Not good. Sick dog (update)

[quadrafire]

Could she have gotten into any rat bait?

[jackmaster]

Just got a call from the vet and they say she is feeling better. She ate this morning and hasn't thrown it back up which is good. Her blood work is showing more normal levels in her kidney counts which is a relief. They still can't say or don't know what caused it but it could have been a number of things. I do know that I am glad I brought her in when I did and didn't wait because who knows what could have happened. They are keeping her one more day and then I will bring her home tomorrow. 

well thats some good news, i know my little female was sick on saturday, she came in and puked twice, i think she played way to much and it was really warm out, she is back to normal now

[vandeman17]

Could she have gotten into any rat bait?

Not that I can think of. She is either in the back yard, which she has been in every day since I got her, or when she leaves the back yard it is straight to my Tahoe to go wherever we are going. My only thought could be that she might have drank some bad water or ate something tainted when she was out of sight up in the hills a two weekends ago. They say it takes 10-14 days for the symptoms to show and that would be about the right time line.

[AspenBud]

Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?

We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.

I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.

Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.

We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.

[vandeman17]

http://www2.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=11340085&whse=bd_563&topnav=bdoff&cat=11985&hierPath=11121*11985*&lang=en-US

[wildweeds]

Had one get sick like that once,they assumed poison of some sort,turned out it was a Shrew,they are poisonious when dogs eat them,totally possible for her to have gotten one in the yard.My dog spent a night at the vet with a bananna bag and the next afternoon she was good to go coming home.Elevated temp and lethargic were her symptoms.

[vandeman17]

I could see her having eaten something bad. What has worried me before is there is a walking path between my house and my neighbor's house. Their dog run in on that side of the house too so it would be easy for someone to toss something over the fence. Not a whole lot of people walk through there but there are some sickos out there. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

Had one get sick like that once,they assumed poison of some sort,turned out it was a Shrew,they are poisonious when dogs eat them,totally possible for her to have gotten one in the yard.My dog spent a night at the vet with a bananna bag and the next afternoon she was good to go coming home.Elevated temp and lethargic were her symptoms.

especially if cats are in the area they kill them and leave them.  Then your dog finds them and eats one. 

[vandeman17]

Just to update everyone that I picked up the pup today and she is feeling much better. Vet still can't say for sure what it is that she got into or what caused her to get sick but at least she is better. My bank account took a hit but dogs are like family so it was worth it! She will be on antibiotics a few more days but the vet said she can assume her normal activities right away. 

[quadrafire]

 

[gasman]

We all know its hard to keep a good Lab down 

[REHJWA]

Awesome!

[vandeman17]

We all know its hard to keep a good Lab down 

They are tough dogs and I know she was looking forward to retrieving my ducks for many years to come. No way she would miss out on that!

[Cascade]

Out of curiosity, what dog food do you use?

We had two of our dogs come down with similar symptoms a week or two ago for no apparent reason. Both recovered within a day or two.

I buy the kirkland brand food from Costco.

Nature's Domain? The stuff in the blue bag with salmon? I ask because we keep pretty close track of the dogs and they haven't been in any areas I would expect a reaction like that. We were theorizing it was bad batch of food.

We feed Costco's Nature's Domain.

I had been buying the salmon until my dog got sick.  She wouldn't eat or drink and would just lay in her dog house.  I threw the dog food all out and switched to the red bag.  Within a day she was back to normal.....

[Goldeneye]

Great News!