Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Management Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), sometimes referred to as CDRM (Chronic Degenerative RadiculoMylopathy), is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a general lack of coordination of muscle movements in the pelvic limbs. Dogs diagnosed with DM have axonal (a part of a nerve cell, or neuron) and myelin (an electrically insulating layer around an axon, also known as the myelin sheath) degeneration at all levels of the spinal cord. As motor neurons degenerate, they...

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Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Management Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease characterized by a general lack of coordination of muscle movements in the pelvic limbs. Dogs affected slowly lose control and function of their hindlimbs. DM is a condition that progresses slowly and typically affects dogs 8 years of age or older. DM has been detected in dogs as young as 3 years. If you observe a sudden onset of disease...

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Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Management Standardized medical treatment guidelines currently do not exist for patients diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), and unfortunately, there is no cure for DM. Because there seems to be an immune mediated component of DM, some DM dogs with acutely deteriorating cases can benefit from short courses of corticosteroids at anti-inflammatory (low) doses. These drugs should not be taken concurrently with non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.   Diagnosing DM DM...

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Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Management Due to the lack of standardized medical treatment guidelines for patients diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), treatment is mainly supportive and palliative. Nutrition, exercise, therapy and mobility aides have all been recommended in managing DM dogs. Nutrition DM dogs in the early stages of the disease may benefit from diet supplements such as  Vitamin E, Omega-3-fatty acids, Gamma linoleic acid and, L-Carnitine. These supplements are free radical scavengers that may...

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Bernese Mountain Dogs and otters are cute and loveable on their own - watch them play together to see some serious cuteness!        

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Ripley is a 9-year old Bernese Mountain Dog and brother to 11-week-old Hudson. He went out for a walk with Hudson for the first time, and in big brother fashion showed the puppy the "ropes". Ripley likes to carry his own leash when he goes for a walk, so his guardians wanted to see what he would do if they gave him Hudson's leash.

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Nilah is an 8 week old Bernese Mountain Dog who has a love/hate relationship with a lemon. What a cutie!

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Hermann the Bernese Mountain Dog gets his first bath!

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A Bernese Mountain Dog was rescued after 12 days after he ran away on Mount Seymour. Photo: Flicker A Bernese Mountain Dog who has been missing on a mountain in North Vancouver, British Columbia for nearly two weeks has been rescued. Two-year-old Ohly was being walked with another dog and a friend of his family'son a snowshoe trek on November 25 in an area of the mountain called Suicide Gully. However, because Ohly suffers from separation...

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A sheep-owner in Chester County who shot and killed two Bernese Mountain Dogs belonging to his neighbor, has been charged with cruelty to animals and recklessly endangering another person. Originally, the owners of the two dogs, Mary and William Bock, were told no charges would be filed against their neighbor. Under Pennsylvania dog law individuals are permitted to shoot dogs if they are threatening livestock. But today, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogand filed charges...

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Jerry, 1 year old Berneese Mountain Dog discovering ice. After being unsure and not knowing what is below him, he was ice skating all the time :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrtVOIMRNkY  

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Bella, a 2 year old Bernese Mountain Dog from Milton, Nova Scotia was inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame for saving the life of Chris Larocque 1 of 3 Bella, a 2-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, was honored for her courage, determination and fearless devotion, after being inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada this morning. Bella's owner, Chris Larocque, said he would not be alive today had it not...

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