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blades · 09-30-2005, 07:23 PM

Hey everybody
I'm new to the forum and have just gone thru quite an ordeal with my 9 year old female yorkie. Out of the blue, she developed pancreatitus. She had been sick with vomiting and diarrhea for about a week. On our first visit to the vet, she was given carafate and a shot of pepcid. We honestly thought that would do it but when she didn't get any better, I took her to an animal hospital on the weekend. The blood studies confirmed the diagnosis! After leaving her there for 4 days on heavy doses of iv fluids, she is home and doing better. Apparently one of the causes is feeding them too many table scraps. We have always been so careful- she certainly doesn't eat a porterhouse steak, but she will be on a strict doggie food low cal diet now. I just wondered if anyone else went through this. The guilt is overwhelming

txshopper73 · 09-30-2005, 07:37 PM

First, Welcome to YT! Wow, that is very sad that you both had to go through this. Glad that your furbaby is on the road to recovery. Keep us updated. Never had to go through that but besides occasional pizza crust, we don't feed ours table scraps. Thanks for sharing your story and hopefully someone out there will heed your warning!

shecass · 09-30-2005, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by blades

Hey everybody
I'm new to the forum and have just gone thru quite an ordeal with my 9 year old female yorkie. Out of the blue, she developed pancreatitus. She had been sick with vomiting and diarrhea for about a week. On our first visit to the vet, she was given carafate and a shot of pepcid. We honestly thought that would do it but when she didn't get any better, I took her to an animal hospital on the weekend. The blood studies confirmed the diagnosis! After leaving her there for 4 days on heavy doses of iv fluids, she is home and doing better. Apparently one of the causes is feeding them too many table scraps. We have always been so careful- she certainly doesn't eat a porterhouse steak, but she will be on a strict doggie food low cal diet now. I just wondered if anyone else went through this. The guilt is overwhelming

Welcome. Don't feel so bad. Hopefully she will be feeling better soon. We don't feed ours table scraps. Even though they beg. I just ignore them.

SoCalyorkiLvr · 09-30-2005, 08:06 PM

Oh, your poor baby...don't beat yourself up about it...who knew back in the day? When I was growing up we felt good about giving our dogs the leftovers!

I am the same way about no table scraps or people food now because I have heard the stories but my H will still sneak them stuff when I am not looking so I worry. My breeder says her yorkies neve rhave red meat of any kind cross their lips! I am not that strict but pretty close.

GucciMyGirl · 10-01-2005, 05:22 AM

Welcome blades and sorry you had to go through that.. Glad that your baby is recovering.

I read so much on here but I am a little confused. When you say table scraps do you mean all human food. I mix cottage cheese etc., healthy stuff in Gucci's dry food for she will not eat it. The feedback on here seems to be the same we all seem to mix some sort of food. Is this not good for them at all?

Gina

chachi · 10-01-2005, 05:35 AM

I have not dealt with this but have heard of it before. My dogs get very little table scraps. My husband will give them a little piece when he is eating sometimes.

3puppies4me · 10-01-2005, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by GucciMyGirl

Welcome blades and sorry you had to go through that.. Glad that your baby is recovering.

I read so much on here but I am a little confused. When you say table scraps do you mean all human food. I mix cottage cheese etc., healthy stuff in Gucci's dry food for she will not eat it. The feedback on here seems to be the same we all seem to mix some sort of food. Is this not good for them at all?

Gina

It is the high fat type of food and treats that irritate the pancreas. (Many dog treats are high in fat as well). Cottage cheese, yogurt, veggies, fruits, lean chicken and meats are okay. Basically healthy foods we should all eat!
Do be careful, your dog is older and once they have pancreatitis they are prone to get it again. My dog had chronic pancreatitis from the age of 3, kept under control until he was 8 years old, it was a real problem for the last two years of his life, severely limiting what he could eat. He did very well for a long time on this food:

http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/verve.htm

He had to have things well cooked so it didn't irritate his system, so I would mix the above food with one egg, and add a jar of Strained chicken and Vegetables (Gerber), and bake it up like a brownie. He loved this diet, and much healthier and tastier than the dry prescription diets that he had before.
Good luck with your little one, pancreatitis is scary and painful!

blades · 10-01-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 3puppies4me

It is the high fat type of food and treats that irritate the pancreas. (Many dog treats are high in fat as well). Cottage cheese, yogurt, veggies, fruits, lean chicken and meats are okay. Basically healthy foods we should all eat!
Do be careful, your dog is older and once they have pancreatitis they are prone to get it again. My dog had chronic pancreatitis from the age of 3, kept under control until he was 8 years old, it was a real problem for the last two years of his life, severely limiting what he could eat. He did very well for a long time on this food:

http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/verve.htm

He had to have things well cooked so it didn't irritate his system, so I would mix the above food with one egg, and add a jar of Strained chicken and Vegetables (Gerber), and bake it up like a brownie. He loved this diet, and much healthier and tastier than the dry prescription diets that he had before.
Good luck with your little one, pancreatitis is scary and painful!

