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momofreese · 07-12-2006, 01:17 PM

Hi again:

I just got back from my vet. She thankfully said that Reeses legs and hips seemed fine. She did not feel it was necessary to xray her. Surprisingly enough she also said that her teeth were great, especially for a four year old yorkie. Reese never had her teeth cleaned and I thought she was going to be in for that too. I must admit I am lax when it comes to brushing but have now decided that she will have them brushed once or twice daily.

She had only gained a little over a pound over the past few months.. we had thought it was far more. She is now 9.7 whereas a few months ago we had gotten her down to 8.4. We will be exercising her more, or trying to and changing her food for the hundreth time.

My vet is not happy with wellness. She feels that they add too many vegetables to market the food as a highly natural product and that the dogs are not getting enough of all other things they need. I was told that is not the case, but so far in all of the years, my vet has not steered us wrong. She again wanted to put her on their RD hills I believe or another product that is the same as store bought IAMS. The nurse out front told me to put her on IAMs weight reduction and that she should lose weight from it. She said her dog loves it and lost a lot of weight. I had thought that IAMs was a horrible product but wondered what others thought about it. I am going to refer back to old posts.

As far as the vomiting my vet told me to try pepcid, just as many had said on YT. I feel that in most cases the people on this forum give better advice than most vets. I have found so many to be right on target with many diagnosis on the board. I am supposed to give her 1/2 a tablet which is 5 mg at bedtime. My vet was pretty sure that this would stop the vomiting. I sure hope so. Other than that I was pleasantly surprised to find that my bill was ONLY $130 for the visit. Reese was due for one shot and heartworm test. For my vet it was a very cheap visit.

I will keep you posted on the results from pepcid and hopefully I will also be able to report that reese is losing weight, as I should do too.

Anyone with information on IAMs weight control I would appreciate a reply back. I hope I am wrong but I seem to remember IAMs being written up for many negative things.

Thanks so much for your hope and best to your babies too.

07-12-2006, 01:17 PM	#30
momofreese Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hewlett, New York Posts: 129	vomiting bile and foamy white substances Hi again: I just got back from my vet. She thankfully said that Reeses legs and hips seemed fine. She did not feel it was necessary to xray her. Surprisingly enough she also said that her teeth were great, especially for a four year old yorkie. Reese never had her teeth cleaned and I thought she was going to be in for that too. I must admit I am lax when it comes to brushing but have now decided that she will have them brushed once or twice daily. She had only gained a little over a pound over the past few months.. we had thought it was far more. She is now 9.7 whereas a few months ago we had gotten her down to 8.4. We will be exercising her more, or trying to and changing her food for the hundreth time. My vet is not happy with wellness. She feels that they add too many vegetables to market the food as a highly natural product and that the dogs are not getting enough of all other things they need. I was told that is not the case, but so far in all of the years, my vet has not steered us wrong. She again wanted to put her on their RD hills I believe or another product that is the same as store bought IAMS. The nurse out front told me to put her on IAMs weight reduction and that she should lose weight from it. She said her dog loves it and lost a lot of weight. I had thought that IAMs was a horrible product but wondered what others thought about it. I am going to refer back to old posts. As far as the vomiting my vet told me to try pepcid, just as many had said on YT. I feel that in most cases the people on this forum give better advice than most vets. I have found so many to be right on target with many diagnosis on the board. I am supposed to give her 1/2 a tablet which is 5 mg at bedtime. My vet was pretty sure that this would stop the vomiting. I sure hope so. Other than that I was pleasantly surprised to find that my bill was ONLY $130 for the visit. Reese was due for one shot and heartworm test. For my vet it was a very cheap visit. I will keep you posted on the results from pepcid and hopefully I will also be able to report that reese is losing weight, as I should do too. Anyone with information on IAMs weight control I would appreciate a reply back. I hope I am wrong but I seem to remember IAMs being written up for many negative things. Thanks so much for your hope and best to your babies too.