Raven the Labrador

Raven is an 11-month old Labrador pup who had a 2-month history of intermittent vomiting, not eating, and not wanting to play. She even refused to chase her frisbee, one of her favorite games. Her owner noticed a fast heart rate. As she is a young Labrador Retriever, a breed known to nibble on things they should not, Raven even had an abdominal exploratory looking for a foreign body prior to going to her referral veterinarian. Dr. Betts recognizes that the problem was with Raven’s heart and recommended she travel from Manistee, Michigan to Cincinnati, Ohio to have a special procedure known as radio frequency catheter ablation. This cured Raven of her abnormal rhythm, so she won’t have her high heart rate again!