Poor Clyde :(

[claire_88]

My friends dog has just been diagnosed with a liver disfunction/disease, in which he is producing too many red blood cells. He was dehydrated and showing abnormal behaviour she found him glued to the back of the fridge wet through..... He is currently in the vets on a drip.

The cost of his treatment will be £2000

I wanted to post this thread to see if any of you guys on here have any ideas or recommendations i can pass on to my friend to help in any way. Be it an organisation that could help or anything!
she cannot bring herself to put Clyde to sleep

I don't know any more details on his condition until we speak further.
Any suggestions???
xxx

[DelsMum]

why is she looking at PTS- have the vets said there is nothing they can do?

[claire_88]

Originally Posted by DelsMum

why is she looking at PTS- have the vets said there is nothing they can do?

nah, I think he can have this treatment at the specialists but on a low income I guess its a hell of a lot of money to find. Not sure if, he doesnt get the treatment what it would do, im thinkin it will only worsen.just lookin for some help from somewhere to reduce the cost of it.

[DelsMum]

Presumably no insurance then either............?
Only places I am aware of are PDSA and Blue Cross but I doubt they can do the specialist stuff.

[zetstaff]

It's a worry I know, they can be expensive when something goes wrong, will they not let her pay so much a week or something?

[LindaM]

I'm very sorry for your friend. Trouble is if you don't qualify for PDSA and your income is just a bit too high to qualify for any benefits you constantly find yourself financially struggling.

The herb Milk Thistle is good for the liver. This is one of the herbs that has recently been 'proven' to work. However I don't know exactly how it works.

Both Nature's Best and Healthspan both have nutritional advisors that you can speak to for free and they could explain how Milk Thistle affects the liver. They supply supplements for people rather than animals and I would speak to someone at Nature's Best first.

My shep is on long term meds and I will be looking at giving him this as the meds he is on can affect the liver esp if the dose has to be increased in the future.

Two other things I can think of. Is it possible to find any charities that would make a grant for health care for a pet. It might be worth doing a good search on the web. Alternatively ask animal charities/shelters if they know of any.

The other possibility is to go onto a health site or raw feeding site for sheps/dogs and you might find someone with more in depth knowledge that might be able to help, or put your friend in touch with someone who can.

I believe that Milk Thistle which has been used by herablists for centuries probably is now (I think) one of a dozen or so herbs that has been scientifically proven to be of benefit.

Best of luck to her and her dog.
Linda

[claire_88]

Originally Posted by DelsMum

Presumably no insurance then either............?
Only places I am aware of are PDSA and Blue Cross but I doubt they can do the specialist stuff.

Unfortunately not

Originally Posted by zetstaff

It's a worry I know, they can be expensive when something goes wrong, will they not let her pay so much a week or something?

That's a good point! Will definitely suggest that.

[claire_88]

Originally Posted by LindaM

I'm very sorry for your friend. Trouble is if you don't qualify for PDSA and your income is just a bit too high to qualify for any benefits you constantly find yourself financially struggling.

The herb Milk Thistle is good for the liver. This is one of the herbs that has recently been 'proven' to work. However I don't know exactly how it works.

Both Nature's Best and Healthspan both have nutritional advisors that you can speak to for free and they could explain how Milk Thistle affects the liver. They supply supplements for people rather than animals and I would speak to someone at Nature's Best first.

My shep is on long term meds and I will be looking at giving him this as the meds he is on can affect the liver esp if the dose has to be increased in the future.

Two other things I can think of. Is it possible to find any charities that would make a grant for health care for a pet. It might be worth doing a good search on the web. Alternatively ask animal charities/shelters if they know of any.

The other possibility is to go onto a health site or raw feeding site for sheps/dogs and you might find someone with more in depth knowledge that might be able to help, or put your friend in touch with someone who can.

I believe that Milk Thistle which has been used by herablists for centuries probably is now (I think) one of a dozen or so herbs that has been scientifically proven to be of benefit.

Best of luck to her and her dog.
Linda

Wow that's fantastic information thank-you, she had been to and from the vets with him for months, it started with him not eating and going loopy when he went out for walks, like running to a pile of leaves and just jumping about in them........ we all thought it was excitement

This milk thistle sounds very good, and an input which i will definitely be mentioning to her

xx

[LindaM]

Hi Claire

Milk Thistle is good for the liver there is no doubt about it. In fact I shall be ringing Nature's Best as I have a query and buying some for myself, family and probably Lukey today. If the vet has an idea what has made the liver malfunction then that might be good information to have as well.

Linda

[claire_88]

I'v spoken to her this morning and it was something he was born with which got passed on from the mum through her milk.

The vets told her it was quite a rare occurrence, my friends and i have gathered as much money as we can for her too so along with treatment and remedies we hope to sort lil Clyde out as best we all can