Would anyone know what might happen to my dog to die of? The Vet. did'nt know what killed him.?

My dog was 6 year old Golden retriever. He was a big 100+ lb. heathy, energetic, and loving friend. Last week in the morning he did'nt come to eat at the porch. We found him laying down on his side.





He was stiff, his right eye side was open and dilated the left eye was closed and dilated too.


His tongue was out on his left side of his muzzle it had a little blood on it. It looked like there was teeth marks on his tongue, and his left canine tooth was deep inside his tongue too.


I saw no outside injury on his body.


There was no throw up, or foam, around his mouth or anywhere around the yard.


There was a little poop coming out his rectum (sorry to get too graphic).





The evening before we found him dead we gave him a little left over lasagna, nothing that we have not giving him before. He showed no sign of he being sick, he was normal. The only thing we heard late that night that he and our other small mix dog was barking at somthing, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Would anyone know what might happen to my dog to die of? The Vet. did'nt know what killed him.?
It sounds like a stroke (brain hemorrhage) to me.





Dogs and cats have them, same as people, and as with people, usually there is no warning.





I work for a vet, and I have seen several dogs and cats who have had strokes, and my own Samoyed died of a stroke at age 8.





Some recover partially but are handicapped and usually have more strokes and finally a fatal one. Your dog probably died very quickly and painlessly, or nearby so.





I'm sorry for the loss of your companion.
Reply:Look around the house and see if your dog got into anything.
Reply:I'm so sorry for the loss of your dog.


Sounds like he may have had some kind of seizure. Had he ever been stung by a bee or a wasp? Is there a chance he may have been allergic to bee or wasp stings and gotten stung? Is it possible that someone may have poisoned him?


It's so hard when you have no idea of what may have happened to them.
Reply:Your dog could have had a seizure and bit his own tongue.
Reply:So sorry to hear about your loss.


could have been a snake or spider bite


dogs will bite their tongues at death, and poop too


it DEFINITELY wasn't the lasagne


was he on heartworm prevention ?


also dogs LOVE the lap up anti freeze ( the goes into car radiator ) it's sweet to them but lethal,


perhaps he got into something like that.


again so sorry
Reply:Why don't you have an autopsy? Sounds like he was killed. Hit on the head, hit by a car. Sorry sorry sorry :(
Reply:Choked? Bloated? Cancer? Hard to say. You can have your vet send your dog off to a lab to have an "neocropsy" done if you are really wanting to know. It will cost some money, but at least you'll get your answer!
Reply:It sounds like your dog might have suffered a catastrophic seizure. Probably has absolutely nothing to do with the lasagne. Unless you authorize your vet to do a necropsy, you will never have a definite answer.
Reply:Sorry to hear that your dog is no longer with you but in situations like this when you see your dog is not acting normal the first thing you should've done was taken him to the vet and they would've monitored him and placed him on IVs. If there has been serious trauma, feeding him solids may have been a bad idea if the dog couldn't digest it. If he had lost control of his bowl movement it's another sign that he was dieing. It's really hard to say whether he got into a scruffle with a diseased animal, got into something poisonous, a serious blow, heart failure, it could be anymore, 100+ pound retriever doesn't exactly sound healthy either.
Reply:Oh my heart is breaking for you. It sounds like he was either poisoned or that he had a seizure of some kind.





I he was healthy and if he showed not signs of any illness than I would lean to towards poison. It sounds like he seizured while he was dieing. Biting his tongue.


Or he could have been bitten by a snake or other venomous thing, causing him to sezure too.


Unless you have a necropsy done you may never know what killed your golden boy.





I am so very, very sorry for your sudden loss. No Golden should leave us before their time.
Reply:Sorry to hear about your Golden. It's terrible to have a pet die and worse when you have no idea why. Since you didn't have an autopsy, it is really hard to guess. But you should keep an eye on your other dog. Get him/her to the vet for a check up to make sure that it was nothing contagious. And don't leave him/her outside unsupervised. There is a chance your Golden could have been poisoned (accidentally or not) since this was a sudden death. You don't want to take any chances with your other pooch.
Reply:It sounds like he got bite by something,a dn had a seziure. If you vet can, have him exmine the body closely for small bits wounds you may have mised. Also have the vet check yur other dog over thourghly.
Reply:I am sorry about your dog. Could it have been a possible seizure? I only ask this because we had a dog prone to seizures and his symptoms were the same.
Reply:I am so sorry. Could he have been hit by a car? Sometimes there can be internal injuries and nothing apparent outside. This is so sad. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Reply:Could have been a stroke.Many times when animals pass they void fecal matter and urine from the muscles relaxing.
Reply:Sounds like a seizure, you'll never know for sure unless you get an autopsy. Sorry for your loss. I'm going to take this opportunity to ask you to consider keeping your other dog and any future dogs as inside pets. Dogs belong inside with their "pack"(you!). It is a truely miserable life for a dog to have to live outside. If you need help with bringing your other dog inside, please contact Dogs Deserve Better(see web site below).
Reply:He probley had a heart atack
Reply:He could have been poisoned, maybe a real mean neighbor, or he could have got into some anti-freeze, that's poison to a dog, or probably a cat too. So sorry about your dog, I know you miss him.
Reply:It sounds like every one is right. There are alot of different things that can cause seizures, the main ones being:


snailbait toxicity


heatstroke


epilepsi


brunsfelsia poinoning (yesterday, today, tomorrow bush)


ogranophosphate poisoning (some fertilizers)


hormonal imbalances such as diabetes


brain tumors


low blood glucose


snake bite


overheating due to infection or bloat
Reply:Dogs are much like humans in that they can have a seizure or an aneurysm. The only real way to know is to have the autopsy that costs a lot of money. From what you said it sounds like there was a possibility that he could have been bitten by some kind of critter or poisonous insect. Sorry for your loss.
Reply:Maybe he got bit by a spider. I guess it would have to be big and venomous for your dogs to bark at it and for one of them to die. Look for any bumps on him. Maybe the spider was in your dog's food or water bowl; got into mouth and bit him. That might explain why his tooth was in his tongue. He was trying to rub and bite the spider off his tongue! I don't know. Don't go by my crazy explanations!!!
Reply:He may have been shot with an air rifle. The entry point would be near impossible to find without shaving. The lasagna had nothing to do with it. There are many other possibilities, though (which is probably why your vet didn't want to venture a guess).
Reply:Seizure or heart attack..
Reply:your vet could have offered to send your dog for a necropsy. He could have had a seizure,heart attack, been hit by a car etc.
Reply:It sounds like the dog seizured before he died. You can always get a necropsy done on a dog to find out the cause of death.




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