubt he will be well looked after and is in the best place.
Here is a link to click.
http://www.aht.org.uk/cms-display/genet ... pathy.html
Latest up to date news on his Norrieship is as we feared he does indeed have what is commonly referred to as"Labrador Myopathy", it seems to go by any one of umpteen names but the most common are ( H.M.L.R) Hereditary Myopathy of Labrador Retrievers and also (C.N.M.) Autosomal Recessive Centronuclear Myopathy. One of the symptoms of myopathy can be megaoesophagus and also masticatory myosis-- in laymans tems an inabilty or difficulty to swallow or chew.
All the time here we have kept careful notes of what sort of day he has had, the air temperature and even his food temperature to try to form a a clear picture about his eating, it is all as clear as anything now and we know what to do.
Norrie has a double whammy as not only does he have the hypotonia but because of his prolonged incorrect diet he also does not even have the normal amount or sufficient muscle so not only is he weak but he is doubly weak as he has less muscle in the first place.
It is not something they catch or a result of bad keeping but a result of bad breeding and occurs when 2 carriers are bred together, it may be non progressive but as we are very unclear as to what stage in his life it first manifested we just do not know.
His weight is stable now at 23.5 kilos and I am to try and keep it there as we do not want him to put on fat, he looks well covered now and although looking at his feet he should be much bigger if he does increase in weight it has to be by muscle and not fat.
He will carry on having hydrotherapy, he is to have massage and very possibly acupuncture but that is being looked into.
He is also to have warm water treatment by standing in my bath of warm water and then the jets put on to massage the muscles.
Maybe all my years of working with kids with mobilty problems at RDA will come to the fore now.
He is incredibly happy, well and enjoying life and that is the most important thing, he is not in pain of any sort. The gang are amazing with him and tone games down to his level.
He will never be cured but will remain on long term steroids which is about all that can be done with regard to drugs and of course they come with their own long term problems.
Before
