Comments on: Got an Aging Pet? Schedule Routine Bloodwork to Catch Health Problems Early

By: Therese

Therese — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:46:52 +0000

I wish Nika all the best! And…I have to agree with the routine testing. Year’s ago that’s what caught my dog Lucy’s pancreatitis. Had we not done the bloodwork, it would have likely been too late for her.

Good luck to you and Nika! It sounds like she’s got a pretty good human to help her out!

(and what an expressive face she has!)

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By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:03:49 +0000

We also get our dogs bloodwork every year, but now I want a spreadsheet to track the trends.

Great Idea! And good luck with Nika.

By: Nika

Nika — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:29:34 +0000

VERY VERY good point Donna! Actually we changed vet’s before this all happened partly because of that. And we also did start putting all of our dog’s bloodwork information into a spreadsheet as well so we could see and compare previous results. It is VERY important to watch those trends!

If anyone wants a copy of the spreadsheet… please feel free to email me and I will send you a copy of it for your to use as you wish!

By: donna

donna — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:59:42 +0000

getting annual bloodwork is a good idea, but people need to learn what the values mean. most vets just look for “high” and “low’ notations from the lab, and few vets look at prior bloodwork results to see if there is a trend in any values increasing or decreasing. i designed a spreadsheet for my dogs values to see at a glance what is going on. its a lot of work but my dogs are worth it.