was told my little guys has a heart murmur

[jenjones28]

Our boxer also had a heart murmur as a puppy (not sure what grade). The vet offered a referral to a cardiologist for her. We had to face the decision to take her back to the breeder or keep her, and also the decision whether to spend tons of money on a cardiologist. I was already madly in love with her, so it wasn't a hard choice about keeping her. Also, I have a son that has a heart condition and a heart murmur, so what kind of message would that send to him if we took the puppy back, I had to wonder. We decided to wait and see on the cardiologist. We also decided not to try to get any of our money back for her from the breeder. We were never going to breed her anyway, and I figured I had paid for the companionship and love she would give us. I realize that's not the best choice for everyone, though. But, by the third vet checkup, the murmur was gone.

As a side note, a LOT of human babies are born with innocent flow murmurs, as well. They often disappear within the first few days to years of life.

 

[RockysMaMa]

Hello everyone I just want to thank all of you for your advice and experiences. I am keeping him hes part of the family and we love him to peices and I do hope it goes away and lives a happy and normal life. Im just so upset with the breeder and ive learned a big lesson from all of this and i know its not her fault but just the way she lied and is handeling the situation. I just hope i can find a good breeder when im ready for another one again thank you all

 

[rrrmarie]

This is a continuation to the earlier post on this thread. Tre and I went to the vet yesterday because he had bumps on his skin.... (another story)

Anyways, my point is, I had the vet check to see if his heart murmur was still there. The vet said, "I can't hear it. He must of out grew it. I've seen this in puppies commonly in boxer pups. Most of the time they out grow it." What a relief!


Maybe you should wait a couple of months before you spend $$$ on specialty doctors?

Let us know how it goes.