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re: 10 year old Dog has stopped drinking water
Posted on 2/22/24 at 1:04 pm to Dixie2023
Posted on 2/22/24 at 1:04 pm to Dixie2023
quote:We kept returning to the neighborhood vet, draining the bank account with test after test to try and relieve our dog's suffering.
Yup. A specialist or an internal medicine vet. Not all are certified as one.
In the end all that neighborhood vet did was empty the bank account.
It took a veterinary specialty hospital to end the suffering.
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 1:19 pm to BluegrassCardinal
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My dog was an enormous comfort. The thought of losing her is too much to bear. I know that sounds crazy
no it isnt
they truly are family, in every sense
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:26 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Just here to give and get support, my 100 lb. yellow lab is 13, arthritis in back right leg is bad bacause of torn CCL(tightrope surgery when she was a pup), and she's limped for years with the arthritis that's set in. Its getting worse. I know we are living on borrowed time with her, she still eats great and drinks fine, and acts like a pup and wants to play, but her legs are just getting weak, and has developed a cough when she's excited. We know we are probably pretty close....Hoping she gives us until 14...
Wishing you the best with your lab.
Wishing you the best with your lab.
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:32 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Every dog has its day
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:49 pm to WB Davis
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We kept returning to the neighborhood vet, draining the bank account with test after test to try and relieve our dog's suffering.
In the end all that neighborhood vet did was empty the bank account.
Just like any other profession not all vets are created equal.
Some are better than others. The steps we mentioned are best practice medicine and should have been done if the labs were fine. Its done all the time by good GP's who could end up saving you the trip to a specialist. Below average vets can cost you money instead.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:07 pm to keakar
One of the best decisions I made that damn day the vet came to the house was give my boy a can of beer.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:20 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Take it for a long run
Posted on 2/22/24 at 4:51 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Had to put my female yellow lab down the day before Thanksgiving - 13 1/2 years. Her spine was very arthritic, she struggled to walk, and a week before it appeared she had a stroke, got her to the Vet but she seemed to recover by the time I got her there.
The week following, she stopped eating, but would drink. Then she stopped drinking all together - she didn’t seem to be in any pain, didn’t want to leave her bed, was never incontinent, but it really seemed to me, I just knew, she was telling me it was time for her to go. I suppose if you get a gut feeling that she’s telling you it’s her time then go with your gut. My Vet who was a lab owner said it was time - and she had put her 13 year boy down a month before for the same reason.
This thread is ironic in that I had dream last night and she was in it. Never posted about losing her until now, so might as well include a photo
Gracie, June 22, 2010 - Nov 22, 2023.
The week following, she stopped eating, but would drink. Then she stopped drinking all together - she didn’t seem to be in any pain, didn’t want to leave her bed, was never incontinent, but it really seemed to me, I just knew, she was telling me it was time for her to go. I suppose if you get a gut feeling that she’s telling you it’s her time then go with your gut. My Vet who was a lab owner said it was time - and she had put her 13 year boy down a month before for the same reason.
This thread is ironic in that I had dream last night and she was in it. Never posted about losing her until now, so might as well include a photo
Gracie, June 22, 2010 - Nov 22, 2023.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 4:52 pm to CrawDude
We had a Gracie. Miss her daily.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:31 pm to Proximo
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He mentioned sarcoma? You need to get an x-ray/ultrasound/whatever of her abdomen. It could be her spleen and if it bursts she will die from blood loss quickly
This!! Our lab got up on a Saturday and all seemed fine until at lunch she didn’t eat. She quit drinking during the day and started having trouble breathing. Couldn’t stand on her own. Rushed her to emergency vet and her spleen had ruptured. Tried to save her but she lost too much blood. Test done at routine vet visit 2 weeks before showed no issues. All this happened within 12 hours. Don’t wait for it to get worse. Go get an ultrasound.
She was 11 years 8 months and 2 days old.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:38 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Friendly advice: avoid surgery at that age, especially if it can't be done with local anesthesia.
I was talked into surgery on our 11-year-old boxer mix. Had a tumor. They determined it was cancer and cut her up like 5-pound trout.
She literally wailed uncontrollably for 12 hours. Pain meds did not help. It was awful.
She eventually died from the cancer, and I am pissed off that we put her through that misery for no reason.
I was talked into surgery on our 11-year-old boxer mix. Had a tumor. They determined it was cancer and cut her up like 5-pound trout.
She literally wailed uncontrollably for 12 hours. Pain meds did not help. It was awful.
She eventually died from the cancer, and I am pissed off that we put her through that misery for no reason.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 5:39 pm to Jalbow3
My dog got cancer and died about two months ago. I was reading up on it and apparently there may be a link to flea & tick medicines causing some of this.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 6:07 pm to mtntiger
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Friendly advice: avoid surgery at that age, especially if it can't be done with local anesthesia.
Friendly advice: don’t listen to this guy. Take the specialist’s recommendation first and foremost. Balance the risk and make an informed decision
Posted on 2/22/24 at 6:52 pm to BearCrocs
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Your dog will let you know when it’s ready. You’ll know. Don’t be selfish, respectfully.
This is very true. As much as needed my Sunny to stay with me, she was telling me something that I wanted to ignore. 79 pounds on January 19th and 48 on February 20th said it for her. She was ready, if all dogs go to heaven, it's full of Labs.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:04 pm to BluegrassCardinal
An Update. We took her to the animal hospital tonight. More labs, imaging of her belly. Even without drinking water, her labs were ok, nothing on imaging stood out. Vet thought she had a tendency to get lipomas on her.
She was concerned about her hydration, they kept her a night for IV fluids. Also thought she might reduce the carprofen due to the GI upset.
I still don’t get why our lab would drink water like a horse all these years, then nothing.
She was concerned about her hydration, they kept her a night for IV fluids. Also thought she might reduce the carprofen due to the GI upset.
I still don’t get why our lab would drink water like a horse all these years, then nothing.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:54 pm to BluegrassCardinal
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An Update. We took her to the animal hospital tonight. More labs, imaging of her belly. Even without drinking water, her labs were ok, nothing on imaging stood out. Vet thought she had a tendency to get lipomas on her.
She was concerned about her hydration, they kept her a night for IV fluids. Also thought she might reduce the carprofen due to the GI upset.
I still don’t get why our lab would drink water like a horse all these years, then nothing.
sounds ok thankfully, you can relax some now.
it sounds to me like the meds they are giving her are making her have those stomach issues
i would talk to the vet about looking into a different type of med and see if she perks up.
she might have had an alergic reation
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:01 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Check the inside of her mouth for sores or ulcers. Both can happen with older dogs and can cause them to drink less water. Giving the water in a syringe to bypass a sore area is a good option.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:08 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Go to vet
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:32 pm to Ten Bears
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Have you checked her teeth? My dog stopped drinking water and it was because she had 2 bad teeth that needed to be extracted.
Second this. A tooth or mouth problem can lead to all sorts of issues, some of which may seem not the least bit related.
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