Thanks, whatevs. 
(May I call you whatevs? Or is that dismissively rude?)
He is a happy little guy for the most part... but he's recently developed some strange affliction of the respiratory system. He's sneezing and fussing with his nose constantly. I thought he had sniffed something up his snout, but no, nothing as easily solved as that. So anesthesia, scoping, irrigating, cell samples, analysis of same, teeth cleaning (an annual event), steroids... and we're still no closer to knowing what's going on than before. Best guess is a recently-developed allergy to something in the house -- but I've changed nothing. Makes it hard to drill down on what's causing the problem.
As for the back issues, they are a real problem with this breed. I carefully monitor his weight, and he's also trained to wait to be lifted up and down off of furniture -- although he is perfectly capable of jumping wherever he likes. Such a good little boy, he just waits. I hope we can get to the bottom of his respiratory issues soon.
(May I call you whatevs? Or is that dismissively rude?)He is a happy little guy for the most part... but he's recently developed some strange affliction of the respiratory system. He's sneezing and fussing with his nose constantly. I thought he had sniffed something up his snout, but no, nothing as easily solved as that. So anesthesia, scoping, irrigating, cell samples, analysis of same, teeth cleaning (an annual event), steroids... and we're still no closer to knowing what's going on than before. Best guess is a recently-developed allergy to something in the house -- but I've changed nothing. Makes it hard to drill down on what's causing the problem.
As for the back issues, they are a real problem with this breed. I carefully monitor his weight, and he's also trained to wait to be lifted up and down off of furniture -- although he is perfectly capable of jumping wherever he likes. Such a good little boy, he just waits.
I hope we can get to the bottom of his respiratory issues soon.
