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Originally Posted by linz06  Thank you. Rescue organizations around here are pretty rare... There is one dog rescue that I know of but they are in desperate need of foster homes and donations. My friend was completely willing to pay for the medical expenses (which his owner said would be around $2000). I guess the question is really, what are the chances of this puppy living a long healthy life after surgery, or even getting through surgery if it is needed? He doesn't want to bring home a puppy to save it and get attached and then have his condition be something that can't be fixed. |
Not very good.
Older dogs can develop MVP due to age which are treated by medications and diet. Those do not involve murmurs. Because of this puppy's age..his will be considered congential. The murmur is there because of the prolapse...that side of his heart is not functioning properly. His heart is working too hard. Eventually the valves can't force all the blood in the heart into the other chamber and the heart enlarges. Once the heart enlarges...it presses on other organs...making it difficult for the puppy to breathe.
The younger the mvp and murmur are diagnosed the shorter the life expentency.
My friend's american bulldog puppy had this condition. She spent the last weekend of his life holding him upright...so he could breath. He couldn't breath when he laid down and was exhausted from not sleeping. She had to put him to sleep...heartbreaking but the most loving decision too.