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Vet Stumped Pup died in 4 days
Facts: Boarder Collie 1 yr old, have other dog who has been with and eaten all same stuff, 4 kids older than 7. Live in a well to do neighborhood, don't leave dogs out more than an hour or two, all neighbors have dogs. Huge yard, with rose bushes, magnolia tree, no other plants or flowers. NO empty bottles, signs of any poison, anything chewed on, opened toxins.
We are moving, our house is cleaned daily and swept. Friday: took Zoe to school with me left her in car for 45 min. Just cleaned car, nothing to eat. Went home, people who were supposed to look at our house earlier showed up at 3:30. I shoved dogs outside, put kids in car and went to movie. Came back and Zoe drank tons of water, layed down on floor and was soaking wet with drool, eyes were watery and her left side of body was shakey. I rushed her to Emergency Pet hospital, they gave her charcoal, IV Fluid, and tested her liver, kidney and ekg for heart. ALL NORMAL, no fever. NO Vomiting, NO Abnormal bowls. They sent her home with me the next night said it looked like she ate something but was ok to go home, they had no idea what. She ate little cheese and chicken and was still drooling and shaking. By Monday I took her to my vet, she said all blood work was normal, liver, kidney, heart , no fever. NORMAL. She let me take her home Tuesday said she was very lethargic, Zoe was blinded by her third eyelid, could not see anything, bumping into things. I got her settled and she drank water, she walked sideways and urinated outside once but I had to hold her. Within three hours she put her tongue out and did the death crawl with my four kids holding her. I rushed her in, they did CPR, but she died. They have no clue what it was. I live in Madison, MS. The dog did not eat anything I could find, did not foam at mouth. We are totally clueless. HELP Vets are useless to me, they don't know. I cremated her, cause I was so crazy hysterical and they said it was the best option cause we were moving and could take her.
We are moving, our house is cleaned daily and swept. Friday: took Zoe to school with me left her in car for 45 min. Just cleaned car, nothing to eat. Went home, people who were supposed to look at our house earlier showed up at 3:30. I shoved dogs outside, put kids in car and went to movie. Came back and Zoe drank tons of water, layed down on floor and was soaking wet with drool, eyes were watery and her left side of body was shakey. I rushed her to Emergency Pet hospital, they gave her charcoal, IV Fluid, and tested her liver, kidney and ekg for heart. ALL NORMAL, no fever. NO Vomiting, NO Abnormal bowls. They sent her home with me the next night said it looked like she ate something but was ok to go home, they had no idea what. She ate little cheese and chicken and was still drooling and shaking. By Monday I took her to my vet, she said all blood work was normal, liver, kidney, heart , no fever. NORMAL. She let me take her home Tuesday said she was very lethargic, Zoe was blinded by her third eyelid, could not see anything, bumping into things. I got her settled and she drank water, she walked sideways and urinated outside once but I had to hold her. Within three hours she put her tongue out and did the death crawl with my four kids holding her. I rushed her in, they did CPR, but she died. They have no clue what it was. I live in Madison, MS. The dog did not eat anything I could find, did not foam at mouth. We are totally clueless. HELP Vets are useless to me, they don't know. I cremated her, cause I was so crazy hysterical and they said it was the best option cause we were moving and could take her.
Gosh! What a terrible and invalidating way to lose such a precious member of your family. I am so sorry for your loss!! The only thing I can think of, is that your baby got a hold of something while you and your kids were at the movies. Did you know the folks that came and looked at your house? The other thing that comes to mind is that if your pup got a hold of something while you were gone, something that you weren't aware of and didn't put in the yard for her, such as water, the vet wouldn't necessarily know what to look for toxin wise. If it wasn't showing in the places that they looked, they would have missed it. I wish I had more insight so that you'd have some piece of mind. I am so sorry for what happened to your pup and for the loss of your wonderful family member. I hope this helps a bit.
Oh my goodness. What a terrible shock! I am very very sorry. I have no answers for you but do want to tell you that I'm very sorry for your loss. We lost a dog suddenly before Christmas from suffocation. Freak accident. But it sounds like you loved your Zoe very much, had a dog's paradise for her to live in and this was a freak accident. I hope you do find an answer for peace of mind. But I just again, wanted to say that I'm very sorry for your loss.
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