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Last Tuesday evening we had both dogs out for a walk. maybe a quarter mile longer than usual but not much. no off lead running, just a nice walk with some heel work.
afer we got home, Pollo was breating really hard and fast for almost 40 minutes. needless to say, I was about nuts thinking it was DCM. we got him to the vet and it turns out his heart looks great for a 6 year old (yea!!!) but there was all sorts of density around his heart.
We had some x-rays done on him about a year ago for other reasons and you could see his trachea all crisp and clear - now it's all fuzzy and not so clear. We got some prednisone and another drug (sorry I forget the name) to give him if he has another episode. and was told to let him lie low on hot, humid, high pollen days (that's about the next 5 months here in DC)
any one else had to deal with COPD in their dogs before? BTW he has been fine since
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afer we got home, Pollo was breating really hard and fast for almost 40 minutes. needless to say, I was about nuts thinking it was DCM. we got him to the vet and it turns out his heart looks great for a 6 year old (yea!!!) but there was all sorts of density around his heart.
We had some x-rays done on him about a year ago for other reasons and you could see his trachea all crisp and clear - now it's all fuzzy and not so clear. We got some prednisone and another drug (sorry I forget the name) to give him if he has another episode. and was told to let him lie low on hot, humid, high pollen days (that's about the next 5 months here in DC)
any one else had to deal with COPD in their dogs before? BTW he has been fine since
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