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Hi,
I'm new to the Pyr list (I may not even be
submitting my message correctly as this is my first one!) and couldn't help but
comment about your older dog. We have a 2 year old male,
and before him we had a female who passed away at 10 years old. I
don't want to say anything to scare you, but I understand why you're concerned
about intestinal upsets that don't seem to be
going away, and you're certainly right to be concerned about a 12
year old.
While throwing up and diahrrea as you well
know, are symptoms of a thousand things you might want to have some blood
work done. Our female developed a form of cancer that we
were still trying to pinpoint the exact location of when we chose
to have her put down because she had just gotten so sick. Our girl
started out with occasional throwing up and diahrrea that quickly
advanced to bigtime throwing up and major diahrrea. Her bloodwork
showed that she was anemic...likely due to some internal bleeding. We had
her "scoped" through her throat and found nothing, but the scope was a
pediatric scope and was not long enough to travel the length of a
Pyr! We were going to have to scope her through the back end to
explore the entire distance, and did not pursue that because by that point,
she'd just become way too ill. I later discovered that a
littermate had passed away of cancer of the spleen and had
suffered identical symptoms. My girl had been the healthiest dog
around for her entire life until this illness presented
itself. While sudden skin issues could certainly be
allergies...I can't help but wonder in a 12 year old if they
could be related to her immune system if it is being taxed by some
other internal problem.
I'm really sorry to be the dark
cloud here. : ( I'm a big believer in bloodwork because I think it can be
a great indicator of something that's not right inside. I
hope that you find out what's going on with your girl, and that it
turns out to be nothing! I wish you the best of luck with
her. -- Beth
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