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Originally Posted by gemy  I did notice you are not in Canada or the USA, so I am not familiar with the veterinary expertise in your country.
Failure to "thrive" and one charateristic is to gain weight is unfortunately a symptom of liver shunt. Here we have specialists world renowned in liver shunt surgery. Please do NOT proceed with immunizations in a liver compromised dog! A BATS test needs to be done. Here we recommend 16 wks and then 6mths.
And unless your dog is very very tiney, my vet can take blood sample from a 15wk old3 lb dog. |
Hi..Thanks for your words of wisdom. I do agree with you as well.
My little dog was very young 8wks old (which is the age we get them here) and weighed 19.40 ozs. So I think you will appreciate my vets reluctance to go in and take blood from a little dog who virtually' doesn't have any veins' to take blood from let alone much blood in her tiny body.
I live in South Africa & am a Professional Nurse by profession. Our vets & Dr's are also world renowned. Many in my experience have been snapped up by the US and UK. My own Obstetrician back when I had my first baby went over to the US on a course and never came back.
The vet I see is the senior/owner vet in the practice and goes to various parts of Africa teaching and running courses to help train & treat those less fortunate in those parts. He is originally from Scotland.
My older yorkie that has passed on now ruptured her Cruciate ligament. She was three yrs old & a small dog. My vet (the same one as I have now) who is renowned for small bone surgery created an artificial ligament and operated to remove the old and replace it with the new. My little dog healed so quickly and never even limped for the next 8yrs of her life. Under his care I now have my little girl 13wks, who has not only bounced back but is gaining weight..as she is still young & small I hope she goes on to grow and thrive well. But right now I can't complain. If my girl needed surgery for a shunt I would have been referred to a specialist near by.
I feel for Dee & Buddy and as he is older they have been able to diagnose his condition more conclusively. We hope and pray for him Ax
