Prairie's White Luck Dragon "Bastian"
Sept 20 1999 to Apr 2004
BAER NORMAL (pedigree)
Bastian was littermate to Shiner & Tamen. I had originally sold Bastian as a pet but got him back when he was roughly 1- 1 1/2yrs. He was not coping well with the older dogs in the home and was behaving oddly. Unbeknownst to his owners he was having seizures. We put him on medication which kept him doing ok for a few years. He was a very silly boy albeit a tad destructive. He couldn't leave a toy ungutted. Sadly, like his brother Tamen, he began to have uncontrollable seizures and we had to euthanize him only 7mos after we lost his brother Tamen. To my knowledge they were the only 2 to have seizures out of the 11 puppies.
Both boys, their sister Shiner, and mother Mecca, donated blood samples to the Ibizan Hound seizure research that was going on. At this time there is no way to test for genetic seizure carriers and affecteds. I hope someday we'll have a test so we can do our best to not produce them.
Sept 20 1999 to Apr 2004
BAER NORMAL (pedigree)
Bastian was littermate to Shiner & Tamen. I had originally sold Bastian as a pet but got him back when he was roughly 1- 1 1/2yrs. He was not coping well with the older dogs in the home and was behaving oddly. Unbeknownst to his owners he was having seizures. We put him on medication which kept him doing ok for a few years. He was a very silly boy albeit a tad destructive. He couldn't leave a toy ungutted. Sadly, like his brother Tamen, he began to have uncontrollable seizures and we had to euthanize him only 7mos after we lost his brother Tamen. To my knowledge they were the only 2 to have seizures out of the 11 puppies.
Both boys, their sister Shiner, and mother Mecca, donated blood samples to the Ibizan Hound seizure research that was going on. At this time there is no way to test for genetic seizure carriers and affecteds. I hope someday we'll have a test so we can do our best to not produce them.