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hi to all, thank you so much for your thoughts and kind words he was a true friend to us and would always give his love at anytime even when he was not feeling good, he nearly made 11 which is not too bad i guess but we would have liked him longer, all i can say is he went down hill very quick...

hi all just to say we lost our little man today he lay down in the garden and that was it , so it was a blessing he did not suffer , his heart just gave up , after a few years on meds it was his time , sadly missed

hi i have a dog coming 11 and he has the same problems heart , nose etc, on vetmedin and frusemide and maybe digoxin this week, but only thing you can do is care for them

hi all been a while posting but had an app with the cardio specialist on thursday to get an ecg and very specific ultrasound on bailey and the guy was very good in describing what the problem really was , main aorta was very good but other valve not so , this is the one leaking and you could...

hi yes we have tried all the ones that have came up on google with no luck even the vet was trying to day but all no stock, vet was mentioning codiene to d the same job but its not as strong

well back to the vets again to get some torbutrol to stop the cough at night and was told none available in the country they said , supply problems it seems, thats a bit of a blow as they were very good at helping him get a night sleep without coughing anyone hear of any at a supplier please let...

hi again thanks for all replies , we have now stopped the frusamide and now giving dandelion tincture from herbal company and also hilton herb gold tincture and he is a bit better so it looks like the dandelion does the same job with any fluid build up, but i have to say he is def better...

hi again we have been non stop to the vet with our boy, still he has enlarged heart, we have tried frusemide and also torbutrol to stop the cough but the torbutrol seems to make no difference now, he just gets the usual mucus from the nose in projectile form elastic bands!!, otherwise in all...

just an update on bailey vet has now decided to keep him on a half torbutrol steroid also predisalone as well, as i said the x ray did show enlargement from 3 years ago and pushing up on windpipe which causes cough, i am happy he has improved but i am wary on the vetmedin as i read a report that...

i would probably agree with that now but we have started him a couple of years ago now after we were told he had a grade 3/4 and heart was enlarged, i am not sure if the meds have really had a positive effect over that period but we are now faced with ace inhibitors as well so i think that vets...

hi all whats the general opinion on using heart meds like vetmedin and others before the dog has signs of coughing etc and even when the vet gives the opinion of a heart murmur they seem keen to get the dog on the meds, from my experience with our one when i said to mary lowe the vet said puppy...

sorry to hear about your pet, i have similar probs with mine he is 10 years old and we had him back at vets again because of the loudest cough i have heard, impression of a sea lion would be about right , anyway vet said it was upper resp but said x ray would see , so xray shows enlarged heart...

hi thanks for all replies, its difficult to say whats best each vet has a diff opinion on 1 the severity of the murmur and 2 do you increase the vetmedin dose, but i know the ferus is making him pee like a horse and drink as well but i am not keen in keeping that going as he has already had an...

update after the vet visit , she gave him frus to try and help with {maybe} fluid , but 2 weeks on them no better she still says its an enlarged heart pressing on the windpipe , certain ways he may lie the heart kind of moves , but he is very perky so no signs of any tiredness at all anyway she...

hi everyone been a while since i posted but would like some advice on what to use apart from metacalm for arthritis { bailey male whippet,} anyone know of a herbal alternative? also need something for what it seems as catarrh like symptoms, he tries to clear his throat like a dry cough a few...

hi thanks for all the views on this, but my belief is that he did have a bad tooth , only one and was no abcess when they removed it but was black , but the point i was making is that my dog has never shown signs of not wanting to go for a run and never has since a pup and i have to say that...

hi again had him back tonight again and vet has given him antibis as it is not chest its nasal area , and if the x ray shows enlarged that might not be the cause and everyone should read the article that was done about heart murmurs etc , rachel from citycroft e mailed me with it and its very...

hi all thanks for the replies on the issue , he does have breathing probs at the moment and its very nasal ie noisy but as i said until he was on vetmedin we did not have any probs so who knows eh

hi all just an update on our whippet since the cruciate last xmas , leg has healed ok without surgery so looks good , but he had to have a tooth out as it was bad earlier in the year and also at that time the heart murmur came up again at the vets who said it was enlarged after an x ray , the...

hi all thanks to everyone for the kind words, anyway re the murmur , vet says its not too bad a 4 but keep him on short walks , not easy if he sees a rabbit, but i might give mary lowe a ring to her as well as he is a nimrodel from her litter , did mention to mary when he was a pup that the vet...