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Originally Posted by ypstimo  Howdy,
Our Yorkie princess is almost six months old. We never doubted getting her spayed. Our vet required a acid bile profile test. He went on and on about liver shunts in small dogs. He went on and on again about her results. The pooch, Monique is AKC bred from a breeder with a fifty year line of healthy dogs. Monique shows no symptoms of anything. I suspect the vet of padding his take. Any thoughts! |
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Originally Posted by ypstimo I don't trust the vet. We switched. He knew that we have pet insurance and created a few extra bills. |
Liver Shunts in Dogs
This is a really good explanation of anesthesia and the reason to Bile Acid test your puppy. The liver breaks down anesthesia during and after surgery so it is very important to determine if the organ is healthy prior to surgery. To be perfectly blunt, if she is put under and cannot rid her body of the drugs because her liver is not properly functioning there a very real possibility that she could die. I am always on the bandwagon that surgery is very safe for our dogs and the benefits out weighs the risk of things like spaying, neuters and dentals. But certain tests should be done as a baseline especially for a puppy to ensure they are healthy. When you bypass a $60 blood test because you feel the vet's padding the bill, there's no turning back. Either she will or will not be able to metabolize the drug. There's a reason beside your assumption of bill padding that the first vet placed so much emphasis on this test.