Long story short I lost my dog of 13 years a few days ago. He was a 13 year old lovely schnauzer who our family was obsessed with. When I mean obsessed I mean we literally carried him on his dog bed to different rooms, he had every specialist there was, and was the baby of the family.
He had been suffering from pancreatitis every couple of months throughout his life. In the last 6 months he was constantly throwing up and having diarrhea our vet told us to do an endoscopy / colonoscopy/biopsy so we did. After that things just went downhill fast. Stopped eating, didn't recover, spend 3 nights in the ICU.
Biopsy results are back and basically he just had inflammation and could have been a food allergy? Did we end up doing too much and killed him? Could a simple diet change saved him? We had tired various diets but maybe we should have tried harder?
I guess I wish the biopsy had said something because I feel like it's our fault that he is no longer here.
Not sure what I expect as an answer but I am just so upset at thinking that we caused this. We miss him so much.
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I'm so sorry for your loss. You did not cause this. Pancreatitis is extremely painful. My dog had chronic pancreatitis for the last year and a half of his life. If your dog had it his whole life, it absolutely could have caused the inflammation. Diet changes and medication can manage the symptoms but the condition can cause a lot of damage to the stomach and other organs. My dog also just had a rapid decline one weekend after dealing with it for so long. I couldn't put him through more tests and procedures, he hated his medications and prescription food. I let him go eight months ago. My dog was my entire world like your dog was to you, I understand how devastating this is. But I think you did the right thing.