Steppedog is a rescue. We got him aged 3, he is now 7 he is a springer spaniel and the loveliest dog.
He has had problems with his ears for months and months, and the vet had suggested an expensive op. In the end we decided to go for it. But he had been a bit off with some other stuff (not eating properly and occasionally sick etc) so I asked her to have a general look at him before we went further. In the last 2 weeks he also seems to have lost weight.
She couldn't feel see anything immediately, but she weighed him and he had lost a lot (20 kgs down to 17kgs) so she took a load of bloods and sent them off.
That was Thursday. He is happy and bright and running round fields and generally looks like a fine dog.
She rang me on Friday evening. Bloods were back and showed a lot of things going on. She sounded really worried. He went back this morning for scans and urine tests etc etc.
I have just come home.
He has end stage kidney failure, his gut is not working, he is dehydrated and the vet thinks there may be something else.
Everyone is in shock, as he should be presenting thin, gaunt, listless and almost not able to walk.
Instead, he and I did a 5km walk round the fields on Friday morning, tail wagging, sniffing and happy. No walks over the weekend as vet said don't, but Dh took him round the block for a toilet trip and he was pulling to go off down the the fields.
So medically he is at end of life care.
But he is presenting as happy well dog. No-one can understand it.
Vet was amazed when I said he was poohing normally yesterday.
They've kept him in, going to give him fluids and something to get his gut moving and then we will be on last stage kidney care diet and meds. If it is just kidneys (and vet is not convinced) then he might have a few months.
I know we live longer than dogs, but he is only 7 and seems so well, never had any problems.
Feel shell shocked.