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Heart failure dog

Published on: December 29, 2022 • By: aleksandra · In Forum: Dogs
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aleksandra
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December 29, 2022 at 02:57pm
Hello my dog is a Kelpi mix 11 years old. Always high energy, excitable, happy and friendly since I’ve known her (1.5yr) . Recently she has been fainting occasionally and having coughing fits. She has a heart disorder , pulmonary something. Weak valves, And low blood pressure. Right now we got back from a walk where she had great energy and no coughing. Now I am home and she is weak, doesn’t move, won’t eat and is shaking every time she breathes. She is conscious, her eyes follow my hand and she looks with her eyes when I call her name. Don’t know what to do right now. For one month appx. I have been giving her chaga, dandelion, hawthorn, coenzyme q10, CBD oil, glucosamine, omega 3, parsley, ginger and low does of ferosemide 20 mg a day. She eats raw food and occasional dry food. I dont have acces to a vet or an hospital . I live jn remote area and all the vet around said they were not taking new patient :(   .
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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December 29, 2022 at 03:34pm
Hello - firstly, I am a little confused - if you do not have a vet, then who diagnosed your Kelpie with Pulmonary something, on what basis and what medical advice and outlook were you given at the time?  Secondly, the situation that you are describing sounds to me like a possible emergency.  In the UK at least, most vets will treat someone else's patient if it is an emergency and they have nowhere else to go. I don't know where the Royal College stand on this, but it would be worth asking.  Thirdly, I understand and am very sympathetic to the case for herbal, complimentary and other alternative medicine- indeed I did quite a long course in scientifically-based  acupuncture in the past.  However, it sounds as though your current potentially-an-emergency situation requires more than supplements at this time.  The first step in treating appropriately would be to find the cause for collapse;  the second to assess the patient for what needs to be done next.  No-one can tell you this over a chat-page;  a medical examination will be necessary.  Please push for a veterinary appointment or at least triage as a matter of urgency.
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