[lovemycanines]

I have 2 GSD’s and had one before these 2. I have done agility, search and rescue and herding with my dogs. They loved it. GSD’s are so smart and usually prefer a job to do!

[lovemycanines]

Nancy,

I had to take Ruby back to be tapped this morning. Another 4 liters of Chyle. So it’s pretty certain that her situation is not improving since the surgery in mid Oct. All of your comments are greatly appreciated. Yes, it was very hard to decide to do surgery. Luckily they were able to perform the thoracic duct ligation laproscopically so it was not as traumatic on her. I do have to question if they would have been able to identify more of the veins to clip if they had opened her up, but it does no good to second guess at this point. Best wishes on your journey. I would like to believe that your dog will be one of the dogs that has spontaneous recovery and improves with management through diet.

[lovemycanines]

They told me that this condition can just resolve itself. Obviously it did not for my baby. I’ll pray yours continues to do well.

I’m not familiar with Solid Gold Sealmeal or Benazipril. I’ll have to check into those. My dog doesn’t want to eat the Hill’s diet or any others I’ve brought home. I’m now going to pay for the vet school that did the surgery to provide a home cooked diet that I can prepare that will be low fat and still nutritious. They are suggesting another surgery but said they were not optimistic it would work either so I don’t think I am going to doit. This is the most expensive rescue dog I’ve ever had. But I love her and she is so sweet. I will try to low fat diet and hope it keeps her with me longer.

[lovemycanines]

I have a rescue GSD that also has Chylothorax and has had surgery (thoracic duct ligation and pericardectomy) to no avail. Plueral fluid is still a problem. They suggested Hills ID canned and rutin but that has not helped with the chyle. I really want to save my dog but am running out of options. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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