I bought a Black Labrador Retriever on New Years Day last year, so he's not even a year old yet, but i find he gets terribly out of breath from doing the smallest things, like he'll chase a ball and bring it back once or twice and then he won't bother with it, he'll just sit there and pant very hard, and he's can't do anything while he pants, he has to sit there for a minute or 2 and do it. What I find weird is he can normally walk very well but just lately when i take him on walks he'll walk not even five minutes before he has to have a break, he's isn't overweight and is very healthy and has the strongest appetite i've ever seen in a dog, even if you put your hed to his chest while he's panting hard you can hear a kind of a wheezing noise. When we got him the papers said he was in perfectly healthy shape, it would be a shame if something was wrong with him. Anyone have this problem before???
Is there something wrong with my dog???
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Heart?
It takes 2 years for heartworms to grow to the point where they would be causing heart damage. It might more likely be a heart problem.....perhaps a PDA? He might also maybe have cardiomyopathy? Also, where do you live? If it is like Arizona, that would explain his condition. Wish people would put their location and such at least in their signatures! It does affect answers that might be given!
I would suggest an ex-ray, and a good listen by a vet that is an expert on the circulatory system. Although I have been told that just about anyone can hear a PDA.......heart sounds like a washing machine sloshing water they say.
It takes 2 years for heartworms to grow to the point where they would be causing heart damage. It might more likely be a heart problem.....perhaps a PDA? He might also maybe have cardiomyopathy? Also, where do you live? If it is like Arizona, that would explain his condition. Wish people would put their location and such at least in their signatures! It does affect answers that might be given!
I would suggest an ex-ray, and a good listen by a vet that is an expert on the circulatory system. Although I have been told that just about anyone can hear a PDA.......heart sounds like a washing machine sloshing water they say.
When EliN first adopted her Yogi he was negative for heartworm... a year later when his blood was checked , he was positive !! He had been on his pill for a year. They felt the 1st test was at the 1st onset and it didn't show up. Doesn't hurt to check !! Does sound like a heart/lung problem. Good luck !