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so, I've quietly lurked for close to a year & now I'm flooding your inbox! Has anyone had trouble w/ their dogs tolerating fish oil or other supplements? ...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 7, 2012 3:37 am
No issues with fish oil here. I put the whole capsule in the food. A over the counter store brand Pepsid like med might make the intolereance lessen Abbe ...
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lynn williams
bellacavalier
Feb 7, 2012 4:02 am
Another approach to watching for counting respiratory rate is to place your dog on it's side and put your hand over the upper abdomen.You feel the movement...
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Elke Roland
kallima4
Feb 7, 2012 4:37 am
My understanding is that the "normal" respiratory rate of dogs being less than 35 breaths /min  refers to the "resting" respiratory rateŠ.so if you count...
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rod.russell39
Feb 8, 2012 8:50 pm
There is a veterinary research article published just last month that studied the average respiratorry rate of healthy dogs. It is titled "Sleeping respiratory...
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Elke Roland
kallima4
Feb 9, 2012 4:46 am
Thanks Rod ¡V that is really helpful. According to this article ¡V I guess my Mickey's resp rate is OK ( usually 25/min ) but maybe still a bit higher that...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 9, 2012 4:49 am
I never heard of lasix being used as a bronchodilator. Interesting. Abbe TOOET Pulik and Havanese and a whippet (near Louisville, KY)...
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njsonja2002
Feb 9, 2012 11:42 am
it was very very quick thankfully.... however, if anyone on this list knows of a pet quality older cavalier that needs a home, please contact me with any...
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Dana Martin
dbkookie
Feb 9, 2012 1:01 pm
Hi Sonja I am so very sorry for your loss. My prayers go out to you and your babe.  Please look into Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue. They most likly will...
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2-cavaliers@...
carololiverw...
Feb 9, 2012 1:14 pm
Sonja, I'm so sorry for your loss. Please cherish those happier memories you've built. I see you're in the US (NJ). Please check out: ...
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Pat Howard
medvedratkaj
Feb 9, 2012 1:51 pm
Sonja, we got our first dog Mitch through a breeder when he was a puppy, and he passed away last year just short of age 10 with MVD. We have adopted two...
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Wendie
susieoh1
Feb 9, 2012 2:03 pm
Unfortunately we're coming into the spring when the puppy mills start their auctions. Best Friends works with the North Shore Animal League, Kent Animal...
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Marge Congello
margecongello
Feb 9, 2012 4:09 pm
Hi Sonja, I am going to suggest Lucky Star Cavalier Rescue. You can go to their website and fill out an application. They are a wonderful group. I have...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 9, 2012 4:23 pm
Sonja I am just now getting this message and I never even got the orginal. Iost my beloved Sophie in Nov at 9 to MVD. She was a champion show dog out of...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 9, 2012 4:41 pm
Wendie I have been begging to foster a cavalier since I lost Sophie in November. Please consider me when this increase in rescue dogs becomes available. Abbe...
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njsonja2002
Feb 10, 2012 11:48 am
thank you for all your kind words... 1. i would never ever buy a cavalier; there are too many needing homes. 2. i would rather take the thousands of dollars...
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Tracey Mini
tracey.mini
Feb 11, 2012 10:32 pm
thanks Abbe. Unfortunately he's already on Pepcid. I'm guessing the bigger his heart gets the more it presses on his stomach & makes the reflux worse... ...
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Tracey Mini
tracey.mini
Feb 11, 2012 10:42 pm
What I thought was Yogi's MVD progression into congestive heart failure turned out to be Atrial Fibrillation instead. Hopefully the addition of digoxin &...
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rod.russell39
Feb 12, 2012 12:17 am
Tracey: My understanding is that atrial fibrillation is not common within the breed, and that it can be managed with medications. The two medications you...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 12, 2012 1:53 am
I had a dog years ago with CHF (before the availability of the number of meds used now and before anything much was generic...I was paying $1.50 a pill for...
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rod_russell_sm
Feb 16, 2012 11:32 pm
Read what the UFAW (Universities Federation of Animal Welfare) has to say about the genetic health of the cavalier King Charles spaniel....
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rod.russell39
Feb 23, 2012 3:57 pm
Texas A&M researchers find carvedilol successful in treating cavaliers with pre-clinical MVD. In a 2012 report, Drs. Sonya G. Gordon, Ashley B. Saunders,...
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rod.russell39
Feb 23, 2012 3:59 pm
University of Pennsylvania vets, including Gordon D. Peddle and Mark A. Oyama, compared doses of torsemide and furosemide in treating seven dogs with stable...
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rod.russell39
Feb 23, 2012 4:01 pm
Japanese veterinary surgeons report in a February 2012 article that using an artificial mitral valve chordae tendineae and valve leaftlet implant made of...
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Pat
capersnominee
Feb 23, 2012 5:25 pm
... Rod - how in the heck was that conclusion determined? I think the statement is a huge leap. Here is the key conclusion: "Prospective studies to evaluate...
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rod.russell39
Feb 23, 2012 6:03 pm
... Well, let's just say it didn't kill them. I will try to get the full article to you as soon as I can. Dr. Sonya Gordon led this study. She has been...
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tooetpulik@...
tooetpulik
Feb 23, 2012 6:35 pm
I too am interested in the entire study but truthfully that was just about the survival time for my beloved Sophie post diagnosis. Vetmedin and enalapril were...
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Karla
doglovercentral
Feb 23, 2012 6:57 pm
Rod,  I don't have time to read the paper right now, but my guess is that this is equivalent to a human phase I clinical trial, where toxicity is being...
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Lisa Bakalars
papresq
Feb 23, 2012 10:30 pm
So preclinical MVD - would that purely go by asymptomatic or the degree? My Tillie is Grade 5 murmur, ruptured chordate tendinae, severe left enlargement,...
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rod.russell39
Feb 23, 2012 11:43 pm
Lisa, "pre-clinical" would be equal to the ACVIM's Stage B1, which refers to "asymptomatic patients that have no radiographic or echocardiographic evidence of...
