Hi all,
Hoping someone can shed some light on this -- had quite a scary incident with my young BC this evening. It was about 88 degrees Fahrenheit with about 40% humidity as best as I can guess. We did some short agility sequences (3-4 obstacles) and then my second cousins took turns throwing her Chuckit squirrel for her for about 15 minutes or so (not very far, they kept throwing it upside down so it'd go a max of 15-20 feet ).
She seemed fine at first, but when her panting got a little more rapid than is typical for her I asked her to take a break. Her panting got a little more frantic and she was wobbly in the rear so I hosed her off trying to cool her down, figuring it was heat stroke. She stayed wobbly (mostly in the rear) and wanted to keep trying to get the girls to play with her, much less responsive than usual to me. She recovered gradually over the course of about 30 minutes.
I'm aware of BCC, but not familiar enough to be able to differentiate it between possible symptoms of heat stroke... this isn't the first time this has happened with her, but it was never quite this severe (usually I catch the slightly "frantic" panting and have her lay down until her breathing returns to normal). Would heat stroke / hyperthermia be able to recover that quickly without veterinary intervention, or am I probably looking more at BCC? Any help appreciated.
