Sudden acute attacks of intense pain

[Pennysou]

Hi,
Just wondering if I need a second opinion, my dog has had intense sudden attacks of pain for the past 2 days, it was weekend so I waited until monday morning to take to the vet, thinking he hurt himself maybe slipped down stairs and maybe pulled muscle or something whilst I was out.
The pain comes on suddenly, he is not wimpering and appeared normal until 2 days ago, he ate normally, and his stools were almost normal but maybe a little runny, thinking it may have been runny due to beef liver treats I gave him 2 days running. (about a handful over two days), he is a bishon frize, male 13year old desexed, the pain comes on whilst he is sleeping, laying or even just walking around the house, it lasts 15-20 seconds and just screams in agony.
He has no vomiting, he is a little overweight, eats mainly biscuits and lamb necks ( i Suppose they are a bit fatty, but do cut of the fat) my son gives him treats like ham or cheese,.
He pants and screams severly whilst having an attack, and so far is having about 3-4 a day. He also hunches over and tries to jump up on me.
He has no difficulty jumping up on furniture or jumping down, or being picked up.
The vet did blood work and found almost normal blood, she gave me some pain killers and anti inflammatory and told me to come back in 5 days if not better to do some xrays, although she said its hard not to know where to xray, well understandable I suppose.
I am worried if it is something that could kill him, should I get a second opinion from another vet, this is the first time I have been to this vet as I just moved into this area.
Please help.

[mageness]

I am just experiencing this with my pup; he's a 16 yr. old pekeapoo, male and just had his 3rd episode; don't think its related to any food cause I have never given him bones and he's been on special food I.D. Regular for a long time now; his 1st episode was about mid april; the second on may 6 and now tonite; each time he has been laying down resting and all of a sudden he'll cry in pain; the first and third time I calmed him down and stayed with him and it passed; the second time he collapsed and I rushed him to the hospital; they did tests and xrays, bloodwork and no results; he does already take meds for his pancreas, liver, and trachea as well as arthritis; can't tell from where he is hurting but within the last month has started to lose some control at times with his back legs to where I have to pick him up and set him back down to help him get going again; I know he's old and at that age don't want him hurting; maybe it is a stone but I would think that would've shown on the xrays; he has no problem pooping and always looks normal; only thing different is that he always wants to eat; its hard to tell from where he's hurting; if he should collapsed again I will take him in; I don't know if any of this will help you; sorry your pup is going through this......

[luv_my_min_pin]

I know some if these post are older, but thought I could add something helpful.  My dog showed most of these signs & symptoms, and it turned out he had a neck injury, apparently a disk in his spine was bulging out creating pressure on the spinal nerves.  This in turn would give him extremely painful acute episodes that involved very loud yelping, and him running in circles very clumsily almost panic like, he would seek me out when this happened, and I would hold him and calm him down.  These lasted about 20 - 30 seconds long and went on for a week, and 3 vet visits later, before we finally got a correct diagnosis. He also would hold his front paw up, hid in his crate, and shook a lot.  When he wasn't having these , he appeared fine, walking, eating, but slowly got worse with more pain, less eating, and could not stand to bear much weight on his legs.  I also noticed he would not turn his head much to the right.  It was only after I noticed this, everything started to make sense.  The 3rd vet visit they did xrays, and based on that and my observations about his neck behavior, they said there was spinal compression.  He was given pain meds and we have also started prednisone as well, AND are on strict crate rest.  That is imperative.  He is slowly getting better.  Please keep this kind of injury in mind when your dog appears normal most of the time, then starts screaming or yelping for no obvious reason.  The first 2 vet visits were inconclusive, because the dog never squealed or showed signs of pain on examination.  That is what is so frustrating.  Us owners need to diligent about observing them at home and take every bit of that info back to the vet.  This is a very common problem especially for small dogs that like to jump up and down off of things.  Good luck.

[harleytx]

my moms dog came inside this morning from using the bathroom all she did was walk inside and started screaming in agony I will not let us touch her left arm when we do touch it she screams in agony and its just barely touching it is not even squeezing it or anything... I looked to see if there might have been something stuck in her paw I don't see anything I think its the actual arm or the joint itself... you would think its broken but she seems to walk on it and get around okay as far as walking on it she may be limps a little bit but if she's laying down and she turns on her side she whines but if you touch the arm she screams in agony!!!!!!!!

[bcrouch99]

I have a poodle mix she's been having the same symptoms she's usually very playful but when these attacks started she won't eat ANYTHING! Has no energy. She can be just laying down walking or anything and all of a sudden screams out in pure agony I seem to think she may b constipated or some kind of stomach problems please help!

[Noodle68]

Hi I have a 7 year old mastiff cross wolfhound named xena. She went for a very shirt walk with my son and when she came back seemed to be limping and didn't want to come up the stairs she normally bounds up. I check her paws and found a very small scrape and thought she must have stood in something sharp. Since then she is displaying signs of pain with whining and occasional yelps. She's curled up in her bed trying to sleep which she does for a while and then the pain wakes her again. I have searched her all over for ticks and some sign of where the pain is coming from but can't find either. Besides the pain everything else is fine. Ant ideas would be appreiciated. Thanks

[Chichi87]

I am really worried about my dog she keeps on constantly moving around on and off ..  Also she makes like a whimpering moaning noise on and off also.. I don't know what's wrong with her.. Shea also attached to a toy and every time she has it in her mouth she does the noise even more.. I live in the Bronx new York .. Can someone tell me how much is the vet??? I need help