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we had friends over yesterday and they have a boxer and so does their brother, here on the island..
well yesterday they were telling me that the 2 year old boxer is on several very expensive meds for asthma..and so is their brothers boxer..i said are the boxers related? he said no...i said do you go to the same vet? he said yes..
so i asked how they knew it was asthma...he said you know the noise Isis was just making?...i said yes..which she had jsut cleared her throat doing that reverse sneeze nose clearing thing..he said thats how they knew ! i said uhmmm thats it? no tests or anything? he said no..
do you know that they pay over $200 a month each in meds for asthma for these 2 dogs...WOW !! with no tests just believing that the vet knew that the dogs had asthma...i asked if there were other things like couldnt breath, allergies etc..they said no jsut that noise. 8O
boy oh boy..and its the same vets office we go to..but different doc..my vet has a boxer and a lab...so i told them to switch docs and ask questions..
anyone ever run into this diagnosis?
well yesterday they were telling me that the 2 year old boxer is on several very expensive meds for asthma..and so is their brothers boxer..i said are the boxers related? he said no...i said do you go to the same vet? he said yes..
so i asked how they knew it was asthma...he said you know the noise Isis was just making?...i said yes..which she had jsut cleared her throat doing that reverse sneeze nose clearing thing..he said thats how they knew ! i said uhmmm thats it? no tests or anything? he said no..
do you know that they pay over $200 a month each in meds for asthma for these 2 dogs...WOW !! with no tests just believing that the vet knew that the dogs had asthma...i asked if there were other things like couldnt breath, allergies etc..they said no jsut that noise. 8O
boy oh boy..and its the same vets office we go to..but different doc..my vet has a boxer and a lab...so i told them to switch docs and ask questions..
anyone ever run into this diagnosis?