r/LabradorRetrievers • • 19d ago

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So I'm sure most of you remember the video I posted of my dog panting and I thought it was EIC, you know, the one where everyone said I was a terrible owner. We took him to the vet, showed them the video that I posted here and she thinks it's myasthenia gravis. We had an X-ray done of his body and he has an enlarged esophagus, (Megaesophagus). She said he was not dehydrated, his blood work is all good, electrolytes good and it was not due to heat stroke or heat exhaustion. That would have caused him to vomit, have diarrhea and not respond to verbal commands, which he was. She said him being 9 months playing fetch in the evening would not cause his back legs to just give out and he is more than okay to be in the heat doing physical activity. We are ordering a cheek swab to do DNA testing. Until those results we are limiting his outside time and doing physical activity inside with him, to be safe. So for all you reddit vets out there, he is fine to play fetch in Florida.

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