Is there anybody who have a dog or know about the case of of a Belgian dog with Congenital Portosystemic Shunts? My Venja appeared to have it and now I collect all the possible information about how often this disease can be found in Belgians. CPSS is a genetic disease (what means, that except from epilepsy, dysplasia, PRA and cryptorchism there is one more genetic disease concerning Belgian Shepherds.... ), although the model of inheritance is quite complicated, and hapilly, the prevalence is very low. But it exists and my sweet female is a proof.... so if you knew anything about it, please, let me know!
Venja will be operated soon and hopefully she will never have any more problems with it.
I'm sorry to hear the diagnosis of your girl . Do you know if her case is intra- or extrahepatic? There has been a case of it here in Slovenija just recently, with a 4 months old Border collie bitch. Sadly she had to be euthanized due to the type and vastness of her disease, I hope your girl will nevertheless be able to fight this condition and keep you smiling for years to come...
We keep our fingers crossed for both of you, hang in there and keep us updated!
Ursa
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Hi Bambi! Luckilly, Veni has probably a single, extrahepatic shunt, easy to operate (diagnosis on the basis of echography, presence of shunts confirmed by the results of elevated biliary acids). This diagnosis has to be confirmed by arteriography (will be 27th of August). But now, after quite dramatic onset of a disease, with some serious neurological signes, Veni feels and behaves very well, like a healthy dog. She only grows slowly (has decreased IGF1). She eats special hepatic food.
I am very sorry for that case of Border Collie you wrote about. It is traumatic to see and to fight for such a seriously ill dog and to lose...
Anyway, I have never heard about this disease in Belgian Shepherds... until the case of my girl....
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greetings from Joanna (Polish) and Venja (Dutch Groenendael) in France
I would like to share great news with you: Venja is healthy!!!!
I do not know wether the shunt closed by itself, or it did not existed from the beginning. On echography it seemed to be clear, but now the liver biopsy EXCLUDED the theory of CPSS.... The liver is normal, has no damage!!!
I checked in the scientific literature the norms for bile acids: they were not elevated, but normal!!!!
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greetings from Joanna (Polish) and Venja (Dutch Groenendael) in France
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), although the model of inheritance is quite complicated, and hapilly, the prevalence is very low. But it exists and my sweet female is a proof.... 
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. Do you know if her case is intra- or extrahepatic? There has been a case of it here in Slovenija just recently, with a 4 months old Border collie bitch. Sadly she had to be euthanized due to the type and vastness of her disease, I hope your girl will nevertheless be able to fight this condition and keep you smiling for years to come... 
it is a good news
