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ten*teeny*tiny*toes · ‎17-09-2016

My nearly 10yo Chi/Mini foxie x has just been diagnosed with a grade 5 heart murmur. Chronic Heart Failure.

How can that be? She doesnt seem to have any symptoms.

Anyone else been through this? Will the heart meds help?

bright.ton42 · ‎22-09-2016

Do stay in touch teeny and let us know how Millie is faring. Our furbabies are soooo precious.

ten*teeny*tiny*toes · ‎02-10-2016

I have to try and record her heart rate regularly and thats really hard. For starters it seems irregular and two second vet mentioned femoral pulse as a better measure? Now that I am home I cant feel it.. I can feel a pulse in her paw more easily,just above the bit that touches the ground and that she doesnt walk on. Is that similar?

And hubbyand I are both starting to feel that we are so atuned with her that we know anyway. Measurements, smeasurements??

And for a smart dog she is fooled by anything with a texture that can be balled up, like mashed potato, tuna and winner - woolies chook stuffing . Which is pretty much always on hand.

lyndal1838 · ‎03-10-2016

I was thinking of you and your little one today....my daughter was asking after Millie.

Glad you have sussed out what works best....go easy on the stuffing though as dog should not have onion.

Try adding a pinch of stock powder to the mashed potato for a change. I always found that the most successful foods to disguise the strong smelling tablets were foods that could completely enclose the tablet....potato would be ideal as was the stuffing.

davidc4430 · ‎03-10-2016

i love woolies chook stuffing too

davidc4430 · ‎03-10-2016

just had a thought, you can get cheap watches from china with heart rate monitors in them, maybe you could get one and use it on doggy?

bright.ton42 · ‎03-10-2016

@ten*teeny*tiny*toes wrote:
I have to try and record her heart rate regularly and thats really hard. For starters it seems irregular and two second vet mentioned femoral pulse as a better measure? Now that I am home I cant feel it.. I can feel a pulse in her paw more easily,just above the bit that touches the ground and that she doesnt walk on. Is that similar?

And hubbyand I are both starting to feel that we are so atuned with her that we know anyway. Measurements, smeasurements??

And for a smart dog she is fooled by anything with a texture that can be balled up, like mashed potato, tuna and winner - woolies chook stuffing . Which is pretty much always on hand.

I've always found it a bit hard to find a pulse in a dog, but if you can feel it on her paw that's great, as the pulse is the same all over the body. I suppose the vet told you but you only need to count it for 15 seconds (use your watch) then multiply by 4. So good too that you've found a way to give her her meds.