I do need your help

[pedromramos]

An update

She has been eating, little, but something. She has also been urinating a lot, and hsa had no vomits for the last 12 hours or so.

She was in a very good mood this afternoon, went for a stroll with us and our other dog, played around and went for a ride, also.

She ended up going with us to the vet, again, and he also thought she was looking good. She is now scheduled to have new blood tests within one and a half week, if nothing abnormal happens before that.

Strangely, or maybe not, she seems to get more affected with nightfall.

But we still have no clue to what really is wrong with her, or what caused it. We do hope that this will go away, whatever it is.

Thanks all for your comfort and support.

 

[Austin's Mom]

Sorry your baby isn't feeling well. Hope they can find the problem soon.

 

[Vela]

I hope your girl gets better soon. With her having this problem and no cause that can be found you really will be better off spaying her. She could die from kidney failure during a pregnancy because pregnancy is very taxing on the kidneys, as well as other organs. If she has a kidney problem she also could pass this on to her puppies if she did make it through a pregnancy. Because your vet has not been able to pinpoint the problem, and there seems to be no reason for her kidney failure, it would really really be in her best interest not to have a litter. Please do it for the safety of your girl. Kidney failure, if it progresses, can lead to death quite quickly. Again, I hope she gets better soon.

 

[pedromramos]

She seems to be recovering

Got her to the vet today.
She had new blood tests done and her BUN level is down to 32mg/dl (from 102 when she came home) and her CREA level is down to 3.3mg/dl (from 8.4 when she came home).
She has not had vomits for the last week and is back eating normally. She's also urinating normally.
Still no clue to what did cause this. Has anyone heard of hormone problems leading to this? That's the cause the vet thinks to me most likely.
Anyway, our girl is pulling through and a huge load has come off our shoulders.
The vet says that, if levels continue to go back to normal, she will be able to have puppies by next heat, and 3 months later, we should spay her, to avoid future complications. Any advices?

 

[courtney323]

I suppose I'm not sure why you want to risk her health by letting her have one litter?

As others have pointed out (and you can do a search on this as well), the health benefits to spaying your female far outweigh any other options you have. Do you show her? Are you willing to pay for all of the necessary health tests (www.boxerworld.com/health_testing) before breeding her (and for just one breeding)? These are some very serious questions to think about.

There certainly isn't a shortage of Boxer pups in the world, and breeding should only be a task undertaken when you are certain you are bettering the breed.

Best of luck to you

 

[Checkers]

So you are saying that after ALL that she has been through, and knowing full well that she has a medical problem, you still want to endanger her life for some puppies? Wow.

 

[Vela]

Yes I have some advice, DON'T BREED YOUR DOG! She very well could have died from some unknown cause and you are still willing to breed her and risk her life as well as possibly breed some puppies who inherit whatever problem she seems to have had. You don't even know what caused this and yet you are going to just breed her up and possibly kill her, and for what? If she DOES have some sort of underlying kidney malfunction that could very well kill her and her puppies. If she does make it then she very well could have puppies with whatever problem she seems to have, since you have no clue what is wrong. I really cannot beleive what some people put their animals through just for their own desires. Best of luck to your poor girl, she sure needs it. Glad I don't have a vet like that =/

 

[KCboxer4]

Please...................spay your dog. Think. Think about what your doing.

 

[pedromramos]

I would not risk my girl

I suppose I'm not sure why you want to risk her health by letting her have one litter?

As others have pointed out (and you can do a search on this as well), the health benefits to spaying your female far outweigh any other options you have. Do you show her? Are you willing to pay for all of the necessary health tests (www.boxerworld.com/health_testing) before breeding her (and for just one breeding)? These are some very serious questions to think about.

There certainly isn't a shortage of Boxer pups in the world, and breeding should only be a task undertaken when you are certain you are bettering the breed.

Best of luck to you

I would not risk her life. I would very much like to have a litter from her, but not at all if it carries any risk for her.

The problem is that, as you may well know, the risks fo surgery are, also, considerable, should there really be kidney problems.

However, rest assured I will do the best for her.

 

[courtney323]

There is indeed a risk for everything. But I can assure you, pregnancy is FAR riskier than spaying her.