Recent content by JCash

Congestive Heart Failure CarolM, i'm so sorry to hear about Jake. Has you vet considered congestive heart failure. our boxer Joe was diagnosed with that and his chest x-ray showed a very similar image to that you observed. If it is congestive heart failure, there are medications that you can...

Wishing Layla the best i think it's good that you started your Layla on vetmedin early (as you indicated her heart was on slightly enlarged). It's a great medication. We saw no side effects from our boxer Joe after staring him on Vetmedin. Joe started having fainting spells when he was...

JCash I am so sorry to hear about your Cooper! My Joe "fainted" when he was about 6 months old - we thought he just got light-headed running down the stairs. When he was about 5 years old, he fainted again and we found out that he had dilated cardiomyopathy. He had regular annual check-ups...

I"m so sorry for you I'm soooo sorry to hear about Zoe. We lost our Joe last Friday afternoon (July 20). He was 8-1/2 and had dilated cardiomyopathy. He had a great day - no indication that he was about to go - he was walking through the house and his heart just stopped. My heart is also...

RECTEC, our boxer was on Vetmedin, lasix(sp?), sotolol, and a blood pressure medication. He had been having what we thought were seizures (mostly in the middle of the night) off and on for about 3 years. The sotolol worked initially but the seizures got progressively more frequent. He was...

My 8-1/2 yr old boxer Joe died this past Friday. He was my best friend. My wife and I have no children so all of our attention was on Joe. He died of cardiomyopathy; his heart just stopped. We did everyting we could to keep him going (including vetmedin, lasix, etc...). He's the only boxer...