Question by former Y!A user: What sort of health issues does/did your miniature Schnauzer have?
I’m just trying to see what other owners have dealt with along the line of health issues with their miniature Schnauzers. Not Standards or others, but purebred minis.
After 9.5 years, we just lost our sweet girl overnight 11/30-12/1. What’s killing me the most is that the vet said she was doing better and would be coming home the next day. Well, she came home, but to be buried.
She was purchased at a pet shop. I KNOW, so the last thing I need is someone finger-wagging and saying how it’s “Wrong”. Trust me, I KNOW. The only regret I don’t have is of her temperament/disposition. Nobody would ever have found a sweeter, better-natured dog. She was playful and active up until 3 days before she died. We as a family are heartbroken and while we knew we did everything we could for her, it still doesn’t seem like enough.
What’s killing me the most is that we were told how she “perked up” on the IV this time, and had there been even a cautionary “You never know what’s going to happen,” maybe we could have somewhat mentally prepared ourselves for this. But she died alone, overnight, in a cage at the vet’s. I can only hope she didn’t know what was happening and that she wasn’t afraid. This is what’s making me walk the floors at night, and why Xanax is the only reason I’m functioning right now.
We never crate-trained her. From her first night that we brought her home, she slept with us. She meant the world to us and the void in our home now is unspeakable.
She seemed to be prone to just about any and every ailment that this breed is prone to.
The pancreatitis is what started the beginning of the worse, when 2 Christmas Eves ago, she was rushed to the vet and put on an IV. She basically blew her pancreas out and 13 months ago, was diagnosed as a diabetic. She was getting 2 shots a day of Humulin.
Other:
She had 2 corneal ulcers (same eye), one requiring a (successful) grid keratotomy.
Just before her death, evidence of the beginning of cataracts (a slight “clouding”) had begun in her eyes.
She had several lesser eye infections from time to time.
Chronic ear infections.
Skin allergies, worst at change of seasons.
Figured I’d add due to an answer citing this breed as a popular one…I had my first miniature Schnauzer in 1974. He got hit by a car at the age of 6, and never had any health problems. But I don’t want it thought that this is some sort of popularity thing or “fad” breed with me.
@Melly Belly…thank you very much. Big hugs to your little guy and I pray he stays in good health. My girl didn’t have cysts so much as, I don’t want to call them pimples but they would sometimes come to a head. Other times they -felt- like cysts but would break. And if your guy licks his front paws a lot, that could be a signal of other skin allergies. Hers were more often than not soaked.
@Schnauzer Mom..I don’t know how you did it but there’s a special place in heaven for people like you. I’ve had people suggest for me to rescue younger adults, but I can’t. I can’t deal with more heartbreak on top of this. You are a very special person and thank you for answering my question. I’ll keep a good thought for yours and wish them stable health.
Best answer:
Answer by Beck Beck
I had a miniature schnauzer who had a heart murmur(she had a hole in her heart when she was born and it never went away) and because of it she was unable to have puppies. Other than that nothing else was ever wrong with her.
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