[Sashabear0430]

I have a year old yorkie who went to UT to have shunt surgery only to find that it wasn't a shunt, but a very rare case. I did A LOT of research on shunts and joined the yahoo group called Liver_Shunt_And_MVD_Support. There are a lot of people on there who have dogs with MVD and liver shunts. From what I have gathered from the info. that I've read, it is not a good idea to have a dog over the age of about 2 yrs to have surgery because at that point the liver damage is too high and the survival rate is low. BUT there is a chance that your baby will make it through just fine. Like I said, my yorkie has a very rare case of a liver problem so there was nothing the surgeon could do. I currently have her on L/D Hills Diet with lactulose and amoxicillin because that is what Dr. Tobias (the main Liver Shunt/ MVD surgeon in Tennessee, maybe the best in the U.S.) recommends because there aren't many side effects. My yorkie has been doing great for the most part. She very rarely has LS symptoms (she used to have them all the time) so I know it's working. Good luck with whatever decision you decide to make!!