Hey there,
Haven't posted a ton on this forum, but it's been my go-to source of information since becoming a first time great dane owner 6 years ago. I did a search for pancreatitis but didn't come across any posts. Maybe I'm searching wrong with the new search tools, but thought someone must have gone through this with their dog before and wanted to see if anyone had any advice.
Just got a call from the vet--Pilot has pancreatitis. For about the past week he's had really bad, watery diarrhea that got progressively worse. We've been through diarrhea episodes before that usually cleared up with bland diet in 24-48 hours but this one keep going and as the week went on he seemed to get worse and even a bit nauseous as well (vomited twice yesterday). His activity level was normal so we weren't too concerned at first and thought he had a bad bug or something, but the vomiting in addition to diarrhea made us more concerned. So we took him into vet this morning and they ran blood work, tests for parasites,fecal, test for pancreatitis etc and gave him fluids. Vet called just now and said all tests were normal but the pancreatitis test came back positive. She wasn't super concerned because we gave him the fluids this morning and we've already been feeding him bland and he hasn't been acting lethargic or sick, but said to keep a close eye the next week, continue with bland and then try to reintroduce his regular food if his symptoms clear up next week. She did say we would need to watch him for symptoms the rest of his life as pancreatitis is more likely to return now that he's had it once.
We've been trying to figure out what might have triggered this. We haven't made major changes to his diet or routine. The only thing we can think of is we have been working more with treats (hot dogs mostly) during behavior training and that it could be from the hot dogs. Wondering if anyone else has been through pancreatitis with their dane? Pilot will be 7 this summer so I know we are slowly entering the senior years, but this is our most serious health incident yet and honestly not one we were prepared for. Welcome your thoughts and insights!
Haven't posted a ton on this forum, but it's been my go-to source of information since becoming a first time great dane owner 6 years ago. I did a search for pancreatitis but didn't come across any posts. Maybe I'm searching wrong with the new search tools, but thought someone must have gone through this with their dog before and wanted to see if anyone had any advice.
Just got a call from the vet--Pilot has pancreatitis. For about the past week he's had really bad, watery diarrhea that got progressively worse. We've been through diarrhea episodes before that usually cleared up with bland diet in 24-48 hours but this one keep going and as the week went on he seemed to get worse and even a bit nauseous as well (vomited twice yesterday). His activity level was normal so we weren't too concerned at first and thought he had a bad bug or something, but the vomiting in addition to diarrhea made us more concerned. So we took him into vet this morning and they ran blood work, tests for parasites,fecal, test for pancreatitis etc and gave him fluids. Vet called just now and said all tests were normal but the pancreatitis test came back positive. She wasn't super concerned because we gave him the fluids this morning and we've already been feeding him bland and he hasn't been acting lethargic or sick, but said to keep a close eye the next week, continue with bland and then try to reintroduce his regular food if his symptoms clear up next week. She did say we would need to watch him for symptoms the rest of his life as pancreatitis is more likely to return now that he's had it once.
We've been trying to figure out what might have triggered this. We haven't made major changes to his diet or routine. The only thing we can think of is we have been working more with treats (hot dogs mostly) during behavior training and that it could be from the hot dogs. Wondering if anyone else has been through pancreatitis with their dane? Pilot will be 7 this summer so I know we are slowly entering the senior years, but this is our most serious health incident yet and honestly not one we were prepared for. Welcome your thoughts and insights!
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