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My 2 senior girly yorkies had their 'dental' last Dec other Jan. They are 13 & 15 yrs old. At that time the 'critical care' emergency hosp. advised me that there should be no problems. I was a wreck, but if I didn't get their teeth cleaned, the worse their teeth got, the bacteria and problems would go to the rest of their organs. They seemed to be in good health with lab work, the 15 yr old anyways, even tho she was diagnosed with early kidney disease in Sept, she was only 3.3 lbs. at the time. She made it thru no problem. BUT her little sister 13 yrs old, 3.0 lbs at the time, was a little dehydrated and also was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease but they kept her overnite on IV and performed the dental the next day, she did fine.

The younger one, Lindsey just got her rabies shot on friday, 2 hrs later was vomiting, but rested until about midnight when she wouldn't stop vomiting, so to the Emergency Critical Care Hosp. I went with her midnight. They did tests, gave fluids and sent her home at 3 am stable. She had an allergic reaction to the rabies shot. Since then she has not eaten, so today I had to take her back to the hosp. to stay 2 days they say, so they can get her back to better health. Her BUN was 183 (normal range 7-27, CREA was 3.7 (normal range 1.8). She'll get IV thru the nite & maybe tomorrow, antibiotics, and appetite stimulant. Hope to pick her up on Thursday, meantime I can go and visit her there and call anytime. Its a scarey situation and hope she makes it ok. Please say a prayer for Lindsey, Thanks.
They both have kidney disease and have had a couple of different food combinations, have to keep on low phosphorus foods, no salt. They are very picky eaters, but the last foods I'm giving them is found at Petco, called Deli Fresh Vitals, its a good source of food for canine kidney disease.
Please check with your vet, if you have confidence in them, that will help you. My 2 littles ones are so tiny and I worry about them. Did I mention they are both blind also ? Both with kidney disease now and seem to be doing ok, until the rabies shot reaction. No more shots for my senior dogs . They did not like the KD foods. They were having cooked boneless skinless chicken thights, sweet potato, green beans mixed and liked it for a while. There is a lot of information at the Facebook page " Canine Kidney Disease", if you'd like to read about all the cases, might help. Good luck with your decision, I know I been there with my 2 recently. I had to follow my gutt feeling and trust my special care vets from all they have given 'dentals'