[yorkietalkjilly]

He's awake! He's awake! He did fine, they said. I heard about an hour ago while my neighbor and her son were here. They just left so I had to get on YT and let you know. He was the last one to get done as we were last arriving. Whew!!!! I feel like a balloon with the air let out and pumped back in again! So relieved he made it through another year of the anesthesia.

I can't thank you all enough for your prayers and kind understanding of how scary it is. It is just so good to be able to share things like this with others who can comprehend.

Thank you for the suggestion of the enzymes. I have heard of those but kind of feared they might not go well with his tummy troubles and haven't really looked into them. Are there any studies that show they are actually effective on preventing excess plaque build-up on teeth? Studies on long-term side effects on a tiny dog?

Has anybody that had a Yorkie with an iffy tummy ever used them with no ill-effects?

Do they adversely affect the liver, pancreas, kidneys? I worry about adding anything that could do that with a Yorkie. I know anesthesia does but it is once a year vs. maybe something daily that might cause some problems down the road due to toxicity, etc.

Do you just buy them OTC or need a prescription?

I know I can Google this but then you never know the veracity of the people who are answering those questions from other forums and their possible agenda, etc. There seem to be so little in the way of adequate studies on many things we give our dogs and that it is really worrisome. Everybody recognizes the benefits of making things to sell for dogs in our dog-crazy society today and it seems as if the market is flooded with products that only the manufacturer and possibly specious reviews say are good to put on or in our babies. Before I use anything like that for Tibbe, I really like to know actual long-term experiences from people I trust - you guys.