My dog has congestive heart failure, but he was fine and happy before the diagnosis. Now on Lasix - doing bad

tysomm asked:


My dog was wheezing and hacking, especially when excited, more in the last few weeks.He was happy though - good appetite, long walks, good attitude.

I took him to the vet - xray showed enlarged heart and fluid around lungs.He Rx’d lasix and theodur.Now he’s unhappy, won’t eat, takes short walks.He’s worse off than before the vet visit. I want to treat the heart, but can’t stand the unhappiness. I stopped the theodur (vet said ok) and only on lasix now, but still unhappy.What do I do?
BTW, I blame much of it on my choice of diet for him. I won’t be giving him bad quality food that is marketed as good for them (ie, hills, eukanuba, beneful), even vet recommended ones aren’t good (vets don’t know it all)-cause a host of ailments allergy. Pls all doggie parents,feed your doggies well. I’m switching to Wellness brand(all natural)-what you can buy at Whole Foods is much better.See this post on better things for doggie: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080622143114AA9YZ5E