Should I see a holistic vet?

[k9kreationz]

If his kidneys aren't processing well, the toxins will circulate in the bloodstream and can cause the symptoms resembling dementia. Eventually it can lead to seizures.

Thankfully, for Miko, no seizures. I'm grateful for that.

I don't understand the 3 teeth around a canine comment. There should be 1 canine, 6 incisors and then 1 canine on the bottom. Going back into the mouth there should be 4 premolars before the molars. Many dogs are missing premolars which has nothing to do with what they eat, or when they were neutered, and everything to do with genetics or outside influence such as damage, veterinary removal etc.
You should ask this vet what most of his comments and that of his tech really mean so that you can "see" what they do.

Sorry for the confusion. Okay, so let's say Koji is facing to the left. Behind his canine, to the right (going further into his mouth) there is a small cluster of 3 teeth, then two more pre-molars. So, I guess if there's supposed to be 4, then he's got an extra in there. The vet said they're inflamed so he'd want to check them out closer, do x-rays if/when I do a dental and then decide if he needs to pull one or more. The only reason I said that bit about not maturing is because there's a lot of things about him that never "finished maturing". I mean, when a breeder felt him, she thought he was one year old or so. She was a bit shocked when I told her, he was 5 (or was he 4). The she started telling me all the things that "didn't happen" that should have. Kinda freaked me out.

 

[k9kreationz]

Got their test results, via email, cool. Looks like Miko is "stable" but it's hard to compare for myself since the lab is different as is all the ranges.

Koji's, however, I'm going to have to discuss with the vet. He said "it's fine" even though he's got numbers that are out of range (or at the top). The problem that I am seeing with the numbers is that it's the same ones Miko has out of range for kidney disease and anemia. Could it be a precursor? Or not. And that's when I dislike that they say, "everything looks good, don't worry about the red out of range ones". Yeah, whatevers. If I ignored that, like I did with Miko, I probably could have caught Miko's progressing kidney failure earlier.

I also thought I did a baseline on Koji this or last year. Maybe I didn't. Or maybe I thought I was going to do it this year. Either way, I did a baseline for him this year.

I guess Koji will be going in for a dental. Clean those teefies and pull some probably. Poor little guy.