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If you're worried about your pet's health, please speak to a vet or qualified professional.

The doghouse

Convalescent puppy

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brokenwingedflier · 16/09/2011 17:35

She is home and bewildered.
5.30 She ate her vet provided food with anti-bios and lactutose (

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brokenwingedflier · 16/09/2011 17:37

Vet gave me and doggy neighbout a talk about the mountain we need to climb. It was great to have doggy neighbour there to back up her previous demeanour and the walks we walk.

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ExitPursuedByaBear · 16/09/2011 17:40

Lactulose - yum - nice poos to look forward to then.

Hope she is OK.

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brokenwingedflier · 16/09/2011 17:46

Don't mind poos. The vet was very depressing. Give me four days. She has eaten her vet prescribed tinned food with abs and lactulose.

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brokenwingedflier · 16/09/2011 17:48

I thought that I would pick her up bright and new, not that this was the beginning of working out what happenned. Vet was pretty gloomy.

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TheOriginalFAB · 16/09/2011 18:09

Oh dear .

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brokenwingedflier · 16/09/2011 20:38

She is alive, FAB, and eating, and acting normally. We know what we have to do for the next 4 days and then we go back to the vet. I may be being too gloomy but the vet was gloomy and my doggy neighbour was gloomy. I am going to be less gloomy tomorrow.

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TheOriginalFAB · 16/09/2011 20:54

I am gloomy too as FABCat hasn't seemed great today.

I hope your dog is okay.

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Lizcat · 16/09/2011 21:29

Brokenwing have you checked out the website I linked to. I am now going to be really direct are you insured? If so if your cover is at least £3000 I would strongly advise you to push for a rapid referral to a centre that deals regularly with portosystemic shunts. Really quick referral and accurate diagnosis gives a much better outcome. You have a young terrier so congential portosystemic shunt is right at the very top of the list of diagnoses and these are the very easiest fixed by surgery.
I have had several patients go on and have completely normal lives after these surgeries.

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brokenwingedflier · 17/09/2011 07:29

Yes I did, Lizcat, and I mentioned it to the vet. He said that we will talk about that at next visit.

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brokenwingedflier · 17/09/2011 07:35

She seems to be back to herself and eating her diet dogfood.

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brokenwingedflier · 17/09/2011 07:50

She is on antibiotics and lactulose. She barked. Less gloomy here

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brokenwingedflier · 17/09/2011 07:53

to FABcat. Hope she is comfortable. Vet said don't contact breeder yet. Happy to have her home, and able to bark.