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Sick dog?
How does a dog act if had got poisioned or he had distemper?
Please tell me whats going on with my dog, I don't know whats going on, cause he's showing signs of distemper or he had gotten poisioned.
Yesterday he was inside (he's an outside dog) and he was laying on the floor, and I was going to shut my door, so I said "move twix" and when you say that, he will get up, but it took him a minute, and he walked through the kitched and he was wobbling, like you'd be if you was drunk, and well, we put him out, and he ran to the water bowl and got something to drink really fast, and then, he layed down, and was foaming from the mouth, and the next day he was moaning a little bit, and he wouldn't move at all, it's like he was paralyzed. Well, a few hours later my dad came home, and looked at him, and tried to pick his head up/body but it's like he was dead but still alive, like he couldn't blink or anything. It was like a coma. All he was doing was breathling loudly, and slower&slower. The weird thing is, before all this happened, it was the morning time, he was running around, and he looked perfect.
Well, just a few hours ago, he died. Did he get poisoned, or bit by a snake maybe, or did he have distemper?
If he had distemper, should we bleach our whole yard? Cause we have other dogs.
Thank you so much.
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it sounds like he got into somthing poisonous. im not talking black skull with crossbones, i mean, maybe it got into a household cleaner or a pesticide. it could even be an ant killing powder, or possibly rabies. a dogs immune system works a little bit different than ours. their sences are much sharper. maybe go look around the yard, try to rember what you have pput into the grass, or thrown on to the yard. hope i helped
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ygsgirl is right, there is now way for us to know exactly what happened, but your vet would might be able to tell.
My two cents is that is sounds an awful lot like he got into rat poison. At my time working in a veterinary hospital I've seen three dogs with rat poisoning, and two of them died. Basically the way rat poison works is that it blocks the production of vitamin K, which is essential to cells to absorb water. In not too long a time the body runs out of water, organs shut down, then the heart or brain fail causing the other to as well.
Check around your yard, shed, garage, neighbors, etc to see if there is any rat poisoning your dog could have gotten into.
But again, this is just speculation, only your vet cab say for sure.
Sorry for your loss,
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"Owners who suspect distemper, but haven’t had the animal seen by a vet, can detect it by a couple of signs. First, yellowish-green or dark green discharge from the eyes and nose is a classic indication. It’s often accompanied by sneezing and general lethargy."
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"Rabies
Paralytic stage- Lasts 2- 4 days and consists of paralysis starting in the area that was bitten. Paralysis of the throat and face cause a dropped jaw, drooling, foaming at the mouth and a change in bark. These signs are followed by depression, coma and death from respiratory failure."
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I recommend you read the last link thoroughly.
The best thing you can do is take your dog into the vet and have him examined. If he did happen to have something like rabies, they can only tell from examining his brain. (Before getting to the stage that causes death, there is a stage where the dog is aggravated and mean.) I know you surely hate to think of doing that, but if there is rabies going around your neighborhood, people need to know.
I couldn't find symptoms on poisoning, because there are many types of poisons. The vet can tell you through testing what killed your dog. At least then you would know and know what to do from that point.
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