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Originally Posted by magicgenie  Thanks, Yorkieloves2chat. I read your posts about this some time back and reread your story today. I don't see where you made any reference to the BAT on your dog. Was it normal too?
This reminds me of a question I've asked before and received no answer to. If you BAT a puppy at 12 weeks and result is normal, does that mean he/she does not have congenital liver shunt and will never have it? Or does it only mean the puppy doesn't have signs of it yet but may get some later?
BAT on adult dogs is another matter and should be done periodically even to catch possible acquired problems. |
He had no symptoms at all. Big, healthy, no eating problems...nothing. at 1 1/2 year old he got bladder stones. Now, this is around the time (3 years for femals) that bladder stones show up in a dog who hasn't shown symptoms but I found out that there were relatives in his family who had stone problems (after the fact). Still, he showed no other symptom. When going in for surgery, the surgeon saw the shunts, saw a healthy liver (no disease), and took a biopsy. Cornell revisited all this and came to the same conclusion--congenital shunts. Cornell also did BATs and they were high. I am not an expert, but in my opinion, I want to get my story out there because although his liver appears to be doing well, we are having a BIG struggle with the bladder. I am averaging $200-$400 a month in medical bills due to bladder (and it is me all alone having to pay for all this). Had I done BATS, we may have been able to prevent the bladder problem. Had I known about stone problems in the line and what UTI's were, I woudlhave known what to look for.
I've had friends test their dogs to be on the safe side and some friends have come back and thanked me because they found problems but will be able to prevent them from getting expensive like mine has.
I hope I can help.