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ladyjane · 10-31-2015, 06:16 PM

I highly recommend doing the bile acid testing. It is a relatively inexpensive test and not stressful to the pup at all.

Here is a link to my Teddy Bear's story. Teddy was diagnosed with a liver shunt in 2013. I had adopted him in 2007 and during those years he had 8 full blood studies done with no abnormalities at all! It means nothing ... some vets are really not aware of that...any specialist will tell you it happens quite a bit. It is all dependent upon how much blood is going through the liver and being filtered.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...ver-shunt.html

The only symptoms Teddy ever exhibited were GI and I missed it....it was not that often and not until it got worse and then he had
the bladder stones. Poor baby.

10-31-2015, 06:16 PM	#11
ladyjane Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 27,490	I highly recommend doing the bile acid testing. It is a relatively inexpensive test and not stressful to the pup at all. Here is a link to my Teddy Bear's story. Teddy was diagnosed with a liver shunt in 2013. I had adopted him in 2007 and during those years he had 8 full blood studies done with no abnormalities at all! It means nothing ... some vets are really not aware of that...any specialist will tell you it happens quite a bit. It is all dependent upon how much blood is going through the liver and being filtered. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...ver-shunt.html The only symptoms Teddy ever exhibited were GI and I missed it....it was not that often and not until it got worse and then he had the bladder stones. Poor baby. __________________ CLOUD NINE BEDS--YORKIE HAVEN RESCUE MY ETSY SHOP Last edited by ladyjane; 10-31-2015 at 06:17 PM.