I'm just trying to find out information from other owners who've had a dog develop a heart murmur at middle age. We have an appointment with a vet cardiologist in 2 weeks, but that seems like forever now. Her vet diagnosed her at stage 2-3 last week. When she got her annual check at end of July with same vet, she was fine. He's a very thorough vet who listens carefully every time. How could this develop so fast?? From what I've read, the future isn't good - maybe 12- 18 months. However, the article was older - 2010 - from Tufts Vet School.
I'm heartbroken, especially since I checked out breeders carefully for about 1.5 years just to find a pup from good, healthy stock.
She had pretty extensive blood work about 3-4 weeks ago and all that came back good. The blood work was because she's on Apoquel for allergies and she also gets oral allergy vaccine - She sees a canine dermatologist who swears the heart condition could not be related to the Apoquel.
If anyone has any experience with heart issues in midde-aged or older dogs, please, please share your thoughts/experiences.
Thanks so much in advance!
I'm heartbroken, especially since I checked out breeders carefully for about 1.5 years just to find a pup from good, healthy stock.
She had pretty extensive blood work about 3-4 weeks ago and all that came back good. The blood work was because she's on Apoquel for allergies and she also gets oral allergy vaccine - She sees a canine dermatologist who swears the heart condition could not be related to the Apoquel.
If anyone has any experience with heart issues in midde-aged or older dogs, please, please share your thoughts/experiences.
Thanks so much in advance!