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Although in the early stages of heart failure in dogs, they display no visible signs, yet heart failure can be diagnosed through a clinical evaluation by a vet. If your Boston Terrier pet experiences heart failure, his symptoms of this would be a heart enlargement, coughing, lethargy and difficulty in breathing. Severe heart failure is characterized by difficult breathing, even while at rest, fainting, profound intolerance to exercise, loss of appetite and weight loss.
In CHF (congestive heart failure), the heart muscle becomes weaker. When the heart muscle is weakened, it is less forceful in pumping blood throughout the body. Less blood moves out of the heart.The body has several ways to try to keep the same amount of blood flow moving.any symptoms of CHF are linked to the congestion that develops as fluid backs up into the lungs and leaks into the tissues. Other symptoms occur because not enough oxygen-rich blood gets to the body. The effects of heart failure on the body depend on which side of the heart is affected.