irregular heart beat
On Tuesday I went to the vts with Welly our OES for his annual booster. The vet checked him over and informed me that he had an irregular heart beat and would need to see a specialist. As you can imagine i was very upset as we lost our other OES just over 2 months ago and i was not expecting anything to be wrong with Welly. We are going to see the specialist on Tuesday next week but i just wanted to post this to see if any other OES have had similar problems and what the outcome was? What medication or surgery is available? Any info anyone can give would be much appreciated. Natalie |
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| The best thing is to wait and see what the specialist says abouts Wellys heart.I'm not a specialist and i suppose an irregular heart beat could mean many things.
Marley has an irregular heart beat and a murmur but his heart is enlarged with it so he has Dialated Cardiomyopathy(DCM for short). He is on heart tablets to make his heart stronger and his beats more regular.At the moment he has had DCM for just over a year and is showing no signs of illness.I know of a sheepdog (not an old english) that has had DCM for 4 years and is still working in the fields . I know how hard it is getting news like this when you have just lost a dog. Marls got diagnosed in September last year and when i thought things couldn't get worse my other OES(Mitch) got lymphoma and went to the bridge in March. Hope all goes well for you at the specialist on Tuesday. 
Julianne and Marls |
| Welly is still pretty much a puppy isn't he
(If I am remembering correctly) Sometimes as pups they can have a heart murmur that they out grow...this happened with one of my foster dogs... Good Luck |
| Don't jump to conclusions. My pup, age 1, had an irregular heart beat when examined for something else. Heart murmur I think they said. She went for sonograms of the heart and yes, she has a slight heart murmur. They assured me the heart murmur can be caused by various things and nothing to be worried about. She will be monitored but nothing more than that. It may be because she was fighting an infection at the time.
Don't get alarmed so soon. If she was taking other medications for infection, that could cause it temporarily. Don't worry. We did go to a specialist for the sonogram. Expensivie but my regular Vet got the results and we are monitoring her from there. No meds, nothing special to do. Just a check up twice a year at this point. Don't worry... |
| is a murmur the same as an irregular heart beat? If so Cedric had one at his well check at 3 or 4 years old. He is going to be 10 in February and very active. |
kerry wrote: is a murmur the same as an irregular heart beat? If so Cedric had one at his well check at 3 or 4 years old. He is going to be 10 in February and very active.
Technically, not. A murmur is caused by blood flowing backwards through valves that arent closing properly. An irregular heartbeat is when the heart beat is out of rythmn. You can have both or either. Young dogs can grow out of a murmur. An irregular heart beat can be there for many reasons including the ones already mentioned like illness, medication. It can be inherited and if mild cause no problems for the dog or human (I have one  )
Dont worry too much yet. Your vet has referred you to a specialist so that you can find out whether there is a reason for the irregular heart beat. It may just be one of those things that need monitoring. Wishing you good results with the cardiac specialist.  |
| Thanks Mim
I was trying to figure out how to explain it! 
I know the difference in how it actually sounds. I am hoping your lil punkin will be fine! |
| Hi all
thank you all for your comments and advice. I have been trying not to worry to much until we go to see the specialist on tuesday.(it is hard though) We have noticed that he has really cold paws must be due to poor circulation with his irregular heart beat. I have just wrapped a blanket around him to keep them warm!! 
He is also panting alot more than normally - not sure if that is due to the irregular heart beat also??? I will post a message on here when we have more news. Thanks again for your messages |
WellyandBoo'smummy wrote: Hi all
thank you all for your comments and advice. I have been trying not to worry to much until we go to see the specialist on tuesday.(it is hard though) We have noticed that he has really cold paws must be due to poor circulation with his irregular heart beat. I have just wrapped a blanket around him to keep them warm!! He is also panting alot more than normally - not sure if that is due to the irregular heart beat also??? Not to in any way make light of what you're going through, but if you were a vet and you told me you thought my dogs had been exposed to Kangarooitis, when I got home and the young idiots started leaping up and down in place, I would be very worried. If their ears twitched funny, I'd wonder about Kangarooitis. Standing up and punching each other in play - a sign of advanced Kangarooitis for sure... 
Yes, panting can be heart related. It can also be heat related, as in, you think it's nice and toasty in the house but to a sheepdog it may just feel like a sauna. Sheepdogs pant. A lot in certain instances. If I hover over mine and take their pulse and feel their pads and just generally behave different and worried, I can get mine to pant more than normal too. (It's from the anxiety of wondering how far off the deep-end I'm about to go now  )
Not to say you don't have a right to be concerned. You do. Not to say that you'll know for sure that everything is OK until you see a specialist (usually it is in these cases though - play the odds: think positively if you can) But I do find that there is a direct correlation between my anxiety and my dogs' symptoms 
Here's hoping that's all it is for you and Welly both.
Kristine |
| Thinking good thoughts......maybe just a puppy thing or a young dog thing. |
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