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Originally Posted by navillusc  Manipulation I can see happening...I have seen other dogs (different breeds) "pretend" to be ill for the attention they got when they really WERE extremely sick...lol.
If all it is really is a combination of being a little too cold, a little hypoglycemic, and a great "actor"...great, put a sweater on him, turn up the heat, keep food he'll actually snack on where he can graze...whatever...maybe he'll tone down his "acting" career and quit scaring the begeezes out of you.
However, I think I would want to have something like this checked out...especially since it has happened twice. If it is vestibular disease, or neurological, etc., or that he got a hold of the tail of a blue lizard, etc., I'd still want to know, even if there is not much I can do. Knowing is more than half the battle...once you know, if it is negligible, you can quit worrying. If it is more serious, at least you can plan your actions to help/eliminate the issue...and you know if he needs to be watched more closely, etc.He is such a cutie...I want everything to be okay for him...{{{Hugs}}} |
Covered everything I wanted to say....will just add, you have to get the blood work done before corrective measures are taken....if he is hypoglycemic, once you feed him, it corrects and will appear normal on the blood work. By the time you get to the vet, he will be acting normal.....and you still wont know for sure if it is hypoglycemia. But I understand you cant let him get almost lifeless as you rush to the vet either....the fact that he seemed to recover after he ate something, could easily mean hypoglycemia...and cold will bring it on, and shivering speeds up metabolism, which burns sugar to get the energy to shiver.....it is all a cascade type affair, falling like dominoes once it starts... I would still have a work up done....not knowing what is going on with one of my dogs, drives me nuts and I wont rest until I get definitive answers.