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July 17th, 2006
Pug Dog Encephalitis (PDE) is a fatal disease that only affects pugs. Village of Hope is a great resource completely devoted to educating others about PDE and raising money to research this deadly disease. Village of Hope is a great place to start in finding out more about Pug Dog Encephalitis or to connect with others who have witnessed first-hand the affects of this disease.
For all of us who rescue those pugs and love them no matter what I salute you and my pugs well they are relaxing but they say thank you also. From one rescue mom to you all I thank you for loving the breed.
Leslie
My pug Oliver just got diagnosed with pug dog encepalitis 2 weeks ago. He is our baby and it breaks my heart to know he wont live long. Right now we are just loving him as much as possible. I am trying to be possitive,but everything I read about the disease makes it hard to think possitive.
Our pug just started acting “ different” and having the symtoms of pug dog encepalitis. Is there any good websites that I can look at for some information ?
Hi Dawn,
I am so sorry to hear about your little one. Village of Hope is a great resource for PDE - http://www.pugvillageofhope.info/
My pug Rocky just came down with PDE I was so surprised how fast it hit and how little is known about it. 23 days into this disease and he is in terrible shape. the vet first thought it was just epilisy. by day 2 the other symptoms appeared circling, head pressing and blindness in 1 eye. he is at home now but is not expected to last very long as the meds aren’t controlling the seizures well i will miss him very very much.
My pug was diagnosed with pde 2 months ago after a cluster seizure she had (was a horrifying thing to watch). She’s on anti-seizure meds. Which are working, though she is pretty blind and I noticed the past couple days she’s been getting up at 12 midnight and pacing and vomiting.
Does anybody know if this is another symptom of whats to come? I also would like to know what are the progressive symptoms of the final stages of pde?
We lost our sweet Bentley this morning after being diagnosed with pug encephalitis just hours before. He went from a happy fun loving puppy to a dog that couldn’t walk or stand and was in severe pain.
This is a terrible disease for the wonderful loving animials
My loving angel, Lucy lu, was diagnosed, treated, and died over 3 years ago from PE. She had a litter of 6 puppies one month before her first seizure. The vet said that there was no way to predict if the puppies would be infected-I am sad to say that exactly 3 years to the day I found out that one of the puppies is surely infected. I am so scared that the other pups will have to go through the same fate as Lucy lu. I kept two pups from the litter and I can’t bear to go through PE again. I need to know if all the pups will be infected because one of them is displaying the symtoms????
My little guy, Tiny Tim just suddenly came down with PDE the other day, and I had to have him put to sleep, all in one day. If he showed any symptoms before, I didn’t notice them. We loved him and miss him, but I have a real problem, because he is the father of a litter of pups that are going to be born this coming week. He’s also fathered two other litters. I feel really bad about it, and hope the people they went to won’t have to go through it with their doggies. Don’t really know what I should do with the babies that are coming! Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
I would like to know an answer to that same question, because my male Tiny Tim has had two litters, and My female Anabel is going to have another any minute. Tiny Tim suddenly came down with PDE three days ago and had to be put to sleep. I don’t want anyone else who loves their Pug to have to go through it.
Hi, I’m new to this site and wondering if anyone could tell me if what my dog is experiencing is congruent with PDE. The vets think it is, but it doesn’t seem to completely identify with the symptoms . She has not had any seizures,but within two months she has had two episodes where she had difficulty walking (dizzy acting), was incontinent with urine, and bobbed her head. Both times she was treated with steroids and responded well. Any ideas?
My little guy Rufus hs had some issues lately, he has been waking up in the early morning pacing and getting sick. This does not happen everyday, prob every couple of days. He also has been crying and circling (as if he was chasing his tail)at the same time and stretching out while crying. We have looked into everything from X-rays/ ultrasound, etc with nothing being found. My vet seems to think that this is PDE, and he is supposed to get in for an MRI as soon as possible. I am just wondering that if anyone with experience with PDE has seen these kind of symptoms before. He is in perfect health and mind 70% of the time and I am worried sick that this may take his life.
