i got off work yesterday and my room mate called and said that he was bringing my dog to the vet, his stomach was huge and he was barely walking. i thought it had something to do with a bird he ate this weekend, well i was wrong. brought him in the animal hospital last night and they said his protein level was low and so was his red blood cells, hes on heart guard and flea prevention but still has stomach worms, not bad but they are there. they said it was either that he was not getting protein or he has a bone marrow problem which can end up killing him. so they give me some meds to give him and send him home last night. well just a few minutes ago the dr/vet calls and says they want to do more blood tests friday to see if he is regaining blood cells, if not then they are going to have to give him a blood transfusion to see if he will start building up his strength again. he isnt digesting food, i put him on soft canned food last night and going to start his medicine today when i get home from work and hopefully it will get better. the dr said he should get better within a coupld of days but this was before they looked at the blood work. im not trying to sound like a lil girl but im sitting here at work worried sick about my lil buddy, yall just keep him in yalls prayers and keep your fingers crossed that he'll be aight.

Sorry to hear that. Prayers sent and fingers crossed.

its bloat man...it happens when the dog has too much to eat/dring and runs hard or something kina strenuous. lost my rot to it...the stomach twists 180 drgrees and shuts off blood flow to the spleen and stomach. if not treated rather quickly unfortunately they pass. sorry man...few things are as tough as loosing a pet/family member.

DCA is right its bloat. Kinda like colic in horses. But my prayers are sent to you and Briley bud.

i wasnt at the vet last night, im finding out if they ruled that out of the problem or if they just didnt look at that.

the dr said he looked at his stomach thinking that was the problem and his stomach looked good. im not saying that im in the clear for that but im hoping. lil guy just went from perfect health to horrible in 3 days.

sorry man

prayers sent. Doing the right thing by letting the vet help him.

any updates?

Good to hear bud, let me know if you need anything from my end. A couple of the vets i use owe me some favors.

If your pup been chittin like that for a while you may want to ask the vet if you need to give it some electrolytes to help with dehydration.

awesome! glad to hear it!

good to hear man

I hope the dog is better. It is strange, I was looking at your teal post with pictures of him and was thinking to myself there is something that doesn't look right about him. A little thin, eyes looking bulging out a bit. Anyway I hope he gets better!

I haven't had much experience with bloat, but if it was bloat I would think the dog would be dead by now? Talking with other trainers who have had experience with it have told me that the dog usually dies within the first hour or so after noticing symptoms.

Did they rule out an obstruction in the gi tract?

Noticing any blood in the stools?

Brian

good luck with your pup. hope everything works out for the best

do you think he could have drank some water while he was retrieving and gotten sick off of that? i know my dog swallows water a lot.

I hope everything turns out for the best bro..


But,
From what I hear, your girl can go retreive for you.. Just tell her you'll give her a wedding ring.. LOL

just got off the phone with the dr, he said he is still looking at him and doing alot of tests but they cant figure out anything as of now. they think it may be saga palm plant poisoning but he never saw it this bad if it is, hes doing more research on it and is going to call me back, ill keep yall updated.

well yesterday when i got home i talked to the vet and he had some fluid around his intestines, he was anemic and his red blood cells wasnt producing and getting enough oxygen to his liver and bones and long story short in order for him to "maybe" be ok, it would have ended up costing 3000-3500 dollars in surgery. then after that he still could have liver failure because of his low blood count. so yesterday at 6:30 i had to make a very difficult decision and i ended up deciding to put him down.

so REST IN PIECE MY LIL BUDDY.

on another yet ironic note, all teal season this year i havent really done any good cept for last weekend when me and my g/f shot 4 but couldnt find one so ended up with 3.

i had a feeling on this hunt and brought his collar with me in my blind bag, ended up having a two man limit at 7:45 and left more sitting on the water, i guess my briley man knew i was tired and should be home so he sent me home early.

man im gunna miss this dog, but life goes on and ill get another one soon to start the training all over.

RIP Lil Man


Sucks man -- Sorry for ya loss

I had the same thing happen to one of my black labs. I had to put him down bout three years ago. That was the hardest thing I have ever done my whole life. The only way I could get over it was to go get another. He is a spoiled BASTARD! LOL! Sorry bout your loss. ....Jessie

Damn man that's horrible news. Sorry for the loss, I never had that experience but I hope it doesn't happen to my dog.. How common is that with dogs???

Man.. That is Horrible News.. Sorry for the lost....

But, on another note,
Due to my buddies camp being sunk Friday, I am forced to tow mine out early.. So, with in the next couple of weeks you will have a place to stay. Saving you from Driving so Early..

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this is the litter that i got my new dog out of. got a black male, a lil undecided on the name, i like MOJO, she likes GAUGE, RIP, and a couple of others. ill put up some pics up of him when i get some.

i really appreciate all the concerns from yall here on MMT.

so let the name suggestions begin on the new pup.

I have a friend that had one named Justice and thought that was pretty cool.

i really like mojo but the only thing im thinking about is during training and such when i say "no!", it kinda ties into eachother.

Well -- Since there is a T-Nig -- hows about Big Nig?