my dog died two weeks ago. she was a shihtzu, slightly larger than average and 2 years old.
i remember walking her, everythings fine. about an hour later it started. she threw up and lost bowel control, and then stopped being able to walk. her breathing was rough and her eyes were rolling to the back of her head. i took her to the emergency clinic as fast as i could but by the time i got there she was already half dead. they told me they tried to bring her back 4 times but on the 5th she gave in
they said its most likely posioning. what exactly could it have been? i remember leaving a sleeping pill on my desk the day before, and the next day it was gone. unless i forgot taking it, could that been the cause of her death? or is it too weak? it was just one but prescription. do the symptoms match?
drank myself almost to death over this, please give me something to go on. sorry for blogpost.
Did it eat anything on the walk? Some "people" will leave poisoned food for animals to eat along sidewalks and such. Could have also been accidental like it ate a poisonous plant
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Or antifreeze from someone's car leaking. Had to rinse some off the parking lot today, and I know that shit hits pretty fast. It was only a tiny puddle, barely even noticeable, but that's all it takes. Shit is fucking deadly.
It fucking sucks, but it's no more the person fault who has a leaking car and they don't notice, then the person walking there dog that stops to sniff and take a quick lick before the owner even knows what's going on.
So sorry that happened to you OP. In the future..maybe train the dog that walking on the sidewalk is like a job, and it will have time to sniff and explore when you get to a park. I did this with my pup in town because I don't trust streets for that same reason. All it would take is my dog getting off the sidewalk for a second and licking it up.