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Old 04-17-2010, 09:12 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by kjc View Post
Low weight/difficulty putting on weight and not growing as expected can be early symptoms of possible Liver Shunt/MVD. As LiverShunt is very common in this breed, it would be wise to run bloodwork to rule this out and to establish a baseline for future reference, and stop worrying over what to feed to put weight on, at least until the results are in.
I would want to rule out LS/MVD, too, if my pup wasn't growing. I weigh my every week on a postal scale, and she has shown good (and sometimes phenomenal) growth every week.
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