BCSnob - I totally agree that the dog world is multi-national. But a "small number" diagnosed or "suspected of having" a disease is not the same as 40% (2 out of 5 in Michigan), which was my personal experience.
I would add that 15 years ago many vets did not know what PLE and PLN were. And when we pursued it, based on my friend's experience, the diagnosis at that time cost about $1,000, maybe more. So I believe the disease has a much greater foothold in the US than it has in other countries because many people did not know what they were dealing with and would not arbitrarily spend more than a thousand dollars of a customer's money doing their own original research.
I have no idea if the experience in Ireland (which is where the dog originates, not GB) is better or worse than GB, but I am confident it is better than in the US.
