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This isn't to do with showing, but as there is so much interest in health involving show-bred whippets, I've decided to post it on this part of the forum, as this is where the experts seem to be.
Old Dog Devon is very poorly, I've not mentioned it on the forums but this is a last-minute shout for info.
He is coming up to his 12th birthday. A few months ago he started looking a bit old and frail. Then, about 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started knuckling over on his front feet and became very wobbly on his back end. He has got progressively worse and is now quite hunched up and very tense. He is yapping in the middle of the night and he is not a happy boy.
He saw the vet who said that he probably needed x-rays to see if he had any spine or neck problems but he needed blood tests first as he is an oldie.
The first set showed a problem with his liver. He has now has a 2nd set done - he had to be starved for 24 hours, have blood taken, fed a meal then more bloods 2 hours later.
The vet phoned earlier and spoke to Wayne, she said that the results show that his liver isn't working. The next step, should be decide to take it, is to have xrays to see if anything shows up - but she also said that such bad results in a dog his age is very bad news.
I'm going to phone her tomorrow evening to find out what our options are - my heart tells me that we might not have our lovely old boy for much longer, but my head tells me to at least find out what we are dealing with.
The thing is, I don't know anything about liver disease or function - if anyone can direct me to a good source of info, I'd be grateful.
I've tried to post this thread all evening, but I've been crying so much I couldn't see the screen. I'm off to bed soon but will look again tomorrow to see if there is anything specific anyone can suggest I ask the vet.
Thanks
Old Dog Devon is very poorly, I've not mentioned it on the forums but this is a last-minute shout for info.
He is coming up to his 12th birthday. A few months ago he started looking a bit old and frail. Then, about 3 weeks ago, he suddenly started knuckling over on his front feet and became very wobbly on his back end. He has got progressively worse and is now quite hunched up and very tense. He is yapping in the middle of the night and he is not a happy boy.
He saw the vet who said that he probably needed x-rays to see if he had any spine or neck problems but he needed blood tests first as he is an oldie.
The first set showed a problem with his liver. He has now has a 2nd set done - he had to be starved for 24 hours, have blood taken, fed a meal then more bloods 2 hours later.
The vet phoned earlier and spoke to Wayne, she said that the results show that his liver isn't working. The next step, should be decide to take it, is to have xrays to see if anything shows up - but she also said that such bad results in a dog his age is very bad news.
I'm going to phone her tomorrow evening to find out what our options are - my heart tells me that we might not have our lovely old boy for much longer, but my head tells me to at least find out what we are dealing with.
The thing is, I don't know anything about liver disease or function - if anyone can direct me to a good source of info, I'd be grateful.
I've tried to post this thread all evening, but I've been crying so much I couldn't see the screen. I'm off to bed soon but will look again tomorrow to see if there is anything specific anyone can suggest I ask the vet.
Thanks
My heart goes out to you hopefully someone will be able to help :luck:
