My Boxer Puppy Has A Heart Murmur

I think my boxer has a heart murmur what should i do if i can do anything at all to better this problem - Answered by a verified Dog Specialist. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website.. My puppy has been diagnosed with a level 3-4 heart murmur.

My boxer puppy has a heart murmur. Just picked up my boxer pup on monday the 1st. He was seen and examined/ first shots and wormed by breeders vet that day before I picked him up. I took him to have health exam by my vet today and he found a mild heart murmur in my little guy. a 1 to 2 stage. They rate them from 1 being mild to 6 being severe. However if a puppy has a loud murmur (grade 3 or louder), or if the heart murmur is still easily heard with a stethoscope after 4-5 months of age, the likelihood of an underlying congenital heart problem (i.e. heart disease that the puppy was born with) becomes much higher. Examples of congenital heart problems in dogs are patent ductus. My 3 month old has a heart murmur and I got him a echocardiogram. The vet said that he has tissue around his valves that may or maynot grow with him. I have read up about heart murmurs in boxers and it sounds pretty scary. Your veterinarian will grade the heart murmur out of 6, with 6/6 being the loudest murmur. In some instances, the louder the murmur, the more significant the abnormality within the heart. If you have a new puppy or kitten: Soft heart murmurs (grade 1/6 to 2-3/6) can occur in young animals and are of no consequence to them.

Unless heart failure is evident, your dog will be treated as an outpatient. The course of treatment will be determined based on the associated clinical signs. Puppies with low grade murmurs, for example, may require little or no treatment and the murmur may resolve itself within six months. A heart murmur is like an irregular heart beat...sometimes his heart skips a beat. My dog also has a heart murmur. As long as it isn't bad enough that your puppy has to be on medicine its OK. Just because it sounds bad doesn't mean it isn't manageable. Dr. Vitt urges, “Please don’t immediately freak out if your puppy has a murmur. Most puppies have soft murmurs at a young age, and most murmurs go away on their own by the time the puppy is four to six months old.” Heart murmurs are evaluated on a 6-point scale. Once a heart murmur is detected, your Boxer dog should be referred to a canine heart specialist. One of the most important aspects will be to determine the severity of the murmur. Testing will be done to determine the exact location of the most intense area of the murmur and then the murmur will be graded on a scale of 0/6 to 6/6 (more ahead)

If the veterinarian identifies that your dog has innocent murmur then no need to worry about this problem. Generally, this problem can be identified in young aged dogs like puppies. Innocent murmur comes in grade 2 or grade 1. Grades Of The Heart Murmur. According to the loudness of the heart sound, heart murmur of a dog comes in six different. A puppy or young dog with an innocent heart murmur has the same life expectancy as a dog with no heart murmur. Another common cause of low-grade innocent murmurs in dogs is stress. Sometimes a stressed dog may have a murmur while at the vet that is undetectable at home. I have just come back from the vet with my 6 week old litter of boxer puppies getting there shots and checked for worms and a check up. I have one male puppy that the vet has dignosed with a class 1 heart murmur. She said that see needs to see him back in 2 weeks to check on it again. That sometimes it fixes itself on it's own and can cause no further complications. If Jammy has had a heart murmur for seven years and has not had any clinical symptoms of heart disease, then there is a good chance that she will live a long life and never have a heart problem. Many puppies can be born with heart murmurs that are present their whole lives and never cause health issues.

A heart murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow within the heart. Sometimes a murmur is determined to be 'innocent' or 'physiologic', while other times the murmur is determined to be pathologic or caused by disease. An innocent or physiologic heart murmur is a heart murmur that has no impact on the dog's health. With structural heart disease, there is some sort of abnormal structure or defect. A breeding control scheme has also been established. Therefore, should a heart murmur, or any heart condition other than a genuine puppy "flow" murmur, be recognized in a Boxer it should be referred through the vet in charge to one of the cardiologists. The breeder and the Breed Council geneticist should be informed of the result. my boxer puppy has a heart murmor what does this mean. vet said it might be age related but i am so worried? Update : she is white, 11 weeks old, she is soo lively she only went to have her jab didnt expect this, i really hope she is ok. does anyone know of this happening and being fine? Your veterinarian will listen to your dog’s heart, and based on what he or she hears, how loud it is, and where it is coming from, will determine the type of heart murmur your dog has.