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ozzierobbins · 08-13-2010, 10:03 AM

Hi,
I have been doing searches for what caused my labradoodle to collapse suddenly when out for a walk 2 weeks ago. I came across EIC in labradors research done by the Uni of Minnesota which fitted his symptoms exactly. Ozzie is 2.9 yrs old and was playing fetch ball with 2 other dogs on a wide piece of common land when he suddenly went all wobbly and lost the use of his back legs. He looked very confused and disorientated and kept trying to get up but couldn't. Another walker came over to help but Ozzie is 29 kilos and too heavy to lift. He kindly went to get his car to drive it onto the common to get him to a vets as I thought he was having some kind of stroke. It took the walker about 15 minutes to get his car and in that time I managed to get Ozzie back up onto his back legs, reluctantly at first, then walking slowly taking tentative steps and then in a few yards he picked up pace and completeley recovered and started playing again as normal. I took him to vets as we had been doing tests for B vitamin defficiency a week before so we have just tested him for B1 thiamine defficiency although this has come back low but now I don't think his "episode" is neccessarily linked to the B vitamin levels but is EIC as it so exactly fits the description of what happened to him. Generally after Ozzie has been running chasing and fetching a ball for 10 mins he suddenly stops and goes into a stalking position with his head down and seems to forget what he was doing. This lasts a few minutes, then he resumes play again. I think this behaviour is somehow also connected to EIC but would welcome any other labradoodle owners who have seen this kind of behaviour in their dogs. UK vets know nothing about EIC and means we are spending a lot of money on vets fees trying all sorts of tests on him!
Anyway, if anyone else has had similar experiences then I would be interested to hear from them. Thanks so much , Barbara Robbins - Ozzie's Mum

08-13-2010, 10:03 AM	#27 (permalink)
ozzierobbins Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 2	Eic in labradors/doodles Hi, I have been doing searches for what caused my labradoodle to collapse suddenly when out for a walk 2 weeks ago. I came across EIC in labradors research done by the Uni of Minnesota which fitted his symptoms exactly. Ozzie is 2.9 yrs old and was playing fetch ball with 2 other dogs on a wide piece of common land when he suddenly went all wobbly and lost the use of his back legs. He looked very confused and disorientated and kept trying to get up but couldn't. Another walker came over to help but Ozzie is 29 kilos and too heavy to lift. He kindly went to get his car to drive it onto the common to get him to a vets as I thought he was having some kind of stroke. It took the walker about 15 minutes to get his car and in that time I managed to get Ozzie back up onto his back legs, reluctantly at first, then walking slowly taking tentative steps and then in a few yards he picked up pace and completeley recovered and started playing again as normal. I took him to vets as we had been doing tests for B vitamin defficiency a week before so we have just tested him for B1 thiamine defficiency although this has come back low but now I don't think his "episode" is neccessarily linked to the B vitamin levels but is EIC as it so exactly fits the description of what happened to him. Generally after Ozzie has been running chasing and fetching a ball for 10 mins he suddenly stops and goes into a stalking position with his head down and seems to forget what he was doing. This lasts a few minutes, then he resumes play again. I think this behaviour is somehow also connected to EIC but would welcome any other labradoodle owners who have seen this kind of behaviour in their dogs. UK vets know nothing about EIC and means we are spending a lot of money on vets fees trying all sorts of tests on him! Anyway, if anyone else has had similar experiences then I would be interested to hear from them. Thanks so much , Barbara Robbins - Ozzie's Mum Last edited by ozzierobbins; 08-13-2010 at 10:07 AM.