is there a difference between dcm and mitral valve disease? our dog started with a cough about a week and a half before his collapse at age 9. and honestly it sounded like kennel cough (we have dealt with that a lot with our other dog so we knew that sound). we never even knew about a heart murmur until that day. his heart is so enlarged it presses on his sternum and esophagus. i never even knew there was a correlation to diet. he’s been on grain free his entire life because our other dog is allergic to wheat (and chicken… fun). he’s always had trouble seeming to calm down after exercise, and has been a few pounds over weight a handful of times in his life, so we just assumed he’s always had the leaky valve and didnt know about it until it got really bad but even the vet was a little confused as to why the murmur was never noticed previously….
and thank you to the info on the compounding… might be looking into that. he’s on 7.5mg 2x a day, so i’ve been buying 5mg and 10mg to give him half of each at each dose to save money… but the price just doubled at both locations i had to buy from last week. $250 for a 50 day supply. ouch.
