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Herding Dogs and Labs - Exercise Induced Collapse
Posted on 6/14/14 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 6/14/14 at 10:49 pm
Anyone have experience with this?
With labs and a few breeds they have found a genetic link. But with herding dogs they don't know the link, they just know it seems connected to outside temp and the level of excitement of the activity.
Scary as frick. My heeler can run flat out behind a four wheeler for miles with no problem almost no matter the temp and humidity. But, play fetch with the tennis ball, which she loves, and sometimes five minutes after we're done she suddenly acts like she's drunk and can't walk.
The colleges doing studies on this still can't explain it, they just call it border collie collapse: LINK
Damn near had a panic attack today thinking the dog had a heat stroke, then 10 minutes later she was fine. Made for some interesting reading playing google vet.
With labs and a few breeds they have found a genetic link. But with herding dogs they don't know the link, they just know it seems connected to outside temp and the level of excitement of the activity.
Scary as frick. My heeler can run flat out behind a four wheeler for miles with no problem almost no matter the temp and humidity. But, play fetch with the tennis ball, which she loves, and sometimes five minutes after we're done she suddenly acts like she's drunk and can't walk.
The colleges doing studies on this still can't explain it, they just call it border collie collapse: LINK
Damn near had a panic attack today thinking the dog had a heat stroke, then 10 minutes later she was fine. Made for some interesting reading playing google vet.
This post was edited on 6/14/14 at 10:50 pm
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Posted on 6/14/14 at 11:08 pm to Sus-Scrofa
My lab did it a couple of times after intense playing in the summer. He'd come in and act drunk for a couple of minutes. Would run into shite. Fell down once. Brought him to the vet and she said he was good. Hasn't done it in 5 years
Posted on 6/15/14 at 12:26 am to Sus-Scrofa
Could be the type of activity; endurance (running for miles) or high intensity (fetch).
Posted on 6/15/14 at 7:29 am to Sus-Scrofa
My lab has done it a couple times. We limit her activity, especially in the summer. I think she would fetch until it kills her.
This post was edited on 6/15/14 at 7:30 am
Posted on 6/15/14 at 7:53 am to Sus-Scrofa
Keep any dog on limited exercise if the temp & humidity combined are over 103 got it wrong here is a chart LINK
This post was edited on 6/15/14 at 7:58 am
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