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P Hudson · 11-15-2015, 02:42 PM

Our four-year-old yorkie Annabelle was hospitalized last night with a diagnosis of pancreatitis. She spent the night at the emergency vet overnight, approximately a year ago--give or take a few months--for a mild case, which the ER vet said yorkies were prone too and could have been caused from any number of things, "even stress."

Lately they've been on meds for allergies, recently got off a short bout of Prednisone for bad allergies, which seem to be worse this time of year, plus Annabelle's on amoxicillin to counteract any possible reaction to her vaccine boosters she had about a week ago. To get the pills down them three times a day, I've been using hot dogs. So now I'm thinking they may have been the culprit. Our other yorkie, Turner is six, her full brother from another litter, and he's never had this problem. But Anna may be more sensitive.

This ER vet said of the two markers they look for in the general blood workup they did, the second one was so high it was off the chart. When I told her about the hot dogs and asked about how to get pills down Anna, she just said no people food and if she won't eat the dog pill pockets to try peanut butter or, if I had to, cheese. But these are high in fat so I wondered about that.

I looked online for diets and recommendations, they were all over the place, from raw foods to Hills prescription food.

So I'm at a loss and really want to do the right thing. Any suggestions?

11-15-2015, 02:42 PM	#1
P Hudson YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA USA Posts: 407	Annabelle Has Pancreatitis--again Our four-year-old yorkie Annabelle was hospitalized last night with a diagnosis of pancreatitis. She spent the night at the emergency vet overnight, approximately a year ago--give or take a few months--for a mild case, which the ER vet said yorkies were prone too and could have been caused from any number of things, "even stress." Lately they've been on meds for allergies, recently got off a short bout of Prednisone for bad allergies, which seem to be worse this time of year, plus Annabelle's on amoxicillin to counteract any possible reaction to her vaccine boosters she had about a week ago. To get the pills down them three times a day, I've been using hot dogs. So now I'm thinking they may have been the culprit. Our other yorkie, Turner is six, her full brother from another litter, and he's never had this problem. But Anna may be more sensitive. This ER vet said of the two markers they look for in the general blood workup they did, the second one was so high it was off the chart. When I told her about the hot dogs and asked about how to get pills down Anna, she just said no people food and if she won't eat the dog pill pockets to try peanut butter or, if I had to, cheese. But these are high in fat so I wondered about that. I looked online for diets and recommendations, they were all over the place, from raw foods to Hills prescription food. So I'm at a loss and really want to do the right thing. Any suggestions?