Suki

"Suki is a five year old toy poodle pomeranian mix. When she was about three years old our groomer started to notice some hair loss.  She had quite a lot of hair - very similar to a Pom and it had always been fairly thick.  She was an adorable little ball of fur with the cutest little face. Suki also had some tummy troubles, diagnosed with colitis under one year . I was beside myself, this little girl with a bad tummy and now she...

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Nixon

"A few months before Nixon, our miniature American Eskimo, had his 2nd birthday he experienced some sudden and short episodes of lameness in his hind right leg.  These came on without warning usually while running and were preceded by a sharp "yip" followed by the leg held stiffly flexed for about 30 seconds before it would straighten out again.  At first we thought Nixon had something sharp stuck in his paw but an examination by the...

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Spanky

"Spanky is our 13 year old cat who in October 2012 was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and given months to live by our “traditional” vet. At this point Spanky had lost about 25% of his weight and was eating about ¼ can of cat food a day.  His diagnosis was stage four Kidney failure (i.e. less than 15% function) and through blood tests it was established that his creatinine level was 477 and urea was 19.5.  Our “traditional”...

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