Bella, our German Shepherd finally lost her fight and has been dead since shortly after Christmas. A friend gave me a new dog on Christmas, it was a black lab/dalmatian mix. All was going well, no mange, no illnesses, clean bill of health from the vet. I wake up yesterday and she was fine, but by the evening she was seeming very lethargic and throwing up at times. She didnt eat either. She was placed in her cage before I went to the Van Halen concert, so that she wouldn't get sick all over the rugs, and stayed in the cages over night. When I woke up at 4:30 this morning to get some water, things were too quiet. The dog usually makes some noise when she in the cage, so when I heard none, I checked the cage and there was laying there dead in her cage. I dont' know what happened to her and would like to find out. One thing I did notice, when I pulled her from the cage the side of her face was covered in blood, as was a good portion of the floor around her cage. She was approximately 5-6 months old too. She was my running buddy. I'd take her for 3-5 mile walks & runs most every night with me. She'd make me laugh too with some of the comical things she'd do. I'm really going to miss her.
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like the poor thing ate something poisonous or stopped it up (like eating bedding).
Ouch man... that blows. Puppies actually do suffer from a very specific disease unless you get them vaccinated at 8-10 weeks... it's called the Parvovirus, and if you don't get it properly vaccinated, it kills them, rapidly. again man... ouch. I haven't lost a dog that way, but i've had to either leave them behind, forever, or give them away to other homes when they were the same thing for me... i feel your pain.
Sorry to hear this. I get very upset when animals die, maybe more than when humans do. My border collie died back in January, he was 18, was very upsetting. Sorry again.
I am sorry you lost your good buddy. It really hurts and sucks. They have unconditional love. We said goodbye to our 11 yr old rescue pal a week after Christmas. We haven't talked about another doggie yet but it will be another rescue for sure. On the lighter side... If you put your wife and your dog in the trunk of your car for an hour.... open the trunk.... Which one will be happy to see you? They love you no matter what. We will get another dog someday, just too soon to consider it right now. Take care.
That was my first thought. Damn. Almost cried reading your post. Nothing much that can be said. I can empathise with your pain, and I'm sorry for your losses. Both of em.
Unfortunately, I've never really had any pets, so I can't say I know how you feel. But it sounds absolutely horrible. I do have friends who have lost pets and it's something really tough to go through. Sorry for your loss, and may she rest in peace.
Bummer. I was going to introduce the newest member of our family to the good folk of TB in another 'New Puppy' thread, but that seems a little tasteless now. I hope your vet establishes a cause of death, you get some sort of closure and maybe even think about another pup straight away?
that's so sad i'm sorry my vet told me that dogs are hardwired to survive and that they often don't show symptoms until they are very far along with their health problems