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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  From Find A Vet: These 13 Dog Symptoms Need Immediate Attention From Your Vet | Find A Vet
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) warns that pet parents should immediately take their dogs to a veterinarian or emergency animal hospital if their pets are displaying any of the following symptoms: *(Please click on the underlined, blue hyperlinks below for further information.)
1. Severe bleeding or bleeding that lasts longer than 5 minutes
2. Choking or difficulty breathing, or continuous coughing and gagging
3. Bleeding from your dog’s nose, mouth or rectum; coughing up blood; or blood in his urine
4. Inability to urinate or defecate, or obvious pain when doing so
5. Eye injuries *(For toy breeds, eye discoloration, swelling, prolonged squinting require veterinary attention.)
6. Your dog ate something poisonous, such as antifreeze, xylitol, chocolate, rodent poison, etc. *( For toy breeds, if your dog ate a foreign object or human/other medicine not currently prescribed for the dog)
7. Seizures and/or staggering
8. Fractured bones, severe limping or your dog cannot move his leg(s)
9. Obvious signs of pain or anxiety (*For toy breeds, shaking/trembling may be signs of pain or axiety in addition to those on the hyperlink)
10. Heat stress or heatstroke
11. Severe vomiting or diarrhea (more than twice in a 24-hour period, or if it is combined with illness or any of these other conditions)
12. Refusal to drink water for more than 24 hours
13. Unconsciousness *Recommendations added by YorkieTalk.com members for toy breeds
“The bottom line is that any concern about your pet’s health warrants, at minimum, a call to your veterinarian,” the AVMA notes.
For more information about these and other dog health conditions, visit HOW TO Topics: A to Z or submit a question to i Love Dogs’ Ask a Vet. |
It is tricky to word the additions sometimes as the #5. It seemed strange to just put in as asterisk and and parenthesis and say #5. Eye injuries *("Discoloration, swelling, prolonged squinting") so I amended it and added the word "eye" after asterisk, parenthesis and then "require veterinary attention". But that seems wordy. Also, I didn't feel adding "For toy breeds" was right - because really this should apply to all dogs but the AVMA didn't add that. That seems is even wordier. Which is better?
The way it is above OR:
#5. Eye injuries
*(Discolorations, swelling, prolonged squinting)
Which #5 is better and more consistent without being too wordy? I think the asterisk and the YT statement at the bottom give credit to the AVMA but still let us add a thing or two that seems to better serve the Yorkie.
Otherwise, okay? That is, assuming we can go do another slightly YT-amended sticky for the
How To Tell If Your Dog Is In Pain sticky?