Thanks
We have lost our beloved Zazie-baby three weeks ago.. PDE took her from us very rapidly: she was dead within 24 hrs!
I’m afraid, Derrick, that the symptoms you describe are very much resemble the ones we had to see in the first 3 hrs and then everything went from bad to worse… The whole thing is so surreal and painful… All you can do now is to contribute to the research and perhaps you can help to detect the cause of PDE. I wish I didn’t have to write all these to you…
We had to put our baby Bristol down today. He was diagnosed with PDE 2 weeks ago. Watching him go downhill before our eyes was horrible. We are allowing his body to be used for research because we do not want anyone else to have to watch what we had to. We will miss him more than words can express!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lost my pug Stormy of Pug Dog Encephalitis
on 10/10/07. She was 1 year and 11 months old. It has been such a hard thing to get thru. She got so sick so fast. It took a very long time to get a diagnosis due to the fact most of the tests come back normal. We spent over $5000 trying to save her life to no avail. So that her dead wasn’t in vain we opted to have slides of her brain taken. So along with the MRIs, blood work etc. maybe they can help find a cure for this devastating illness. So in a way our Stormy is a hero! We love you our sweet angel! R.I.P Amanda’s Stormy Lady 11/06/05 ~~ 10/10/07
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Only way to make a difinitive diagnosis of this disease is by autopsy and microscopic examinayion of the nervous system, this must be done by individuals experienced in veterinary neuropathology, which usally means at a college of Veterinary medicine.
I amso sorry for any one that has lost a Pug, but other things that will speed the heart rate can also cause swelling of the brain. Hope this has helped.
We lost our little girl, Pugzy 2 days ago to Pug Encephalitis. Originally we thought she hurt her back and the Vet put her on steriods oral steroids after 3 injections, she got better for a week and a few days, but once the oral steroids wore off, she went downhill fast. She passed away at the Vets office 5 minutes or so before we got there. He thought she was poisoned by some insecticide, but we think it was PE. She responded with steroids for a limited time, and she displayed all the symptoms, lazness, lameness(abnormal walk), apparent blindness, seizures, circling, vacant expressions, and pressing her head against things. This all happened very fast once she was off the steroids, she went from moderatley ok to death with in 24 hours. It’s a terrible disease and I miss my little girl so much I can barely stand it.
I lost my Sammy yesterday. He started back in May not jumping off the furniture. I went to two vets and they put him on steroids and he was doing much better until August he had a grandmal seizure and they put him on phenobarbitol and steroids every time they took him off the steroids he started to go downhill. He was never diagnosed with PDE but I believe he had it and yesterday I put him down becuase he was having seizures every couple of days and he was circling but I couldn’t get anything out of the vet so I am very disappointed and I would like to suee a cure for this as well. I am convinced he had this disease.
I have a four month old pug that recently started displaying odd behavior. She began to pace, drool excessively, run into walls, furniture, attack and bark at inanimate objects. I was just wondering if she was too young to be diagnosed with PDE. We went to the Vet and found she had a high temp. and very high liver enzymes. She was put on an antibiotic and now displays those behaviors very rarely. Maybe just for a few minutes when she gets worked up. What do you think? Do you think that she could have PDE? Is she too young.
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sandy
01/30/2007
Our little boy “nuck nuck goose” had to be put to sleep yesterday...1-29-2007...due to put encephalitis..I love and miss him more then i can even tell anybody....He was my baby..he looked to me to protect him..Keep him safe...I thought i had.No one can protect you from PDE though. I spoiled him rotten and loved him to death...I hurt so bad for him...I want him back...God Bless my little boy nuck nuck...I LOVE YOU BABY..mommy is so sorry that you got sick...God be with him and hold him til i can again…