I would like to know why my Yorkie died suddenly...
 

Hi There,

Would it be appropriate to discuss with all of you the details of how my sweet Yorkie died on Boxing Day? I would like to see if our collective experience and knowledge can help me determine what happened to him...:cry:

Thank you...

Your vet didn't know?

Hi Love,

I am a Canadian living in Belize. Tiki died so suddenly we did not even get a chance to take him to the Vet.

Is it appropriate for me to discuss it here. I have a call in to the Vet, but they have not gotten back to me yet...

OMGosh! I'm so sorry...

How old was your pup? Is your vet going to do a necropsy?

I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to you. Did you take your puppy to the vet so they can determine the cause? Yes. It's ok to discuss what happened here.

Hi kjc,

Thank you, this is so unbelievably painful. Tiki was born on April 27, 2001, so he was almost 11 years old...

I am so hesitant to talk about it here, because I don't know anyone here, but I need some answers and I have not found them online as of yet. So I thought I would come here to discuss...

I am so sorry for your loss. Is there a vet you could take him to now to have look at him? What symptoms did he have? What happened?

It's ok to discuss here. Don't be shy. There are some people on and off of here occasionally who have a lot of experience with yorkies and some work at vet's offices, so maybe someone can help. I'm really so sorry.:(

Take him in for a necropsy. That is the best way to find answers. At most we would only have educated guesses.

Not a problem... did he have any health problems you were aware of? Was he on any medications? Was he acting normally even a few days before this happened, or was he acting strange in any way?

He was his wonderful perky playful self on the day before Christmas. He was eating, drinking, playing and being his usual self...

At 11:00 pm Christmas Eve he starting throwing up. That was not unusual. Over the course of his life he would get into something, or something would disagree with his tummy and he would be sick for a day or two...

Christmas Day he continued to throw up all day. He would not eat, but continued to drink throughout the day...

He was so cute, he kept going downstairs to the yard, to lie in the sunshine, face the breeze and stare out at the Caribbean Sea...

I would leave him for a bit, but felt he was a bit vulnerable as he was not feeling well, so I would go an scoop him up and snuggle and kiss him and bring him back up to the deck or in the house...

I left the gate open, so that he could go down whenever he wanted to, as he is so smart, he would try to throw up down there... But I would worry about him, and eventually shut the gate, and let him get sick up here where I could keep an eye on him.

I need to breath for a moment... I will be back in second...

Oh i'm so so sorry your baby died so suddenly,:cry8: my prayers and comforting thoughts are being sent :luv:

I am so sorry for your loss..I hope this does not sound rude(not meant to be)

but unless you take him for a necropsy you will never know for sure what happened

Did this just happen? Can you take him in now for a necropsy?

I wrote a long reply, 1/2 of what happened and needed a quick break, and it said my post needed to be moderated... so it has not appeared yet...

I will continue when it does...

Thank you everyone for your replies, they mean the world to me.

OK. I just looked. Boxing Day is the day after Christmas. Today is the 28th. I'm sorry.:(

Sorry about the delay, I am hurting...

So anyway, we continued to watch him, and made sure he was drinking, and even gave him a bit of broth to hydrate him and get a few calories in him... he did not take it himself, we put it in a dropper and gave it to him slowly...

Late in the evening he started panting. Now I wish I had been alarmed, but we live in Belize, and he was not feeling well, and so I did not think too much of it.

I was awoken from a sound sleep just before 1:00 am. I don't know what woke me up. I noticed Tiki was not on the bed. We have steps for him and Sadi to get up and down on their own. He like to sleep between my legs or down on his bed...

I had checked on him so many times all day, when I woke up, I immediately went to check on him...

I got a flashlight and found him at the foot of the bed, on my side, at the bottom of the little steps, he was partway under the bed, and he was really panting...

I made the decision right then, that I did not care if it was the holidays, or that he had been sick in the past, he was panting pretty hard, and I wanted someone to look at him...

I woke my husband up, he came to the end of the bed and exclaimed "What's that!?!" I had only looked at my sweet babies face, not his behind and he has let his bowels go. My husband said it was liquid, that was partly clear and partly bloody. I thought it was diarrhea with blood in it. I don't know, I just glanced at it and then flew to my feet to get dressed and call the Vet...

Barry is the one that cleaned it up, so he would know better than me.

