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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  I kind of doubt the over-the-phone diagnosis of LS. Typically, LS pups don't grow very well and Buster is 2 pounds at 7 weeks. It sounds more like severe hypoglycemia from the posts. It seems that it's been at least 4 days since he ate well. He would naturally have more of a problem with substantial foods since his stomach is so empty so that may explain the problem with the canned food. |
While failure to grow is a common symptom of liver shunt, it isn't always the case. You can't rule out a shunt based on the size of an animal alone. We usually see a shunt in the tinier yorkies, but there have been larger yorkies with shunts as well...as well as large breed dogs with shunts.
I really hope he does not have a shunt, but it is a real possibility and something that is worth looking into.
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