Hi kjc,
Thank you so much for your detailed response... it is so appreciated.
Ok, so even though it was only 4 large raisins, they were not even chewed or digested in any way, you think because he was so small it could have been enough... sad... I have apologized to him a thousand times...
hmmm his age? I thought for a small dog he was still considered middle aged and not old... however, when I do the math he was in his 70's in human years and so he was getting up there...
The frog... yes, my husband and I wondered, after he died, if his system had somehow been weekend by that whole episode, it happened in 2006... Perhaps it made him that much more vulnerable to the toxins in the raisins...
Thank you for answering one of my important questions, and that was, could he have kidney problems and I not know about it. And not only yes, but he could have them and I may not know for a long time until it is much further along... I guess unless I asked, the Vet would not have noticed this in his general check ups...?
I heave a small sigh of relief when you say that getting him treatment may have prolonged his suffering. I cannot stand the thought of him suffering for any length of time, let alone longer...
He had a morning bowel movement, no others through the day. That one was partly regular and partly runny. He had no other until just before he died...
My gosh this is so painful...
I did not know that panting was a sign of pain. I feel so bad, at the least I would have consoled him, held him and gone straight to the Vet, I have never heard this before. My poor sweet baby... Tiki I am so sorry baby, so very sorry...
I am so hurting I need another break.
Thanks again my dear, you cannot begin to realize how much I appreciate your thoughts...
Hugs,
Cindy