Ok so for starters

• 15 year old male Pom
• The dog has a cardiologist, an internist, and a regular vet they see every few months so this is not a dog that is not looked after…… I don’t have a cardiologist or internist but the Pommy does. Dog eats fresh pet, usually hand fed to him. Needless to say not only is he well cared for, he is spoiled rotten.

Short version- been back for forth with multiple vets and an internist for about 2 months…. Dog is congested and has a dark brown discharge coming from left side of mouth….. same side of mouth where his snout has inflamed once. Been on two separate round of antibiotics (first round got rid of the inflamed snout) been to internist, they want a CT scan. Appetite very healthy. Drinks plenty of water. No signs of any pain at all. Breathing is not labored. Nose is runny with occasional snot bubbles. We think it is a dental/mouth issue but every vet keeps saying they want the CT scan first before dental …… advice?

Long Version So about two months ago my Pom had some serious congestion come on out of nowhere. Not sure why, ran out and got a humidifier for them, and went straight to their regular vet. Regular doctor was not available but the doctor he saw said keep up with the humidifier and if it doesn’t clear up, come back. Called us back the next day and said bring them back in. Brought them in, looked at dog for a few minutes and drew blood. Waited for blood work results .

Dog kept having congestion, a runny nose, and snoring real loud (they never snore). About a week after the Vet visit the dog’s snout got very inflamed in their left side ….. looked like they were stung by a bee and had a reaction. Their breath also smelt horrible. Seemed like a very serious infection. Tried to run to the vet that morning but the vet said they were packed with emergencies and to try elsewhere. Found an emergency clinic and they were great ….. did blood work right there, results said elevated white blood cells, prescribed antibiotics and said we would have a follow up visit in a week. Medicine went well, follow up went well, snout back to normal, bad breath went away. Vet said clearly an infection but also should return to our regular vet to have imagining done to rule out tumor/cancer or obstruction and then could try a dentist. All that is in house of our regular vet so we scheduled to go there. (We were rather unhappy that our initial concerns of infection were blown off and the original Vet’s office set us on our way all while the dog had this massive flare up happen right after).

So of course we can’t get an immediate appointment to our regular vets office right away….. so about 3 weeks go by, dog still is congested and starts having some brown discharge from his mouth when sleeping on his bed (memory foam …. Said he was spoiled). Finally get to the regular vet….. totally useless appointment that last 5 minutes (still a few hundred bucks) to say we want him to see our internist before he sees the dentist. So schedule that.

10 days go by, see internist at our regular vet. $400 bucks for 8 minutes. Says dog didn’t want to open his mouth so didn’t get a good look inside. Come back in a few weeks for a CT scan ….. for $3700. Look we are fine spending whatever on our dog (clearly with all the visits) to have him be healthy and happy, but I teach, my better half works for a non profit …… we are not made of money. The internist barely even looked at the dog and was like let’s do this? We were like what about a tooth infection or something with his mouth ….. he is 15!! Nope scan first to rule out other stuff then dentist. Needless to say we went home unhappy (real unhappy when we checked online the dr’s notes and called our dog “unkept”…… wrote nothing about his health but felt the need to write that about a dog with a runny nose and mouth discharge?!? We bathed the dog the night before btw and he bathes about once a week!!).

So now we are at a cross roads. Dog’s appetite is great, seems to have no pain whatsoever , drinks plenty of water…… he is your typical grumpy spoiled old man Pom. We went back to the second vet, who went with another round of antibiotics which helped the congestion. Said maybe we could find a place that would do dentistry and the CT scan at the same time. Woke up this morning and had to wash the dog’s bed as there was a lot of the brown discharge from the side of the mouth. His breath is not labored. He is not coughing. Just a runny nose and this brown discharge from the back left side of his mouth.

Anyone have this happen with their Pom and can point us in the right direction?

Btw I met my better half 9 years ago and she had 2 Poms…… we lost one last year at 16 with heart failure so we are still grieving. Now our 15 year old rescue is dealing with this and we just want to do what we can to make him better but feels like we are getting jerked around (and maybe taken advantage of).

PS- dog can be very finicky when it comes to things (Poms right ?) so he can kick and bite and be tough to examine. We have tried to be good with his dental health but teeth brushing is combat we always lose. With his advanced age and heart stuff we have been very hesitant to have him do sedated dentistry and if he needs to go under for something, we want to make it a one and done if possible.

Thanks for reading all this and thanks in advance for any advice

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