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Dog Died Suddenly with No Signs of Anything Particularly Wrong to Cause Death.
My family and I just lost our dog out of the blue around 6pm on August 22nd.
He was 8 years of age, approximately 80lbs, and showed no signs of being sick before he passed.
The night before he played like he always had and ate his dog food as usual. On the morning of his passing he was with me in my room most of the morning. He slept most of the time (which was normal for him) and I gave him crust from a sandwich I was eating. Before that my mother had put him outside before she went to work and he came in after a short time and ate some dog food then proceeded to my room. Around 1pm my father put him out and he urinated and came back in. My father saw him the whole time and he didn't do anything but his "business." My mother came home from work around 4pm. She cooked dinner approximately 30 minutes later and our dog was fine walking around the house observing everybody as he had always done. While my parents were eating in the living room around 5pm, my dog laid down on the floor as usual and went to sleep. This was a normal routine for him and nothing was out of the ordinary all day. After dinner around 5:30pm, I asked my mother to help me in my room.
We didn't notice anything wrong with our dog and stepped over him like we normally do when he's sleeping. There were no signs of death at the time.
We were in my room for 5 or 10 minutes. Mom left to go into the kitchen to get some water and noticed our dog was laying oddly with his back legs sprawled out like his front paws which was pretty unusual. My father looked at him and told my mother our dog was dead after noticing feces and vomit on the floor. My mother didn't believe it because our dog was absolutely fine all day and showed no symptoms/signs at any point. She thought my father was joking which was not a normal joke for him to say. He repeated our dog's passing after touching him. Our dog was still warm and felt life-like but he was limp with no breathing. My father believes it was a heart-attack.
The only thing we know was a week or less prior to his passing, our dog was having smelly gas which he's had many times before with no problems. He's had a benign tumor removed from between his toes on a front paw about a year or two years ago. The doctors told us we had nothing to worry about after that and our dog acted completely fine so we don't think that had anything to do with his passing. But the vomit was dark green with a long blade of grass in it but that's all we know.
It was so out of the blue and sudden that it's hit our family really hard because he wasn't just a family pet; he WAS family.
We just would like to know exactly what could of happened. Thank you.
He was 8 years of age, approximately 80lbs, and showed no signs of being sick before he passed.
The night before he played like he always had and ate his dog food as usual. On the morning of his passing he was with me in my room most of the morning. He slept most of the time (which was normal for him) and I gave him crust from a sandwich I was eating. Before that my mother had put him outside before she went to work and he came in after a short time and ate some dog food then proceeded to my room. Around 1pm my father put him out and he urinated and came back in. My father saw him the whole time and he didn't do anything but his "business." My mother came home from work around 4pm. She cooked dinner approximately 30 minutes later and our dog was fine walking around the house observing everybody as he had always done. While my parents were eating in the living room around 5pm, my dog laid down on the floor as usual and went to sleep. This was a normal routine for him and nothing was out of the ordinary all day. After dinner around 5:30pm, I asked my mother to help me in my room.
We didn't notice anything wrong with our dog and stepped over him like we normally do when he's sleeping. There were no signs of death at the time.
We were in my room for 5 or 10 minutes. Mom left to go into the kitchen to get some water and noticed our dog was laying oddly with his back legs sprawled out like his front paws which was pretty unusual. My father looked at him and told my mother our dog was dead after noticing feces and vomit on the floor. My mother didn't believe it because our dog was absolutely fine all day and showed no symptoms/signs at any point. She thought my father was joking which was not a normal joke for him to say. He repeated our dog's passing after touching him. Our dog was still warm and felt life-like but he was limp with no breathing. My father believes it was a heart-attack.
The only thing we know was a week or less prior to his passing, our dog was having smelly gas which he's had many times before with no problems. He's had a benign tumor removed from between his toes on a front paw about a year or two years ago. The doctors told us we had nothing to worry about after that and our dog acted completely fine so we don't think that had anything to do with his passing. But the vomit was dark green with a long blade of grass in it but that's all we know.
It was so out of the blue and sudden that it's hit our family really hard because he wasn't just a family pet; he WAS family.
We just would like to know exactly what could of happened. Thank you.
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I so sorry for your loss. My 6 years old cavalier king Charles spaniel died in exactly the same circumstances 2 days ago and my family and I are devastated. She was very small for her breed and had a seizure once about a year ago but had been in good health since then. We had just left the house to walk her, her tail wagging constantly as usual, when she stopped in her tracks for a second then fell on her side, legs twitching. I picked her up and she was gone.. I feel bereft, she was so much more than a pet to us and I am terrified it could happen to my other dog (same breed ).
