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Originally Posted by smbritton

OK so I'm new to the site. I found the site by googleing for information about Yorkies and this site came up so I figured I may get some answers from here.

For the last couple of weeks my 3 year old Yorkie Scout has been losing weight. We took him to the vet last week and they took some blood tests. The Liver test were extremly concerning so they referred us to a specialist to perform a ultra sound because the Vet suspected a shunt. The specailist couldn't find the shunt although she said she finds 70% of them if they are outside the Liver. She has put him on Metronidazole and Hill LD perscription low protein food.

Here are the concerns from his Liver results:
Actual. Desired.
ALT 606 10-118
GGT 5 0-7
BA 140 0-25
ALB 2.2 2.5-4.4
CHOL 82 125-270

We changed his diet 4 weeks ago from IAMS to Kible n Bits because he was having trouble chewing the IAMS and the Kible n Bits are easier to chew. But he never really took to the Kible n Bits. When we bought home the Hills LD food we mixed it with his Kible and Bits and he methodically seperated all the Kible N Bits away from the Hills and devoured the Hills. Now he eats the whole bowl of Hills in under 30 seconds, he loves it. I haven't seen him eat like this in 2 months (since the kible n bits came along). He is full of energy and shows no signs now of illness although I can't get the test results out of mind

My questions is:

Could changing his diet have caused this much problems to his Liver? Or is something else going on?

I realize the BA of 140 is really bad...

So, now that he is eating again what are the chances of his next Liver tests once he has completed his Anitbiotcs returning back to normal?

I appreciate any advice I can get becuase both Vets really don't have an answer for me?

If my dog is running around fine, eating fine, and showing no signs of illness do I just ignore the tests and go on if he is fine?

reading this more closely so your dog never vomits just would not eat the food? first off kibble n bits and iams are not good foods. The protein could be too high and was making him feel sick to his tummy so he refused to eat it knowing it did not make him feel good. Dogs are very smart they will not eat what does not make them feel good and why so many owners reported with the pet food recall the dog would not eat the food as if they knew something was wrong with it. They have a very strong sense of smell and they also know if something makes them sick to their tummy they will not eat. So what happened is when you gave the low protein L/D your dog did not feel sick to tummy and would eat it -jmo

so sounds like only sign of liver issue was the stones and not eating kibbles and bits ? Just trying to make sure i am giving you the correct info based on what i would do if it were my dog