We had Josie up at the vet this morning for her last lot of baby injections. After this she will be able to start dog school. We went to sign her up last month but because she hadn't had her last injections we've had to wait. We'll try again this Thursday - the first Thursday of the month is when new people can go.
The vet did a thorough check of Josie. She's gone from 5-6 kg when we first brought her home in early January to 16 1/2 kg this morning! She now towers over Bella. Bella can stand under Josie's tummy and not have to duck her head! I've been trying to get a photo of them together but when they see the camera they stop what they are doing and come to see what I'm up to.
Anyway, during the examination the vet found that Josie has a heart murmur. A heart murmur is usually a congenital condition; the valves that are open in the womb and which should close at birth don't. It hasn't been picked up before. The vet said that he could hear Josie's heartbeat as normal all over her chest and only heard the murmur in a specific spot. It may be nothing. We have to take her back in a month and if it's still there she'll have to have echocardiograms, etc. to determine the severity.
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Sorry to hear about Josie. How expensive will that be or is there a scheme for rescued dogs. It will break the kids hearts if there is anything wrong with her.
You should let RSPCA @ Katoomba know, they may assist with any up coming vet costs. Poor Josie, I hope she will be OK.
No idea of cost at this stage. We'll have to wait until her next check up in early April and find out if the murmur is still there.
Josie was covered for medical expenses by the RSPCA up to 30 days after we brought her home but we are well past that now.
Insurance is expensive for dogs of Josie's breed(s) - both Mastiffs and Irish Wolfhounds incur extra premiums - we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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