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RE: Heart murmur -- thanks for response Thanks for response. Glad to hear yours didn't seem to be a big deal. How long has Emma had the murmur? Just wondering how long they last (or can last) before causing heart failure. The cardiology vet said that CHF was inevitable anf I think 2-4...

Any experience with an aquired (not congenital) heart murmur just discovered in my 4.5 year old sheltie male??? An emergency vet last summer (just before he turned 4) asked me if anyone had ever reported his having a heart murmur and I said no. I had his regular vet check it out shortly...

Did the vet give you advice? Did the vet give you advice? I had the same problem on Sunday. Mine chewed off half of the tick before we found it and we had to use tweezers to get the stubborn head out. I have just started using "Tick Twister" from Petco with great success on...

My now one year old sheltie had the same symptoms -- Panacur cured it I meant to post this earlier -- my now 12 mos old sheltie had very similar symptoms. He is better now. I think it was a parasite since two rounds of Panacur seem to have wiped it out. We're into 6 weeks without any diarrhea...

Hello my 8 month sheltie un-neutered male is starting to bark more and more. Now it's at cars--from within my car. I can usually tolerate it at home and say "Quiet!", but today when I took him for a ride in the back seat, he barked at EVERY car that whizzed by. This is brand new, but now...

Yes--get her to a vet ASAP. Last year my 10-year old sheltie was showing the first serious symptoms of Kidney Failure by periods of shaking and trembling. He first started the shakes in the car 2 mos. before diagnosis and his appetite declined. He would hang his head because (I think) his...