[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by jgill08

Jaxon went to Colorado this past week to have an imaging test done, an ultrasound, and found, have the liver shunt removed. We found out that his liver was small for his size, and that he most likely did not have a shunt. In about 1 percent of the cases, we were told, there still might be a liver shunt present but not seen during the imaging test. The only way to know for sure would be to have abdominal surgery. Opted against that. While he was there they ran another bile acids test, the one done here did not hold definitive results, and upon running the test in Colorado his post results were off the charts, over 100. The vet there said that his liver is too small to process all the protein that Jaxon gets, and put him on a new dog food, with less protein than the L/D food. She also informed Jaxon's mom to not expect him to live to be a full adult . I was wondering if anyone has had similar results with any dog, and if so, what diet are they using. I'm pretty sure his seizures can be regulated with a strict diet, but was wondering where exactly to start, he has had a few siezures since being home, and I am hopeing that we can prevent any further siezures with a strict diet... Thanks for reading back...

Microvascular dysplasia is still possible which can cause symptoms identical to liver shunt. If a dog is suspected of having LS and it cannot be surgically corrected or MVD (which can't be surgically corrected), they should be on a low protein food with the right kind of protein (L/D canned is fine as is Royal Canin LS 14), Denosyl or Vetri DMG, milk thistle, vitamin e, lactulose, etc.