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Originally Posted by My lil friend  A pup acting EXTRA clingy can even be a sign of not feeling well. Last week Mina kept walking in circles around my ankles with her tail tucked or sitting and just staring at me. We made a run to the vet ( no bleeding,no throwing up,no temp). My vet put her on an antibiotic and within 12 hrs she was feeling better. Pretty sure that she had a tummy infection due to chews. If I had waited, until the afternoon or evening to just watch,it would of made for a very long night or a trip to the EC after hours. |
You are absolutely correct! In fact, that is almost some small dogs' primary symptom of illness or feeling bad or pain - they are so clingy and the tail is down!!! It is by far my first indicator that something is wrong with one. They often constantly want to get in your lap or next to you and the tail is almost always down. Yes, yes, yes. Clinginess with a clamped tail are often huge indicators a dog is just not right. I don't know if one or both alone warrant the attention of the vet but when I see one or both of those things, I start to watch a dog for one other symptom such as refusing food, water, restlessness, panting, etc. But I do realize in publishing this list on their site for the public that the AVMA tried to make a reasonably-short list of the most critical symptoms that wasn't too long or no doubt readers would just zone out and perhaps ignore it. If public service information resources are not fairly succinct, a lot of people read a few lines and ignore the rest.