You may recall from a previous post, that we have a dog with Megaesophagus.  We are thrilled to celebrate her first birthday January 9th, 2015.  She is a smallish, but very healthy Great Dane. We’ve had her since she was born, and the vet told us that most dogs with a severe case like hers don’t live very long.  If you aren’t familiar with Megaesophagus, it is a manageable, but not fixable condition where her esophagus muscles don’t push her food to her stomach.  Other than that, she is perfect and wonderfully talented.  In this birthday picture to the left, you can see our solution to the esophagus problem.  It is her special table that Doug built. She is standing on her hind legs in this photo.  An older version was this bar stool, in the photo to the right, but she outgrew that rather quickly.

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Some dogs can get Megaesophagus later in life usually due to other health issues or as a side effect from medication.  If your dog is losing weight, regurgitates regularly or is aspirating food or water have your vet check for this condition with a simple x-ray.  It is manageable, and for LilBit, she got a bonus… Awesome leg muscles that any dog would be proud to show off!