Today I have lost my sharpie . It was my best friend I'm too heartbroken to comment very much but she just went lie under the bed and never woke up.
Rip Chelsi you are gone but never forgotten
The house will never be the same xxxxxxxx
Rip Chelsi you are gone but never forgotten
The house will never be the same xxxxxxxx
I suppose I too am writing because I stumbled upon this sight in trying to find answers as to why my 6 1/2 year old Yorkie passed away suddenly this morning. Riley was truly my "princess". This was a toy Yorkie that was wee-wee pad trained and would urinate on demand. She hated to go on a leash and did not like for her paws to touch the pavement. My children referred to her as, "an inside kitten". She was the sweetest little thing. Anyway Riley had a normal evening consisting of a snack while I was preparing her bowls for the following day. Then I brought her upstairs to lay in bed with my husband and myself. She played with her toys, ran around, bothered our other dog and did everything that she normally does. Than at about 11 pm my husband carried the 2 dogs down to their individual crates for the evening. At 6 am my husband went downstairs to let them out of their crates and Riley was stiff. Her eyes were open, she was laying in the same position that she would have slept in. But she was gone. No clues, no answers. The Dr. said either cardiac or a blood clot. I am broken over this.
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Oh bless you. The same thing happened to my Poppy who was also a Yorkie. !9th May 2018 she was fine running around playing with my other dogs i went to bed woke up at around 10am the 20th May 2018 went into the lounge and my Poppy was laying on her side stiff and dead. There was no vomit or bodily fluids around her, she had just laid down and died. She never laid on the floor she was always laying on her blanket on the back of the Sofa. I dont know what killed her she was so healthy before i miss her and i keep going over and over in my head if i had gotten up at 7am as i normally do i could have saved her. I am so so sorry for your loss. xx
I am writing now because like you both, I am I found this site while trying to find answers to what happened to my 8 year old yorkie poo. Like both of your sweet pups, she had a perfectly normal day. She ate her meals, played with her toys, ran around the house following us everywhere and did her "buisness" as usual. My husband had just finished playing with her and went upstairs and she followed him up. I assumed she was with him. A little while later i called out to see if she was still upstairs with him and he said she wasn't. I went looking for her and found her under the bed in the spare bedroom (where she would go hide if there was fireworks or if we were doing something loud in the house like home reparis). She was gone. Like both of you, there was no vomit or bodily fluids and she was in the same position she would be in if she were alseep. We are struggling with the shock of the suddeness of this. We certainly felt we had at least 5 more years with her and are in disbelief that she is gone with absolutley no warning. Our vet feels it was a sudden cardiac event. Our "dog" was not a dog. She was a part of our family in every way. She did aboslutly everything with us and was front and center in anything going on. We often said that we lived in her house and were there to serve her. She brought such joy to our home over the past 8 years. We are trying our best to take comfort in the fact that we gave her the very best life, even though it was shorter that we had anticipated. Her time to go was not our time to let her go. We are going to miss her dearly. I just wanted to find some answers (which i know I may never get) and to reach out to people who have gone through the same experience.
I just lost my beautiful 13.5 year old yellow lab this morning. We had lost track of heartworm medicine in recent months. I hope that wasn't the cause. I'm sorry for your loss. My wife let her out at about 7 AM and she was fine and I checked on her at 8 and she was gone. Her name was Summer. I loved her so much. What was your dog's name.
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My 15 year old female mix breed Sheppard and hound? from SPCA suddenly died in her sleep when I was at work, came home at lunch and found her exactly where she liked to lay. She walked with me that morning on a brief walk. She had no signs of any illness. She was one of my life's greatest joys. i am heart broken. i am so sorry for your loss. She was running on the beach just 11 days before. I don't know why she passed but everyone tells me to be grateful I wasn't there when it happened as i probably would have not been able to take it.
my sweet jazzy was just the best of all ..she was everything to her brother and she was his life .. to us she was the most protective and caring loving dog one could have ...she ate well last thursday i wished her goodbye ..2hurs later she screamed and died ...i cant eat or be happy in anyway since.i keep thinking what didn't i see and why? she was a lab.
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From your description of what happened, it does sound like it could have been either a cardiac or cerebral event, but the only way to tell for sure what it was would be to have your vet perform a necropsy (autopsy). Many people don't want to put their pet through this, after all it won't bring them back and it does cost money to have done. If you feel it would give you closure, however, contact your vet and arrange to have it done.
Again, my most sincere sympathies to you on your loss.
Ghilly