Border Collie Collapse

[hedgiemama]

I have just been recently doing some reading around the internet and i came upon a condition called Border Collie Collapse (BCC). I dont have any experience with it but i found it interesting. The university of Minnesota is doing a study on it. It is most common in Border Collies, but can be seen in any working stock or in dogs training for agility/ flyball. The dogs appear normal other than when they are experiencing an "episode". After being worked hard, like herding or chasing a ball for a bit, etc, the dogs legs become wobbly and they cant stand, it seems similar to heat in some ways, although the dog will recover more quickly from BCC than a heat stroke. It isnt fatal from what i understand.

Here is a link explaining it better...
http://www.allbordercollies.com/foru...U-of-Minnesota

Has anyone experienced this or heard of it?