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Originally Posted by Dudley's Mom  Thank you for your concern. I agree and have made an appointment with our vet. He has started to vomit so think he is in trouble. He does have kidney failure and last year was diagnosed with elevated liver enzymes. He is on medication for both and has been thriving until this thing with his food. |
I was just about to post that he has renal and liver issues. I feel for you and know the frustration of trying to get a sick pup to eat. Perhaps your vet can put him on Mirtazapine if he/she has not already.
My concern is that he could be in end stage renal or liver failure and there is no way you are going to want to force food on a pup that sick. As sad as it is to think about, sometimes they know when it is time before we do. I hope that is not the case here and your vet can get him to turn around.
What I will say is that feeding him all sorts of people food could make him sicker. I know someone suggested in your other thread that you do a consult with a vet nutritionist...that was actually good advice. I did that for one of my pups who was in renal failure and between that diet and the Mirtazapine he got another six months of life. He was almost a goner when I went to her, so I do recommend it if your vet feels Dudley has some time left.
I will say a prayer for Dudley. I hope your visit with the vet goes well and I hope it is tomorrow!. I wish I had seen this earlier...I think you should have gotten him in today. Sometimes you need to insist and let the people at the vet know how sick the pup is.