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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

this is false sorry - pancreatitis can be acute or chronic. An acute attack is a one time attack from a fatty food. Chronic can be on going from ibd in small intestines triggering the pancreas which is what my dog has. My dog never got high fat meal he was on ivd white fish and potato at time of attack a very low fat food. It was the potato that triggered it. This breed is very prone to pancreatitis as on a 12 hr fast many test high on triglycerides so they have a high fat content in their blood naturally which leaves them prone to this disease. I always recommend blood work off a 12 hr fast and if your dog has high triglycerides you need to have on lowfat diet and no treats. I have two yorkies one has high triglycerides on 12 hr fast one does not. I have been dealing with an internal medicine specialist for 4 years now after my dog almost died of pancreatitis. Once they have an attack they are very susceptible to another one. When my dog gets anything but his regular food and we are talking a tiny piece of yam steamed no butter, etc and the size of my pinky nail he went into a violent vomitting attack for 8 hrs. Once these dogs have the attack you have to be very strict as the slightest thing can set them off as i freaked when this yam incident and i called the hospital and they said it is not only fatty foods it can be anything once they have had pancreatitis as the pancreas helps in digestion so anything out of the normal can set it off. Luckily i was able to get him back on track quickly but it scared me into never doing anything but his kibble purina ha. Here is the info below and steroids can also trigger pancreatitis. No pupperonis and do only low fat treats in this breed.

Pancreatitis (Inflammation) in Dogs