Luna (20) is a 63 pound, 8 year old, spayed, female black lab with a big \r\nheart - both figuratively and literally. She is shy at first and very timid, \r\nbut after a few weeks, she will come out of her shell and is really a very \r\nsweet, loving, loyal dog. She loves to go on walks - although not very far - \r\nand car rides, but mostly she loves just being with her people and getting \r\nher ears, neck and belly rubbed. She is house trained and can be left alone \r\nto her own devices for several hours. Her favorite toys are stuffies and toys \r\nthat squeak. If you toss a toy, she will saunter over to it, pick it up and \r\ngently bring it back two or three times - and then she is done with that \r\ngame. She can use a doggy door, but prefers to go in and out the human door. \r\nShe is good with children and other dogs and is ambivalent about cats.<\/p>\r\n
As noted above, her heart is enlarged and she has a significant heart \r\nmurmur. Her heart condition makes any surgery impossible unless it is for \r\nlife saving purposes. The vet has recommended that we monitor her respiration \r\nwhile she is sleeping, and if it ever gets above 35 breaths per minute she \r\nshould be brought into the vet’s office immediately. Her current \r\nsleeping respiration rate has stayed between 14 and 20. This condition is \r\ncurrently stable and could remain so for several years. She is on a grain, \r\nsweet potato, chicken, and legume diet, with no salt to support her heart \r\nhealth This can be purchased premade or a recipe to make it can be provided. \r\nShe takes trazodone twice a day for anxiety and pimobendan twice a day for \r\nher heart condition. These medications will need to be provided to her for \r\nthe duration of her life.<\/p>\r\n
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