Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - I am so sorry that you are facing such illness with your dog. The thing that you need to understand from your vet is, What are the differentials / possible diagnoses for the pattern they are seeing? It may be that, given the potential differentials list in this case, they wouldn't do anything differently even if they did the tests to name the specific disease. Eg if it was cancer, they already know that they wouldn't reccommend chemotherapy, but give supportive treatment. Are there any possibilities that may harbour a positive outlook if they found them? It sounds as though your dogs' condotion may be serious; black bowel movements imply bleeding into the gut, high enough up that the blood is digested before being made into poo. This can be associated with certain steroids, but can also be a sign of a clotting disorder (liver related - livers help clotting), or a tumour, or something else. It sounds possible that doing tests to name the condition at this stage could put your dog through stress or discomfort without changing or improving his life expectancy or his physical condition. However, these are questions for your vet; I do not know his case. MORE TO FOLLOW
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