Harley's heart

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

DH asked out of the blue yesterday if I can take Harls to the vet this week. His reason is that he was cuddling with her and believes that her heartbeat is irregular. He first did some research before asking me to take her to the vet. She is going in this afternoon. I really hope this is DH hearing or not hearing things and that it isn't anything serious.

She has had all her check ups and when she was spayed we had a full blood panel done, and the x-rays for her elbows and hips. I would have hoped that if there was something it would have been picked up.

I will update after tonight.
 
JES72

JES72

Location
SW London UK
From what I understand dogs have an irregular heartbeat compared to us. I asked the vet when Homer was a puppy as I thought his heartbeat was a unusual but she said it was all fine. She checks his heart beat every year for is annual check-up and only made positive comments.

Hope Harley is all fine. Let us know how you get on.
 
Natalie

Natalie

JES72 said:
From what I understand dogs have an irregular heartbeat compared to us. I asked the vet when Homer was a puppy as I thought his heartbeat was a unusual but she said it was all fine. She checks his heart beat every year for is annual check-up and only made positive comments.

Hope Harley is all fine. Let us know how you get on.
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Yes, this is definitely true - I thought sometimes there were irregular ' gaps' in Monty's heartbeat - and yes, my vet confirmed that dogs have a regular, irregular hearbeat. (hope that makes sense!)

But hope all is ok.
 
Jennifer

Jennifer

I agree with what the others have said a dogs heartbeat feels irregular compared to a human heartbeat but so you can be sure getting it checked is a good idea. Better to be safe than sorry. Fingers crossed.
 
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FayRose

Location
Close to Devon/Somerset border
Just another one here agreeing with the others. First time I noticed this was with our Springer when he was young and the vet told me then that dogs' heartbeats are different and can seem irregular and scary to us.

I hope your vet reassures you about Harley, I can well understand your DH being concerned.
 
Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

Anne123 said:
Of I am correct dogs do have a irregular heart beat. When he breaths in it will be faster then when he breaths out. It is called respiratory arithmia. I hope you soon have An answer!
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Thankfully this is exactly what it was, and the difference between the breathing in heart beat and breathing out heart beat (I am too tired to use correct terms) was exaggerated because DH had his head on Harley's torso. She was sleeping on the bed and he had his head on her like a pillow. So the extra weight caused it to be more noticeable. Long story short, Harls is just fine and had a wonderful time extorting treats from the vet and sniffing him while he was examining her. She even got in a few licks.
 
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