Recent content by littleM

Just a quick follow up to this... I called my vet and made sure that ACE was on Mieszko's sheet and the response was "oh my gosh, we would NEVER use ace on a boxer!" I love my vet! M came through the procedure doing fine today and is resting comfortably in front of the fireplace wearing...

Sorry for the short, frantic, notice here, but I'm getting desperate and cannot find an answer anywhere. My buddy, Mieszko, is a 10.5 year old brindle boxer. Almost three years ago now, he had some fainting spells, and we took him to Michigan State where he was diagnosed with...

Thank you! That is exactly our next step is to find a cardiologist and just keep testing. We have been given Enalapril to hopefully help with the spells - none yet today - and will keep going. Thanks again for the well wishes, everyone.

Well, the results are in, and its what I feared, its a heart condition. They still don't know if he has thickened heart muscles making his chambers smaller (his heart is normal size), but they did find an arrhythmia. When he gets excited, its almost an extra beat for every beat that his heard...

Mieszko has had ear problems like this for quite a while now - I've got another post where I described it pretty well - it had spread to most of his ears. He has really bad allergies, and when they treated him for a bacteria infection from his scratching, it cleared up his ears as well. At the...

Well, he had two more spells today, where he just toppled over. He didn't even hit the floor this time, just lost his balance and then right back up. I keep using this analogy, but its like those little toys puppets made of wood with a string inside, and when you pushed the button on the...

Hi all - I've got a vet appointment scheduled tomorrow, but am pretty shook up right now and trying to figure out what's going on with my pup before then. Any insight would be great. Mieszko is a 7 yr old, brindle boxer, neutered. He's been fairly healthy his whole life, at least nothing...

I've got an appt with his first vet that we had that we trust a lot. A couple hours drive, but worth it if we get an answer. I am hoping its an allergy thing (as I know his allergies are terrible). His whole ear edges are like this and it slowly is getting worse. I'll drop an update on here...

Its odd looking, actually. Its almost like calluses, but not really. The hair is bald there and it kind of looks like scabs, but its not. They don't bleed, and they are light grayish brown in color. The whole edges of his ears are like that, which is a shame. I've been wondering if its a...

I've been trying to figure this out for a long time now, searched the forums, and everywhere else and can't seem to find an answer. Mieszko (7 yr old brindle boy) has this crust on the outside edges of his ears. It looks like light brown scabs and the hair goes away in small spots. It is...

I'm new to the boards, but couldn't help reply. Hope all is going well with Chance! Our dog, Mieszko, has been through that surgery twice now - yes, once on each ear, one year apart. After the initial surgery, its just six weeks of patience in keeping him from shaking his head. My wife and I...

Hello everyone, I am a proud boxer owner. Our pup is named Mieszko or "little Mike" in Polish - thus the name "littleM". Mieszko is a healthy seven year old, 85 pound male brindle boxer with uncropped ears and just a white chest and couple of white marks on the backs of his heels. He has...