Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Forum:
help-sick wheatie!

Please, can anyone help with info? 8 year old male wheatie, beloved family member is sick. Started with kidney infection and 6 lb weight loss. Got 1 lb back on but he is throwing up about once a day. Using special diet from vet whose trying and baby food but I would like to get him over this. Contacted breeder who is worthless and will not return calls. But I do remember when we got him she told me about a kidney thing (I think) that pops up every once in awhile in the 8th or 9th year. Can anyone give some direction or insight on this? Id really appreciate it.

Im not sure if youve heard about PLE and PLN in wheatens.Protein Losing Nephropathy(PLN) and Protein Lising Enteropathy (PLE). Most wheatens affected by protein losing diseases are five to six years old. however, the range is 2-11 years. Females are at higher risk than males. Protein losing diseases are complicated and misdiagnosied as kidney disease. This info was provided by a wheaten terrier club and was published by Wheatens on the Red. Hope this info helps. My guys are 13 and 14 and I know how upsetting it is when you pet gets ill. Good Luck