sick golden retreiver

[justles]

i have an 11 year old golden retreiver who has suddenly stopped eat and is hard for him to get up and also has dry heeving.

[luv1462]

Jaybay is right.  Definately get the dog into the vet and get all appropriate tests done.. This happened to my golden at that age 2 years ago and unfortunately our vet at the time wasnt helpful at all and said she was fine when in fact she had a couple of things going on, one being cancer and we had to put her down and it was awful... so dont wait on this and goodluck.

[Jaybay]

Oh dear.  That really concerns me.  Any time a senior dog behaves this way, you need to jump on a vet exam.  This is the time of life that various organs can begin to lose their function, so he should have a full blood workup to check kidney, pancreas, liver function, etc.  You might as well bring in a urine sample as well when you take him in.  Hope it turns out to be nothing more than a virus, but don't wait on getting him seen.