blades · 10-01-2005, 04:14 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words. Blades seems to be doing well- she's gobbling a tablespoon of ivf sensitive formaula 3 times a day along with her meds. She even has her happy face back on. Someone said my message was too long but we were not giving her junk food. She loves apricots and I'm sure that didn't bring it on. Someone said the treats could be high in fat. I never thought of that. They are now in the garbage! Thanks again and I'll stay in touch.

llhunter · 05-09-2007, 08:36 PM

Hi Blades,
My 3 yr old Yorkie was diagnosed with pancreatitis about a year ago. Please don't feel guilty as mine has NEVER had table scraps and still got it!! He is currently going thru his second bout of it, but seems to be doing better. The first just about killed him, it came on so suddenly, over night!! He spent a week in the hospital, but thank gawd came thru it alright.

As for now, the hospital gave him shots of antibiotics, pepcid, and fluids. He is on a boiled rice and chicken diet, and the intestinal bleeding has stopped. I'll be taking him to the vet tomorrow for a checkup, so hopefully all is going well.

Please remember that once they get pancreatitis, they will likely have episodes of it yearly, so be very careful.

Good luck and I hope your baby is all better!!

cariblonde · 05-10-2007, 06:18 AM

please dont beat yuorself up over this. my friends yorkie had devolped pan. she told me to stop feeding my baby table food so her horror story really woke me up. i used to give gizzie all kinds of stuff. i would even make her her own little cheeseburger once a week but now i know better and i wont do that. good luck and i hope your little furbaby feels better soon

katskratch · 05-11-2007, 09:37 AM

my family had a mixed breed with pancreatitis. after she was diagnosed at 7 years old, we only fed her science diet, and she lived until she was 18.

llhunter · 05-11-2007, 09:55 AM

Thanks for good news ;o) I only feed my Yorkies (Bayli youngest of the 3) Eukanuba Lamb and Rice. The other 2 are fine, but Bayli has always been a very sick puppy from the start. For the first month of his life, I had to syringe food down his throat, then he had ring worm late they couldn't get rid of for 8 months (we all caught that!!), they ended up, after months of 2x week lyme dips, giving him this very strong internal medicine to take and that finally got rid of it. He's been quite a challenge, but I love him all the more ;o)

Michelle T · 10-02-2007, 03:05 PM

Hi, Im really new to yorkie talk. My girl Daisy Mae is in the hospital at this moment. My husband called me at work to let me know he was taking her because she was thowing up blood. I'm really sad but I did get to see her. They said she could be there on an IV for a week. I know my husband feeds her table scraps sometimes,But NEVER again. She's never even spent a night alone.

LawFilly · 10-02-2007, 06:45 PM

Hi Blades~

I can certainly sympathize with you. Bentley got pancreatitis out of the blue and we nearly lost him. We "NEVER" gave him human food. He only got milk bone treats and Science Hill dog food. Every since we now feed him a prescription diet and dog treats we get from out vet.

I almost panic when he acts like he doesn't feel good because I am so paranoid it will happen again.

Bentley and I wish you the best.

09-30-2005, 07:23 PM	#1
blades Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: cherry hill Posts: 69	pancreatitus Hey everybody I'm new to the forum and have just gone thru quite an ordeal with my 9 year old female yorkie. Out of the blue, she developed pancreatitus. She had been sick with vomiting and diarrhea for about a week. On our first visit to the vet, she was given carafate and a shot of pepcid. We honestly thought that would do it but when she didn't get any better, I took her to an animal hospital on the weekend. The blood studies confirmed the diagnosis! After leaving her there for 4 days on heavy doses of iv fluids, she is home and doing better. Apparently one of the causes is feeding them too many table scraps. We have always been so careful- she certainly doesn't eat a porterhouse steak, but she will be on a strict doggie food low cal diet now. I just wondered if anyone else went through this. The guilt is overwhelming

09-30-2005, 07:37 PM	#2
txshopper73 Donating YT 14K Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Victoria, Texas Posts: 14,178 Blog Entries: 1	First, Welcome to YT! Wow, that is very sad that you both had to go through this. Glad that your furbaby is on the road to recovery. Keep us updated. Never had to go through that but besides occasional pizza crust, we don't feed ours table scraps. Thanks for sharing your story and hopefully someone out there will heed your warning! __________________ As always...JMO (Just My Opinion) Kimberley Gracie, London and Dallas

