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What killed my dog?
My wife and I had a 4-month old Maltese Pooh. My wife took Motita to Petsmart for her first haircut; and at that time, Motita was fine, in good health, and happy. A little more than two hours passed, and when my wife returned, she was met with scared employees. Once she was given the dog, she knew why. Motita was frightened, disoriented, and in shock. About 30 minutes later, Motita started to bleed from her nose and mouth. Thirty minutes later, while my wife rushed her to a vet, Motita passed away. I have my ideas, but what are some of the possible causes of her death?
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My sympathy for the loss of your dog. I do have to disagree with a couple of previous posts. Dogs who are frightened do not automatically bleed from their nose and mouth. My guess is that the dog had a congenital (I say this because of the age) blood clotting disorder such as Von Willebrand's disease. While the clippers (and pressure from the clippers) did not cause external wounds or bleeding, it could have been just enough trauma to cause internal bleeding in a dog with this disorder. It would make sense that the trauma would have been the greatest against the ribcage due to the normal anatomy (lack of muscle and fat)--therefore causing the plural space to fill up with blood. The blood exited through the respiratory system via the nose and mouth. In a small dog, even minor blood loss can cause shock type symptoms, obviously you couldn't see how much internal bleeding there may have been.
As far as neglect on the part of the groomers, it is difficult to say. If the dog was dropped or fell from the table and a rib punctured a lung, symptoms such as you describe could have presented themselves without a blood clotting disorder.
If the dog had genetic disorder that no one was aware of and that was the main cause of the bleeding, it would not be the fault of the groomer.
Without the proper diagnostics from the vet, or a necrotopsy, you may never know the actual cause.
The breeder or owners of the parents should be alerted in case something crops up in other offspring.
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omg its like depressing to answer this cause like a similar thing happend to a family dog. and we found out she had a stroke. cause she died and there was blood coming from nose&mouth. so that could possibly be it.
i hope i helped. and im sorry for your dog
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I would have the vet give the dog an autopsy. I have sat through an autopsy on a cat to give the owners peace where the doctor found out that there was nothing that would have saved the cat because she had an unforseen heart problem that took her suddenly.
To me, it sounds like Motita may have been given some sedatives or tranquilizers. Groomers might be able to give them to some pets if they are very bity and hard to handle, but they usually save them for the very very worst animals because problems like this can happen.
It's also possible that there was some abuse by one of the employees who might get easily frustrated with wiggly or biting dogs. It seems like someone like that shouldn't work with dogs in the first place, but it does happen, especially at a pet store where they are more likely to strive for the extra money as opposed to striving for the animals best intentions.
It is also possible that the dog had a condition that was heightened because of the stress of being at a groomers.
So, most thoughts go to "blame petsmart", but it's possible that there was nothing they could have done differently with everything they knew about the dog.
Talk to your vet about doing whatever they can to find out what happened.
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I'm very sorry to hear of your dogs death.
If I were you, I would definitely seek help in investigating petsmart.
You say Motita was fine before the haircut and in shock afterwards. Seems quite suspicious to me.. and the workers were obviously scared and could be withholding evidence as to why your dog died.
As a previous advicenator has said, perhaps there was something wrong with Motita and it happened whilst having the haircut. This could be why the workers were in shock themselves.
Ask the vet to work out a cause of death if possible. If your dog sustained injuries/physical abuse/an accident, they could well be ruled out, putting you at ease.
I hope things are sorted shortly. and once again, I'm sorry for your loss.
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Scared to death, possibily? Not sure, but it seems like that... Bleeding from the nose and mouth is typical of an animal that has been frightened so badly that it hurts them. Was the vet able to see any head trauma of sorts? (if he looked at you puppy) That could be another cause.
Don't know if it's worth it, but you might want to investigate the employees of the Petsmart. Perhaps there was some accident and they aren't saying? If you can get a vet's opinion, compare it to what the people at the pet store told you. If there's any inconsistancies, you might want to look into this deeper as a possible animal abuse case.
There's another possibility... Where did you get the dog from? Was it a source you can trust? I've heard of dealers who pets are not as healthy as they appear and die suddenly after a few days or weeks.
I'm sorry to hear about that... it's always sad when a pet dies because they literally are like a member of the family. Hope this gave you some more ideas. Good luck!
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awww im sorry. mu dog just died too from kidney failure.
it sounds like maybe a seuizure or stroke. definatly something went wrong in the brain.
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