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Originally Posted by Ellie May  Lepto is something you probably don't want to give a liver compromised Yorkie because it isn't a core vaccine and all vaccines are hard on the liver. I know lepto is bad in Indiana right now and it is a hard call that only you and your vet can make but it is risky.
Do you trust your vet?
Honestly, something doesn't sound right.
They shouldn't have surgery for a shunt without a positive diagnosis.
What if it is MVD?
What tests have been done so far?
I'm sure you told me already but I can't remember now. So many people on YT are dealing with bile acid testing or liver shunt that it all kind of gets mixed up after awhile.  |
The only test he has had so far is the BAT and a couple of CBC's and 1 chem profile. But as the vet and I talked we both agreed that unless a shunt is seen on a veinogram etc. then from reading up on these sometimes the only definitive diagnosis is made during the surgery.
From investigating this I have found some theories that Liver shunt is being more prominent from inbreeding.
Do I trust my vet right now I don't know what to say . sometimes I think he is listening to me and other times, "why didn't he tell me that? I just waited to get my pups dewormed at 6 weeks because his office staff told me to bring them in at 6 weeks. He told me usually he worms pups at 2-4-6 weeks. I was dumbfounded. I didn't know what to say. I didn't look that up on here because I trusted what he said. I am still trying to figure out how I missed this. No harm done the pups haven't left the house, and I haven't had their mom outside much and she has been on heartguard right along. that night after getting the strongid. I found only one pup had gotten rid of one dead worm. No more seen in any other feces from the other pups. I watch them so closely.