dog cardiologist...

Holly9937

Holly9937

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Anyone ever took their pet to one??? After all the problems my poor boxer has had (*several removals of mast cell tumors) this is just ridiculous!! I took her in yesterday b/c she is a bit stiff when she first gets up and confirmed that it is probably arthritis. Then, they found a very faint heart murmur :( :mad: . Overall, she is in pretty good shape, considering. They think it is age related, but they also said that there are lots of good heart meds. that can buy time if it gets worse. Shes already seen an oncologist, what next :eek:
 
Took a cat to one a few years ago. He developed CHF(congestive heart failure) after a dental extraction. Cost about $600 for the visit and an echocardiogram.
 
budrecki said:
Took a cat to one a few years ago. He developed CHF(congestive heart failure) after a dental extraction. Cost about $600 for the visit and an echocardiogram.
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took a cat for some dental work 13 years ago, best cat ever... died two weeks later of heart failure... it's still hard to talk about.....

sorry about your dog, holly... I do agree however that it seems that things the animals get these days is so bizarre and the new therapies and doctors even moreso... but we'll do anything for them (some of us). I can remember when I was a kid, we never took the family pooch to the vet and it lived for 19 years.... what's different nowadays?
 
Dangerdoll said:
I can remember when I was a kid, we never took the family pooch to the vet and it lived for 19 years.... what's different nowadays?
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Increased knowledge and improved medical care, not only for us, but for our pets, too. Unfortunately, there are still alot of people that don't believe in taking pets to the vet. We're taking our oldest boy cat to the vet today for arthritis related problems. We're finally getting x-rays so we'll know exactly what's going on with him.

And sorry for your pup, Holly. If you have a veterinary school anywhere near you, sometimes they have state of the art facilities, but cost a little less, too.
Take care,
Mary.
 
I realize that, mduros ;) thanks for that though....

I did want to say that my pets each get their yearly visit to the vet for checkups and shots..... more if needed... ;)
but I was just saying things are so different nowadays from back then...
 
Dangerdoll said:
I realize that, mduros ;) thanks for that though....

I did want to say that my pets each get their yearly visit to the vet for checkups and shots..... more if needed... ;)
but I was just saying things are so different nowadays from back then...
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Oops! Did that come out wrong?

The only times the cat I grew up with went to the vet was 1) when my parents got sick of her having kittens, 2) on her dying day to be euthanized so she didn't linger for hours. By the way, she was 21.

We got my Mom a cockatiel for her birthday in 1981, Pepper is 25 years old now, and I insisted on taking him to the vet six months ago because of a possible growth on his face. My father still b*ches about the $150 he spent on that bird to be told he had an overgrowth of bacteria in his mouth. I try to explain to my Dad that one $150 vet bill in 25 years isn't bad, and he refuses to let me reimburse him for it because he wouldn't be able to complain anymore...:rant2: Gives him something to talk about, you know... ;)

Me on the other hand already have my exotic vet ready in case my newts ever need one. It's very different now...

So, I know what you were saying DangerDoll and was just picking up my drink and shooting the breeze about what you said! :soda:
Take care,
Mary.
 
My father can keep animals alive longer than anyone else I know. My little brother Bagel (cat) is 17. Brought him home the last day of my jr year of high school. He is under weight, 7 lbs 1 oz, due to hyperthyroid and is allergic everything. But just like the batteries, he keeps on ticking.

My other brother Biscuit (DOG) had a lump removed from his back last week, probable a cyst, but dad insisted it be sent out for pathology. ($340 on top of the surgical costs!)

And last but not least, my brother spot. He an Oscar. My father bought him in 1980, after a long custody battle with my mother. He was our present when we finally came home...(sorry, tearing up). Spot is 26 and lives in a 160tall by him self.

PS. I have 5 human brothers as well. All living to a ripe age thanks to Dad.
 
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I'm sorry, I know folks get all attached to their pets and all.....I love my dog, but......he doesn't hold the same place in my heart as my children do or any other human being for that matter..........he's a dog....a wonderful little dog !

If he were to come down with...cancer, heart issues....or a serious leg injury even....I'm not spending thousands of dollars to fix him up. The leg injury, I'd tell the vet to amputate.....animals adjust rather well to loosing limbs, it's thier owners that have a hard time with it. Cancer, I'd have him put down when he started experiencing pain.....no chemotherepy....or stuff like that.......heart issues or other stuff.....do the best we can to keep him comfortable and when he gets to a point where the pain or the issues are too much for us and him...put him down.

I have three kids to try and get through college, not to mention saving up for my own retirement..... and I wouldn't spend all that money on my dog......as much as I love the little guy !

I realize that makes me sound heartless, but........sometimes I think folks go just a bit too far.....I watch that "Emergency Vet's" show once in awhile.....one time the vets put this lady in a corner about her dog that had a very badly twisted limb from an accident. They should have just amputated it for crying out loud ! They had that woman in front of a camera expaining to her how they can fix the leg all up with metal rods and wires and stuff......made it look like she would be a fiend if she said she couldn't afford it, cut it off..........sooooo she ended up spending thousands of dollars that she probably couldn't afford......when a couple of hundred would have taken care of the whole issue.

I know......I'm a fink.......I can't help it.........slay me..........
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you know what, Emg... I'm with you on this one. I mean if the tumor is one that can merely be remove because it's benign, fine, take it off. If it's malignant though, I don't know if I would have the heart to watch the pet go through the treatments of chemo and all that. Sometimes when it's time to go, it's time to go.... some people in my personal life have found it's tough to let them go. The hard part was because the dog still seemed very happy, was still ecstatic when gretting them at the door, love being petted, just seemed generally happy if it weren't that her back legs just didn't seem to work nor respond to therapy. I talked for weeks about how she needs to be put down and totally sympathized with their feelings of "but she's so seems so happy"... I convinced them to let her go happy, let that be a good memory for you too. Let her go with the beauty and dignity she had... finally they relented and had it done. Albeit, it was sad to all heck but now she's out of the misery of dragging herself around, goind to the bathroom in weird positions, all that. I think it's a selfless act to decide it's time when it actually is....
 
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