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SophieandZiggy · 10-02-2011, 02:50 PM

My 3 year old Yorkie/Maltese Rusty died on Monday 9/19/11 after a day of sudden vomiting and bleeding. He woke up that morning refusing to eat. I tried to feed him rice, boiled chicken breast and ground Venison burger.We have no idea what happened. I called the ER Vet clinic as soon as I saw him pass blood on Sunday afternoon. He passed some worms in the blood and the girl who answered the phone told me it was normal for a dog to pass blood and that as long as he was drinking he would be okay until I took him to my vet in the morning. I shouldn't have listened to her. I watched him all night long. At 6 am he had a seizure and collapsed. my husband called the ER vet and they said to bring him to my vet at 7:30. I took him to the ER clinic anyway because I knew he was dying. I got there at 6:36. The Dr. yelled at me and told me that my dog had been sick for along time and that he had been up all night with emergencies and he was leaving at 7 am. He gave my dog some subq. fliuds under the skin and put 2 hot water bottles on him to get his temp. back up and sent me out the door to my vet! I was in shock. We got to my vet at 7:20 and she took him in right away and tried to save him, with no luck.

The vet has no idea what caused this to happen. she doesn't think the worms had anything to do with it. Five days later my male mix Ziggy started the same thing. I rushed him to the vet that Saturday morning as soon as he passed the blood. he wasn't vomiting. They started him on atibiotics and doggy Pepto. I ended up rushing him to the ER vet that afternoon because he vomitted and passed more blood. They kept him on IV and gave him meds and he came home Sunday afternoon. Still no answer as to why this happened. MyBlack Lab Leo started passing blood 2 days later. My vet put him on meds and he cleared right up. They are running several tests on his stool to see what this might be.

The weird thing is that my girls Ella (a Yellow Lab) and Sophie (a Yorkie/Maltese) are fine. I would love to have some answers and both vets say we may never know the cause!

10-02-2011, 02:50 PM	#1
SophieandZiggy and Bear too! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,603 Blog Entries: 2	has anyone ever dealt with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis? My 3 year old Yorkie/Maltese Rusty died on Monday 9/19/11 after a day of sudden vomiting and bleeding. He woke up that morning refusing to eat. I tried to feed him rice, boiled chicken breast and ground Venison burger.We have no idea what happened. I called the ER Vet clinic as soon as I saw him pass blood on Sunday afternoon. He passed some worms in the blood and the girl who answered the phone told me it was normal for a dog to pass blood and that as long as he was drinking he would be okay until I took him to my vet in the morning. I shouldn't have listened to her. I watched him all night long. At 6 am he had a seizure and collapsed. my husband called the ER vet and they said to bring him to my vet at 7:30. I took him to the ER clinic anyway because I knew he was dying. I got there at 6:36. The Dr. yelled at me and told me that my dog had been sick for along time and that he had been up all night with emergencies and he was leaving at 7 am. He gave my dog some subq. fliuds under the skin and put 2 hot water bottles on him to get his temp. back up and sent me out the door to my vet! I was in shock. We got to my vet at 7:20 and she took him in right away and tried to save him, with no luck. The vet has no idea what caused this to happen. she doesn't think the worms had anything to do with it. Five days later my male mix Ziggy started the same thing. I rushed him to the vet that Saturday morning as soon as he passed the blood. he wasn't vomiting. They started him on atibiotics and doggy Pepto. I ended up rushing him to the ER vet that afternoon because he vomitted and passed more blood. They kept him on IV and gave him meds and he came home Sunday afternoon. Still no answer as to why this happened. MyBlack Lab Leo started passing blood 2 days later. My vet put him on meds and he cleared right up. They are running several tests on his stool to see what this might be. The weird thing is that my girls Ella (a Yellow Lab) and Sophie (a Yorkie/Maltese) are fine. I would love to have some answers and both vets say we may never know the cause!