sheltiemom
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Oh gosh. This is especially hard to hear for me. I have 2 shelties. Both with enlarged hearts. They are both very small shelties. Maizie is 9 years old and is doing ok. My little Shanny had a severly enlarged heart. For 3 years she was watched closely. The meds she was on (Benezapril) was used to keep it in check. However as time went on she started coughing excessively. Sounded like she had the croup. She also had some hearing issues due to a bad mouth because it was feared since she had an enlarged heart she could not tolerate the anesthesia to do the dental work.
Shanny started to get worse with her coughing and panted a lot. The dental work was done and for 4 days after that she did beautifully. On the 4th day after dental surgery, she went into congestive heart failure and passed. (This is so hard to talk about since she just passed on the 15th)
My advice is to be very watchful of your baby. Shanny was diagnosed with the enlarged heart at 9 years old and Maizie was 7. Shanny was fine for 3 years after she was first diagnosed but passed when she was 14
Shanny started to get worse with her coughing and panted a lot. The dental work was done and for 4 days after that she did beautifully. On the 4th day after dental surgery, she went into congestive heart failure and passed. (This is so hard to talk about since she just passed on the 15th)
My advice is to be very watchful of your baby. Shanny was diagnosed with the enlarged heart at 9 years old and Maizie was 7. Shanny was fine for 3 years after she was first diagnosed but passed when she was 14
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