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Thread: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl - Dagget is gone

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    Maybe you should take him to an ER and get him seen by a specialist through the back door. That's what I was going to do with Gable if he started declining before his appointment the other day.
    Joan, mom to my Angel Lena, Angel Gable, Angel Phoenix, Angel Doree, Cooper, Sibble, and now Raina.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    Is the blood bright red or a black tarry color? Also, is he drinking a normal amount of water? One herb I would recommend is slippery elm bark: https://littlebigcat.com/health/slippery-elm/

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    Joan, I thought about just taking him to the ER.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    The blood was bright red. I actually tried Slippery Elm Bark and it didn't help. Now, his poop is normal, after months of diarrhea and he was eating. For like days, he ate two meals a day, oatmeal mixed with canned food. Today, he doesn't want to eat. He's been so weak. I don't know if it's just all too much for him. I just want to curl up in a ball and cry.
    Last edited by NMalfam; 05-17-2019 at 09:19 AM.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    I have an appointment for Monday with a vet that I trust. They call it a "quality of life" appointment. It might be time. But idk. He always bounces back. And he doesn't seem to be in pain. Just weak, tired. He won't eat his breakfast, but he ate treats. I just don't know.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    Nancy, I’m so glad you were able to schedule this appointment. I can imagine what a hard spot you’re in, and I hope this trusted vet’s assessment will help ease both your mind and your heart. Sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can offer clarity that our own tired, tearful eyes are too cloudy to see. All decisions remain yours to make, but talking with this vet may give you some insight and maybe even some comfort as to the path forward.

    I’ll be thinking of both you and Dagget all through the weekend — I’m betting that Monday can’t come soon enough at this point, and that you’re really anxious to head on in. We’ll definitely be awaiting any news that you can share,

    Marianne

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high

    If his bleeding worsens you may not want to wait til Mon but instead get him into an ER vet. If he just won't eat he may grow very weak very quickly with the bleeding.

    I'll be keeping you and Dagget in my thoughts and prayers.
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    Leslie
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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high/Dagget is gone

    I'm really sorry I never replied. I have been so busy with Dagget. Well, that vet decided it wasn't yet Dagget's time, and the diarrhea finally subsided, and we kept our appointment with the specialty vets: the internal med vet and the cardiologist. This was late May. They said his heart had not worsened (echocardiogram), and ultrasound didn't show any reason for the previous diarrhea, and his blood work was pretty much ok. They saw a small abnormality on his liver that was probably cancer or a tumor, but it was so small that they didn't feel it was causing any of his issues at the time. He started an appetite stimulant.

    The stimulant worked! He started eating better. He was hanging in there. Poop was okay. Then he needed more help to stand. Oh, I forgot to mention he'd lost more weight. Ten pounds since October. Then he started peeing and pooping on himself in his sleep at night. Then also during the day. Finally he could barely walk. On June 27th, my 53rd birthday, my baby boy, after loving me for 15 1/2 years, passed peacefully at the vet's office. My son had returned after 10 months in Russia late evening of the 26th. I was so glad Ben and Dagget could say goodbye.

    He'd gained back one pound, but the vet thought he had fluid in his abdomen that accounted for the weight gain.

    I can't believe I lost two dogs in 6 months. The two best dogs I have ever known. I feel like my life will never be the same, will never be as good. I still have my 4 year old Saint Bernard, Barry. And the puppy, Toluca, half brittany, half samoyed. 4.5 months old now. Barry needed a playmate after Lola left us. I just want Lola and Dagget back.

    I didn't realize how much care Dagget was requiring until he was gone. He was on over 10 meds. Two different ones were injections. He had to be washed twice most days by the end. I cleaned up the floors and the pads constantly. I would have continued that forever if he felt better. I loved him so much. He was here for half of my daughter's life and my son was about 8 years old when we got Dagget. He's 24 now. Thank you all for being here for me. It's meant so much to me.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high/Dagget is gone

    I'm so sorry for the loss of your sweet boy. You and Dagget put up a good fight, but they don't live long enough, that's for sure. They leave such a hole in our hearts when it is their time to go....
    Joan, mom to my Angel Lena, Angel Gable, Angel Phoenix, Angel Doree, Cooper, Sibble, and now Raina.

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    Default Re: 15 year old cocker spaniel on Vetoryl...dose too high/Dagget is gone

    Oh Nancy, I’m so very sorry, too. And please know that we’ll still be here for you always — any time at all that you might want to talk. You have had so many special loves in your life, and as a result, so many heartbreaking losses. So, so sadly, the one inevitably follows the other. As you say, we’d so willingly be their caretakers forever. But they’ve earned their angel wings and their freedom from all aging and pain. So as hard as it is, we try to be grateful for that, even through our tears.

    Thank you so much for returning to let us know. We join you today in celebrating Dagget and Lola, and Daisy and Charlotte and Rosie before them. Forever remembered, forever honored, forever loved. Forever in our hearts.

    Sending you tons of hugs from across the miles,
    Marianne

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