Fitting Terriers?

[man o kent 269]

Reading the posts on here, working terriers that suffer from fits, and strokes and sadly pass away seems to be relatively common. I was wondering if this is something that could be hereditery, and as worker to worker mating is preferable, does this perpetuate the illness. Could there be a medical problem that goes un-noticed by terriermen? My sympathy lies with any people that have lost a dog lately, no wish to cause any offence. Or is it just that the tykes give their all underground?

[fat man 4,741]

I would say its a lot to do with the work they do under the sod,its bound to take its toll on them.I had a red lakey type bitch that was hard as nails and in the end died from kidney failure brought on according to the vet by the stress from working to ground.

[welshydale 22]

In my opinion i reckon a lot of it could be down to inbred pups sorry if i offend anyone

[ginga john 268]

I had a nice red lakie that took fits.my mate has his litter brother as a pet and this dog is the same but not to the same degree

Some strains of lakie ( KC stuff ) are known to carry canine epilepsy so I put it down to this

The dog was PTS at just over a year old and it was a great shame but IMO any dog what so ever that has this problem should be PTS

If its a pet and you can afford the constant vets bills then that's your choice but a working dog should never be put through it

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

As posted before, I've had three or four plummers fit, my last one had a stroke and was pts at the vets at 10 yrs old

[mick81 275]

I lost a terrier a few weeks back now , it took a massive fit and had to be put to sleep , it had what they call a (seizure)sorry about the spelling , about a year back , the fits only lasted about 1 min and then he was back to normal , but the last fit was nearly an hour and he didn't make it , but I've got the mother to this dog and she has shown no sign of fitting ,but I've heard after talking too a few people the it's common in staffs ? Maybe my dog had staff in its blood a few generations back , who knows ,the sire was of old nuttall stuff ,

[dannyevans1990 25]

My mate owns a jack used it for ratting handfull of times an has fits every so often,could imagine what fat man said could put stress on them from working is highley possible,but in my opinion its luck of the draw with your dog

[cammy12 176]

i think linebred or inbred whatever you wanna call it has somthing to with it, okay on the outside but looks can be deceiving imo

[TonyOrmy 128]

years ago my mate had a russell that was worked hard in the ground and with out fail soon as he was lifted he would take a fit the same dog reached old though