Signalment

• Age: 15 years
• Sex: female spayed
• Breed: Australian Shepherd
• Species: dog

Disease Notes

• Certainty: confirmed
• Final Status:

Treatment and Outcome

Problem Notes

• Anemia: Blood and Qi deficiency
  
• Anxiety: Nervous dog who resists acupuncture treatments.
  
  Shen disturbance
  
• Crystaluria: Dog has occasional difficulties urinating, hx of struvite crystals, alkaline urine. Has been on a special diet to acidify the urine
  
  Kidney Qi deficiency
  
• Right-sided Back Pain: Blood stagnation
  
  Spondylosis in the caudal thoracic, lumbar, and lumbosacral spine
  
• Splenic Hemangiosarcoma: Pale gums led to ultrasound where a mass was seen on the spleen. Splenectomy 2/12/21 Just received biopsy - Splenic hemangiosarcoma with hematoma
  
  Blood and Qi Deficiency