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Originally Posted by Mardelin  He did put her on prednisone (sp) blood panal performed and on special diet. I know he left no stone unturned before making diagnosis and prescribing treatment. If you knew this vet, you'd understand why yorkie exhibitors and yorkie owners trust him without question. He is not a run of the mill vet, but one that truely loves his calling. I have his cell and home #s, so does Lisette, my mentor and others that use him do too. How many vets do that? If he knows a situation is beyond his realm of expertise or knowledge he does not hesitate to say so. A humble vet that keeps experienced breed specific breeders in his rolidex, since he understands that at times he may need to call on them for answers. |
i think it is prednisolone as that is easier on the liver than prednisone as it is broken down prednisone and this is what is in temarilp which my dd gets. Since liver disease runs in this breed prednisolone is much safer than prednisone. DD was on prednisone and she looked like a cushings dog - lost hair, pot belly pig looking, cumidomes all over he belly it was horrible and that is when i finally went to a dermatologist and so having seen a dog on prednisone vs prednisolone i definitely recommend prednisolone over prednisone any day. I think alot of times first hand experience in seeing it daily in a dog gives you alot of experience than 15 min in a room with a dog so glad he deals with yorkie owners with experience with the breed and why this group is so valuable from other yorkie owners. For ex ava on here her story is heart breaking if you have read it as here is another example of a vet who did not know what to do with an IBD dog and owner spends 8k plus and has to sign her dog over to get help on THANKSGIVING that is horrible and why AGAIN IBD is very hard to get to the bottom of it as IDEALLY you want the dog NOT on steroids but a good diet as NO DRUGS is always the best option and why i am so glad the purina ha worked for dex as that was our last resort before steroids but here is the complicated part of using steroids for ibd is dogs with ibd are prone to pancreatitis and steroids can cause pancreatitis and why with dex almost dying of pancreatitis it was CRITICAL i get a right diet and now he gets NOTHING BUT THAT FOOD as we got him normal after 10k and 1 year of off and on hospital visits and NOW for 4 years this february he has had no issues on the purina HA which is a hydrolized diet and dogs with ibd do well on hydrolized diets and vet said today the hydrolized diets are best for this disease as well. This vet we see has a phd from ucdavis and is very sharp but a little drug happy for my liking but we work together but i also deal with internal medicine specialist i love and Dr Jean Dodds does all of our blood work and she is awesome and yes she emails me even as late as 11:00pm at night on how to split an oblong pill so she is like the vet you are describing which is very rare to help out all hours of the night as does the vet group i am on which helps owners 24 hrs a day and they are amazing as well - that is very hard to find - Luckily we have a specialty hospital near by that is 24/7 where our internal medicine specialist is and they help me alot as seems like issues arise on weekends and evenings always so finally i feel like i have a great group of people but with Allergies there is no real cure just try to keep them comfortable sadly but i do have the ibd and pancreatitis stuff down for sure