Luna

Luna (20) is a 63 pound, 8 year old, spayed, female black lab with a big heart – both figuratively and literally. She is shy at first and very timid, but after a few weeks, she will come out of her shell and is really a very sweet, loving, loyal dog. She loves to go on walks – although not very far – and car rides, but mostly she loves just being with her people and getting her ears, neck and belly rubbed. She is house trained and can be left alone to her own devices for several hours. Her favorite toys are stuffies and toys that squeak. If you toss a toy, she will saunter over to it, pick it up and gently bring it back two or three times – and then she is done with that game. She can use a doggy door, but prefers to go in and out the human door. She is good with children and other dogs and is ambivalent about cats.

As noted above, her heart is enlarged and she has a significant heart murmur. Her heart condition makes any surgery impossible unless it is for life saving purposes. The vet has recommended that we monitor her respiration while she is sleeping, and if it ever gets above 35 breaths per minute she should be brought into the vet’s office immediately. Her current sleeping respiration rate has stayed between 14 and 20. This condition is currently stable and could remain so for several years. She is on a grain, sweet potato, chicken, and legume diet, with no salt to support her heart health This can be purchased premade or a recipe to make it can be provided. She takes trazodone twice a day for anxiety and pimobendan twice a day for her heart condition. These medications will need to be provided to her for the duration of her life.