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Originally Posted by smartpuppiepets

It may be a late advice but ... better late than never.
I am so sorry you are going through all of this but at least you had the option of surrendering your dog for them to treat instead of "putting her to sleep" as i hear more often. believe me , many had only 2 options: pay or put to sleep.

Anyways, i wanted to mention to you about pet insurance! I have been recommending it to our puppy owners. We have been so blessed, i seldom have reports of accidents or illnesses in our puppies and dogs, and when i hear something usually are accidents. but since i had a few people telling me how good insurance can be i started recommending it, at least for the first time owners i am sure it is a good investment and is also peace of mind.

Another thing i want to say , would be more like a question: Pancreatitis???
2 puppies i adopted out had it, the first one about 3 years ago , she ate chinese chicken and ended up sick, throwing up and ended up on an emergency hospital, they called me right away , and i was suspicious of the food and vets confirmed it. The spices and seasonings do not agree with dogs and most likely was too rich and caused her pancreatitis. she was given meds, and fluids and sent home. never had any other episode, she is 4 years old now.
the other puppy was a male, about a year and a half ago, he "stole" his mom cheeseburguer, did not eat the whole thing , but he was just about 6 months old at the time, she called, he was throwing up and i advised her to bring him in, her regular vet saw him, gave him fluids and other meds there and sent him home without food or water for 24 hours. he was fine next day and never had it again. Accidents happen... so it was a one time only.

Anyways, you are talking about pancreatitis as if it is something chronic?? Is that what you have been told? If it is, i need to admit that is the first time i hear of it as been a chronic condition. And how can it be genetic or hereditary??? If that was the diagnose you were given?
I would look into it, as a matter of a fact i am now curious my self. I never heard of this being a chronic condition or congenital or else.... as far as i ver knew and my vet explained to me this is triggered by fatty foods or food poisoning and as long as you keep a healthy diet there is no reason for the dog to be sick again....
I think there is more than what they are telling you !

XOXO

Uh, are you sure about that? Please see below:

When the pancreas is injured either from disease or from trauma, the production of digestive enzymes decreases, or the enzymes may actually start to digest surrounding organs including the pancreas itself.
"This disease mimics and can be mimicked by almost any acute gastrointestinal disorder as well as a variety of extra-intestinal diseases," says Colin Burrows, BVetMed, Ph.D, MRCVS, professor of medicine, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida. "Severe cases are routinely included in the differential diagnosis." The most common ones are 1) acute gastroenteritis; 2) exacerbations of inflammatory bowel disease; 3) intestinal obstruction; 4) peritonitis; and 5) acute renal failure.
Pancreatitis is the disorder that happens when the pancreas becomes inflamed. There are two classification of the disease, chronic and acute.
"Basically, there are differences between chronic and acute," says Dr. Jorg Steiner, DVM, DACZIM, DECZIM, Gastrointestinal Laboratory Professor, Texas A&M, College Station, TX. "The most important, when acute pancreatitis is over, there is no remaining damage to organs. Acute is more commonly severe, and chronic is more commonly mild."
"Pancreatitis can be very serious," says Dr. Mary Labato, DVM, internal medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA. "It can run the gamut from mild with vomiting to life threatening and the cause of rapid death."
"Acute pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas that occurs abruptly with little or no permanent pathologic change," say Dr. Labato. "Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is a life threatening disease that can lead to acute renal failure, pleural effusion, and death. Chronic pancreatitis is a continuing inflammatory disease that is often accompanied by irreversible changes."