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Shaq used to throw up once a week then it became more often. When he started throwing up white mucus ( a sign of dehydration) that was the last straw for me. I knew that something was wrong, but the doctors could not pin point it. First signs were drinking a ton of water and then peeing ALOT...

If it is not one thing, it is another. We have Shaq's Kidney Problem under control, I think. Since we switched his food and put him on a phosphate binder, he has recently (we noticed them last week) started to grow these bumps, they range in size from pencil eraser size to pencil lead size...

Hi Magoo's Mama, Well let me start off by saying when I first saw that green stuff all over my denim couch I thought my male puppy was dying of a penis infection. I rushed to the vet with no appointment! I ran in and told the front desk ladies that there was somthing wrong with my dogs...

Hi there!! Thanks for the info. I will keep it in mind if it comes to Sub Q treatment. So far he is responding very well to the diet change. He is actually gaining weight now. YEAH. They say that he only has between 1 mo and 1 year to live...he looks better than ever now with the new food...

Thanks for all of your help. It looks as though that Shaq will be fine. I am not sure what the next step will be, I am supposed to find out this afternoon. His Kidney's are larger than normal but they seem to be functioning properly. They did not do the biopsy because it was too risky and...

Depending on what the specialist says on Monday and what his levels are at, it looks like they may want us to subcutaneous fluids at home daily. The vet said they sell them at cost to those who are having to do it daily. I think she said it runs about $100 a month. If that is what it takes, I...

Blood levels update Dan you asked about his levels...this is what I have to report: BUN was 63 now 24 and Creatinine was 1.9 now 1.8 First test done on the 19th 2nd was done this afternoon. Well I took your advice Aimee and went to the pet store. First off I must say that we were told...

I just thought that I would ask... Did you have a blood test done on your puppy? The only reason I ask this is because my puppy used to pee all the time too. He got better and then about 2 mo ago he started again. We were told that it was probably a UTI, but we had his blood tested before he...

No she is the lady who breeds boxers for the puppy store that we got him at. I think she is from that area, just thought I would ask. Shaq is home. He is a bit timid around our 3mo old. Quite mean, he has never been like this before. He did eat an entire can of wet food tonight. That is...

I wish I could hit that progressive... Here is the update. He is coming home tonight. They did the ultrasound today..free of charge as a Learning Experience for the staff there since they have not seen anything like this in a dog so young. The doctor who is a specialist is coming in on Monday...

My little Kobe (4mo) just developed a cough similar to the one that you described, only in the morning when he wakes up. I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with Allergies. Here in Las Vegas there is very dry weather and lots of dust where we live because of all the new construction...

The difference in price for the x-ray and the ultrasound is quite significant. X-ray= $80 and the ultrasound =$400 ( I think that price includes the biopsy) The reason they are keeping him longer is because he is not drinking or eating on his own. They want to get him hydrated I guess. We...

Shaq started to throw up food and water also about a month ago. I took him to the vet and they gave him some sort of medicine thinking he was just sick. Then we went back a couple of days later for his excessive peeing and drinking, (my mom was visiting and told me that that amount of pee was...

Our little Shaq was neutered about 3 weeks ago. His blood levels showed that there may be a problem with his kidneys. The vet wanted to wait about a month and re-test him since the values might have been because he had not eaten or drank anything in 24 hours. Well we went back and his blood...

Thanks for the reply. I am glad to see that it does work for someone. We already tried the pen. At 8 weeks he was climbing right out too. I feel so bad leaving him all day in such a small area...but it is something that we have to do. AGGGGH! THANKS ;)