Based on your initial post I STILL strongly suggest you go see a vet NOW, and not the 2 you called, makes absolutely no sense. Next time your baby is in distress, please don't stop here first go to the vet....QUICKLY.

If my Dog ever experienced those symptoms as you explained, he would be at the Vet- Comet or not. If I called my Vet’s office and explained to them what happened and they told me not to come, to wait I would be looking for another Vet. All Vet’s should have their patients health as top priority- emergency or not.

God forbid- what would happen if your dog experiences those symptoms again and you’re not there to help open his mouth and get through it??? Please make an appointment at a different Vet’s office to see what is going on with him. For whatever reason that is not normal.

Comet or not - it makes no difference. These symptoms are not normal.

Vet NOW.

Clearly you aren't going to go, but for anybody else in this situation go to the vet! This dog IS in danger.

How much more distress to you want to see before taking him in so a vet can examine him instead of just discussing it on the phone?

What you said in your first post clearly is distress: "This morning (29th) (my day off) I was sleeping in and I hear him gagging like he was vomiting but worse. I immediately jumped out of bed and found him turning and falling having a hard time to breath and he couldn’t get up he seemed like he couldn’t control his head. Like maybe he was having a seizer (?) it was a horrible moment. I picked him up and from his nose there was a yellow foam coming out and he couldn’t breath I forced his mouth open and he was able to catch his breath but foam was still coming from his nose and mouth and he was still gagging. This went on for what seemed to be hours."

You are contradicting your first post in this thread. You go to the vet for any little thing, but not these things?:
These frightening symptoms may have nothing to do with Comet (although, I doubt a vet tech would say that your dog would have to inhale a lot to cause any problems. If you tried inhaling a pinch of Comet yourself you would see what I mean.)

absolutely....

This really is a sad story. :(

Just going to be scared to even open this thread for the next couple of days, and even worse if updates are stopped.

After re reading this thread, I think this MUST be one of thse deals where stuff is thrown out there just to watch all of us go into frantic tail spins, while they sit back and laugh gleefully. The OP said she takes her pup to the vet for "any little thing".....so I am confident she would not watch her pup unable to walk well, fall over, have a possible seizure, cant breathe, have a fulminating production of yellow foam pouring from his lungs, to the point he can not breathe.....and decide THIS is just not bad enough to go to a vet. She calmly says she is LOOKING for help from us, then she decides to act on all the same advice, by ignoring us.....she is pulling our chain! I am outta here!

exactly....previous posts/threads same.....

I know I said I was outta here, but I found this post interesting. Look at the last line.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/3113506-post1.html


Things that make you go hmmmmmm.

I'm having flashbacks to a young member who posted in similar fashion.

I do not believe you. You either are not telling the truth with the symptoms he is having or you did not call another vet and or you didn't explain the symptoms to the vet. I feel so bad for your dog right now. I think not getting medical care for a dog that is obviously showing signs of being poisoned from the chemical should be animal abuse!

These symptoms warrant a vet visit comet or not. Why are you calling vets anyway this is an emergency you should just be taking him to a vet. Vet techs and receptionists cant deciper betwseen emergency non emergency over the phone. Your the one that saw the symptoms it is up to you to get him the care he needs

Hmmmmm......

Personally I would take him to a vet. Even if he hadn't of come in contact with comet none of those symptoms are normal or should be brushed off. What if he has an issue that want due to the cleaner but the comet just aggravated it?

That poor little baby! I sure hope he makes it!

These are my thoughts, too. If this is a 'real' situation, and not just 'test dialogue' for the forum members, I hope...for the Yorkie's sake alone...that he recovers on his own since that 'seems' to be all the help he can expect at this time.

Wow, wait and see??? Silently saying a prayer for this pup...

Not for one minute do I believe that you told this story (exactly as you told us) to a vet's office and they told you not to come in.

Ridiculous.

Yup.....enough for me! Good job :cool:

Good job Rhetts_mama. Annabel needs to get a life. Just my opinion.

Annabel - this above ^^^ sums up your situation perfectly. You truly should be at a vet's office - NO MATTER what some vet tech tells you. A vet needs to SEE this dog in order to evaluate these super scary symptoms.

For goodness sake, your dog was acting SO ODD that you said you thought it was having a seizure - that alone should motivate you to take this poor kiddo to the vet.

Let me ask you this: what on earth do you have to lose by taking this vulnerable poor kiddo who is 100% reliant upon you to the vet?

The reason I posted that is to point out the inconsistencies in what the OP is posting. I would assume that anyone who has/is studying to be a vet tech or has even volunteered in a vet's office would understand that the symptomotolgy that the OP posted about was concerning enough that you wouldn't go on the internet to check out what others think. And then once that had happened would know that a "wait and see" recommendation over the telephone is not an appropriate response.

IDK. My grandmother always said that when something doesn't make sense, there's probably a reason. It's kind of like being in a situation where you *think* grannie may have had a heart attack. But, just to be sure, you decide to go on Facebook and ask for advice. We all know the advice would be call 911 NOW. And if we did, we sure as heck wouldn't accept an answer of "well, just wait and see if she has another one".

So what reason could there be? I guess there are several. There are two that are at least partially palatable: either the OP exaggerated the description of the event a tad or they failed to accurately relay the symptoms to the vet tech.

The worst possible explanation would be that this was another case of Munchausen's By Doggie.

The OP was back online around 1 a.m. PST. If they were honest in the first post, then I hope the dog is ok and that it has been checked out by a veterinarian in person.

If it's the later...well...

At this late date there is nothing that I can add, other than if you are concerned about any symptoms as a pet owner, it is reason enough to get into your vets office. And vet tech advice over the phone no less does not substitute for a Vets opinion.

Munchausen's By Doggie, LMAO! I'm pretty sure that's the case. Just someone wanting some attention and getting kicks out of jerking everyone's chain. If she wants to continue her fun, she'll have to sign up under another name because it's not gonna work again under the current name.

he needs to see a vet, your vet doesn't sound too concerned, would not be mine again that's for sure, this stuff is bad for humans and bad for dogs