Recent content by geordiegirls

Don't want to appear ignorant but what exactly is heartworm. Haven't heard of it before. I'm in the North of England so I wondered if it was to do with warm climates. Its always freezing over here.

Hi Daniel How is Prince doing? Hope he's improved.

Hi Georgia So glad you have Belle home with you. It makes all the difference doesn't it? Try not to panic too much when she has her quiet times as we have found that these have got less and less over the last couple of weeks. You might find that you hear the whistling sound you describe...

Hi Daniel My puppy Ruby 13 months was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and in heart failure at the beginning of January. She had similar symptoms as your boy and was really poorly so much that we were told to prepare for the worst. Now after a few weeks on heart meds & diuretics she is much...

Hi Georgia Belle's diagnosis sounds almost identical to My Ruby's. Her heart is also very enlarged. As I said before she has really responded well to the meds but our cardiologist said that the digoxin he had prescribed takes a week or two to start working on the heart muscle properly but we...

congestive heart failure So sorry to hear about Belle. We are going through similar with our 13 months old puppy Ruby so I know how you are feeling. Her symptoms started over xmas with a cough & rapid weight loss our vet told us she had kennel cough & gave her antibiotics. On 4th Jan still no...

So very sorry to hear about Zeus. I am in tears doing this post as my own baby Ruby 13 months is really poorly. She had similar symtoms to Zeus (moderate heart murmur, coughing, swollen belly, very lethargic) took her to our cardiologist and he diagnosed cardiomyopathy with signs of stage 3...

Our older girl Maisie was 5 when we got puppy Ruby in feb. 2004. It really brought Maisie back to life as she had become a bit of an old lady. After a few weeks she was acting like a puppy again herself and has really got her spark back. On a sadder note our baby Ruby is very poorly and has...

New to BW. Have posted on health forum a few weeks ago but thought I would introduce my girls properly. We have Maisie, 5yrs & brindle and Ruby 16wks. & fawn. For anyone thinking about getting a second boxer, go for it! We thought about it for a while and were undecided as we also have 3 kids...