I am so sorry I need another break, I will be right back...

Please, lets discuss it...I know you will feel better. What can you tell us about Tiki, we know his age, what about his weight, did he have any health issues that you were aware of, was he eating, drinking, peeing and pooping normal? Did he have seizures, collapsed trachea, heart, lung or kidney problems? I am so sorry for your loss, when we lose a pet, we just want answers...I know, I lost a yorkie at 11 years old, my vet pretty much told me it was old age. I didn't believe it then and I still don't believe it today. He was happy and healthy, slightly overweight...but on a diet. He got ill and went down hill so fast...I don't even know what happened.
So go ahead, open up and talk to us about Tiki.

I am still being moderated and I am not sure where I left off, once they let my posts go through I will continue my story...

So sorry for the delay...

I'm so sorry for your loss:unlove: My heart goes out to you!

People on here will try to help as much as possible but your vet can probably best answer.

Sorry for your loss.

In my opinion I think Yorkie Talk is the best place for you to talk about your little Yorkie who just passed. There are so many knowlegable and compasionate people in the forum.

Again I am sorry for your loss.

I just want to let you know, I'm so sorry for the loss of your little one. I hope you can find closure...losing are much loved pets is always so hard. Hugs)))

I am so very sorry for your loss. It will help to talk about it,.

I have lost 3 in the last 13 months. The most recent Nov. 18.

You can discuss anything here, we will listen.

Hi Everyone,

Ok all of my posts are there now. Can you please go back and find the ones that they have now allowed through, they give a lot of detail...

Now I will continue...

As I was getting dressed my husband was on the floor with Tiki and said to me, Cindy you need to come and be with Tiki. Tiki was alive for about 60 seconds after that.

He was panting, staring at my eyes, I did not even get a chance to talk to him, within minutes of getting up from a sound sleep he was gone. Within 60 seconds of getting on the floor he was gone...

The way the light was shining his eyes were bright dark brown with an amazing twinkle even when he stopped breathing. His eyes did not close and they did not lose their sparkle... I could not believe he was gone.

How was this possible, this could not be, my brain could not process it at all.

Sorry I need a break, I will be back in a moment...

Ok, so we just lied on the floor with Tiki for a few hours talking to him and petting him, things I needed to do while he was alive and was not allowed to do because I was sleeping (damn it) and I was not given enough time when I woke up. So sweet hubby and I did it after he died.

We agreed we did not want anyone to see our pain (long story) and so we prepared our sweet baby and went out to the front yard and buried him between our home and the beachfront... anytime we looked at the view we would know our sweet Tiki was out there...

So at around 3:00 am we started this process and we went to bed around 5:00 am... so, so painful... we cried the whole time...

I will be back momentarily...

I am so very sorry for your loss...I have tears in my eyes as I read your last post. My heart goes out to you... I am so sorry for the loss of your little Tiki.

I am so sorry for your loss of Tiki, my prayers are with you.

I am sure Tiki knew he was loved, please continue to tell us stories of Tiki and maybe post a picture. I would love to hear about his life but only when you are ready to share.

Ok thank you for your patience, I am so sorry this is so choppy, I can hardly get through this...

Now I will re-cap...
- He was fine one day until he threw up at 11:00 pm.
- He continued to be sick the next day, no eating, but still drinking and walking around, able to get up and down stairs, etc.
- I pressed on his tummy several times that day and he never flinched or yelped. And he was always a verbal communicative dog if something was wrong or he wanted something.
- He started panting in the evening.
- I woke up and he was panting more and had let his bowls go on the floor.
- There seemed to be blood in them.
- He died within 26 hours of the first time he threw up or showed any signs of not feeling well.

Now here is the REALLY hard part. I don't need to know why he died, I can let him rest in peace not knowing how he died. However, I need to know if it was something I did or didn't do. And in order to find this out I need to share more with you, and I am terrified to do so. Please be open and honest with me, I can take it. But PLEASE be kind to me, I cannot take any harsh words or criticism, please re-read your responses and provide your opinion in a kind way. But don't tell me what I want to hear, be honest and open, just be kind please...

Sorry I need another break...

My heart is truly breaking for you! I am so sorry but just know that even though you couldn't say the things you wanted because you were sleeping he still knows them and felt them in his heart before he passed and he passed knowing how much he was loved.