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  1. This is FoxyRoxy's mama this time - I was just reading up on some things for our new baby and came across this thread - husband didn't tell me he posted here. It's been enough time that I didn't cry reading my own story. Miss my sweetpea, what a tender heart she was, was told she could have been a therapy dog. Losing her was like losing a child because she was just young and innocent and so sweet and loving. But so happy to say we have a beautiful black and white darling, Raven, who is 3 months old, and we see no signs of the water fascination. She loves to jump in and even swim a little, all very normal dog stuff, none of the behaviors I realize were there with Roxy from the beginning - she was pouncing at her water in her water bowl early on. I wonder now how much of a difference it might make in terms of the genetics - "bad" programming setting her up for fixation maybe - since Roxy wasn't from a breeder. This time we did it "right" (my attitude before was, they are already born, someone is going to take them, and they need to be loved, so that someone may as well be us, because we love our dogs like crazy and give them a fun life of adventure and affection, but now I'm all about knowing the history if possible). We got Raven from a good breeder, fabulous pedigree, met the parents who are both gorgeous and amazing, and the family who raises the dogs is also fabulous. Raven is very balanced in all ways. And no hints of any water fixation. And so, I wonder about what we didn't know about Roxy's genetic background. But, as I see that this happens to BCs a lot in general, maybe she was just a really good little BC, doing her thing, being intense and exuberant and a little nuts. And oh, how I loved our first puppy love mutt who lived into her 16th year, but we are so converted to BCs now, like a whole different world (which sometimes drives me a little nuts
  2. Thank you all for your heartfelt condolences. To loose 2 dogs in 5 months is a bit overwhelming and it helps to have found a warm welcome here. What makes it worse for me is that this was preventable. Only if I/wife knew. If only .... The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Or so I am told. I hope that my post may help prevent others precious family members from the same fate. As you can see, the thread being 8 years old did not save my Roxy. Roxy had 3 strikes against her in this regard: 1. She was young and only 27 lb 2. She did not have an ounce of fat on her to absorb the excess water 3. She was hyper focused - high adrenaline dog Roxy would have died sooner or later of this, because our family did not know about this condition and we loved to take her outdoors, rivers, lakes, etc. What bothers me is that the Vet did not clue in - despite being told she played in water for over an hour. Perhaps she was beyond saving by the time we got her to the hospital - but one will never know because immediate steps were not taken to rid her little body of excess water and suppress her brain from swelling. She was an angel from heaven - as all dogs are to their families. -M
  3. Here is my story: January 2015 - I burried my 16 year old goldie. After too much heartache (about 2 weeks) we decided to get a new puppy - this time a BC. Roxy was 8 weeks old when we got her, chocolate/white female. She had the most gentle, submissive/timid personality that loved everyone. She developed a relationship with water, in that she liked to stomp moving water and bite at it. We thought it was "cute" in that she was fishing. Few times we brought her to streams with melt water but she quickly started shivering so we took her out at about 5 minutes of play - this saved her. At 6 months old, 2 weeks ago, wife took her to a lake to walk and go "fishing". After an hour of stirring water and biting at it, it was time to go home - about a 12 minute walk to the car. 1. At 4 minutes, she started walking funny, stumbling. 2. At 6 minutes, Roxy barfed water and a bone she ate for lunch. At this time, wife thought she was just sick from the bone. 3. At 12 minutes, Roxy was in the car on the way home, salivating and closing her eyes 4. At 26 minutes, Roxy got home and when I opened the car door, her eyes dialated and she was becoming listless. I immediately sped to the hospital with her. 5. At 34 minutes she was in the doctors office - he ordered blood work, thinking it was just a seizure. He, nor we ever heard of water intoxication. Also, we were thinking it could have been toxic algae. Her pupils were non-responsive and the doctor was worried about brain damage. 6. At 44 Minutes the blood work came back with low electrolytes. 7. At 45 minutes, Roxy's heart went up to 295. Doctor administered IV with sodium and other stuff, plus drugs to suppress her heart rate. 8. At 50 minutes Roxy stopped breathing and was put on a ventilator. I left the hospital to drive wife home and to tell our child that Roxy was not going to make it. I drove back to hospital hoping that by the time I got there, a miracle was going to happen and Roxy was going to come around. So when I got back in about 30 minutes, Roxy was pronounced brain dead or severely brain damaged as she did not have primary reflexes. Her eyes we open and dialated, she was not breathing on her own. Doctor recommended that I put her down. In 5 minutes, I was holding her paws as the doc administered drugs to put her down and she died in my arms. From frolicking in water to death in 45 minutes, the light of my life was gone. After much research we came across this post, and it felt like seeing a "bridge out sign" too late. I will forever blame myself for not doing more, for not knowing, for not driving faster, for waiting for the blood work ... for .. anything and everything. I will miss my Roxy forever. -M
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