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12-14-2014, 12:45 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada
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| young with collapsed trachea, any ideas Anyone else have a yorkie diagnosed very young with collapsed trachea?, i've been reading up on here some stories and they are terrifying me. Meeshas only 3, she snorted like a pig on walks when she was a baby and this summer she started having breathing issues,she had xrays and she was diagnosed. i can no longer take her for walks, play too hard with her,im watching her diet, etc .Its breaking my heart because her yorkie brother milo, he gets to go for walks and she gets so jeallous of all the stuff he can do and she can't. My vet didn't make it seem like a big deal.. i thought she'd live a long life, but reading stories here alot of yorkies didn't get thier full life because of it and now the thought has me horrified! she's back on steriods, she did a dose this summer, vet mentioned next we'd try something she'll order from ontario, she's reccomending she get a stent at the vet college in p.e.i .....with all my research.. this seems too risky and im probably better off managing it? i'd come up with the money if this surgery wasn;t so iffy, i'd pay anything in the world to make her better. the vet also just switched her to rc vet satiety support diet food? is this a good foood for ct dogs? theres so many different opinions its hard to know whats right.. reading the forums on ct here made me realize i better learn dog cpr. is anyone else going through this with a young dog, meeshas so young its scary, i didnt think this happened in young dogs. i've had her in a harness then buddy belt her whole life, her collapsed trachea looks like its in her chest from the xray, is the buddy belt bad for this? also any ideas when i bath her.. she gets very out of breath , i have to stop so many times pick her up and stick her head by the window for air she also seems to be a watch dog, she barks at the school bus and people outside etc, i took away all her window access but she still gose insane when she hears it, any ideas how to calm her down from these episodes, shes always so anxious. milo her brother is so calm and never even barks. anyways i hope theres someone out these who had a young ct yorkie who can give me ideas how to give meesha the longest life possible...ill do anything to keep her alive as long as i can. she's not jsut a dog to me, shes my kid.Her brother yorkie milo idolizes her, hed be a mess too if anything ever happened to her, he barks and stands over her when she's having heavy breathing to tell me and is so worried. it breaks my heart. |
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12-14-2014, 06:36 AM | #2 |
♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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| I am very sorry that Meesha has been diagnosed with CT, and I understand being worried and scared. From what I have read, some of the things you can do are (and you already mentioned a couple): keep Meesha at an ideal weight, keep her from overheating, and the hardest one of all, keep her from being over over-excited or from over-exerting herself. I've read that determining the cause of CT can be difficult. Sometimes the condition is congenital, weak cartilage in the tracheal rings. It can also be caused by trauma. Allergies or illness that creates scar tissue in the trachea can also narrow the passage. There are members here with personal experience who can tell you more. Praying for Meesha and you that her CT will be able to be managed.
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12-14-2014, 08:18 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member | I have read a lot of good stories to with dogs with CT. Some dogs have it and lived to be 15 and didnt even die from it they died from something else. I say keep her as calm as you can and just try to enjoy her. When she has bad episodes from it you can give them cough medicine and prednisone |
12-14-2014, 10:39 AM | #4 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| The surgery is still not proved to work so I would not do it. My moms dog is on hydrocodone for his ct have you tried that?
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
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