10-01-2005, 05:35 AM	#6
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 22,520	I have not dealt with this but have heard of it before. My dogs get very little table scraps. My husband will give them a little piece when he is eating sometimes. __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

10-01-2005, 04:14 PM	#9
blades Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: cherry hill Posts: 69	blades and pancreatitis Thanks for the warm welcome and kind words. Blades seems to be doing well- she's gobbling a tablespoon of ivf sensitive formaula 3 times a day along with her meds. She even has her happy face back on. Someone said my message was too long but we were not giving her junk food. She loves apricots and I'm sure that didn't bring it on. Someone said the treats could be high in fat. I never thought of that. They are now in the garbage! Thanks again and I'll stay in touch.

05-09-2007, 08:36 PM	#10
llhunter YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cave Creek Posts: 2	Pancreatitis Hi Blades, My 3 yr old Yorkie was diagnosed with pancreatitis about a year ago. Please don't feel guilty as mine has NEVER had table scraps and still got it!! He is currently going thru his second bout of it, but seems to be doing better. The first just about killed him, it came on so suddenly, over night!! He spent a week in the hospital, but thank gawd came thru it alright. As for now, the hospital gave him shots of antibiotics, pepcid, and fluids. He is on a boiled rice and chicken diet, and the intestinal bleeding has stopped. I'll be taking him to the vet tomorrow for a checkup, so hopefully all is going well. Please remember that once they get pancreatitis, they will likely have episodes of it yearly, so be very careful. Good luck and I hope your baby is all better!!

09-30-2005, 08:06 PM	#4
SoCalyorkiLvr BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,246	Oh, your poor baby...don't beat yourself up about it...who knew back in the day? When I was growing up we felt good about giving our dogs the leftovers! I am the same way about no table scraps or people food now because I have heard the stories but my H will still sneak them stuff when I am not looking so I worry. My breeder says her yorkies neve rhave red meat of any kind cross their lips! I am not that strict but pretty close.

10-01-2005, 05:22 AM	#5
GucciMyGirl YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 550	Welcome blades and sorry you had to go through that.. Glad that your baby is recovering. I read so much on here but I am a little confused. When you say table scraps do you mean all human food. I mix cottage cheese etc., healthy stuff in Gucci's dry food for she will not eat it. The feedback on here seems to be the same we all seem to mix some sort of food. Is this not good for them at all? Gina

05-10-2007, 06:18 AM	#11
cariblonde Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: wilmington nc Posts: 1,364	please dont beat yuorself up over this. my friends yorkie had devolped pan. she told me to stop feeding my baby table food so her horror story really woke me up. i used to give gizzie all kinds of stuff. i would even make her her own little cheeseburger once a week but now i know better and i wont do that. good luck and i hope your little furbaby feels better soon

05-11-2007, 09:37 AM	#12
katskratch Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: calgary Posts: 22	my family had a mixed breed with pancreatitis. after she was diagnosed at 7 years old, we only fed her science diet, and she lived until she was 18.

05-11-2007, 09:55 AM	#13
llhunter YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cave Creek Posts: 2	Thanks for good news ;o) I only feed my Yorkies (Bayli youngest of the 3) Eukanuba Lamb and Rice. The other 2 are fine, but Bayli has always been a very sick puppy from the start. For the first month of his life, I had to syringe food down his throat, then he had ring worm late they couldn't get rid of for 8 months (we all caught that!!), they ended up, after months of 2x week lyme dips, giving him this very strong internal medicine to take and that finally got rid of it. He's been quite a challenge, but I love him all the more ;o)

10-02-2007, 03:05 PM	#14
Michelle T YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Derry NH Posts: 6	Hi, Im really new to yorkie talk. My girl Daisy Mae is in the hospital at this moment. My husband called me at work to let me know he was taking her because she was thowing up blood. I'm really sad but I did get to see her. They said she could be there on an IV for a week. I know my husband feeds her table scraps sometimes,But NEVER again. She's never even spent a night alone.

10-02-2007, 06:45 PM	#15
LawFilly Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 11	Pancreatitis Hi Blades~ I can certainly sympathize with you. Bentley got pancreatitis out of the blue and we nearly lost him. We "NEVER" gave him human food. He only got milk bone treats and Science Hill dog food. Every since we now feed him a prescription diet and dog treats we get from out vet. I almost panic when he acts like he doesn't feel good because I am so paranoid it will happen again. Bentley and I wish you the best. __________________ LawFilly Bentley's Mom