| red98vett | 08-16-2006 11:45 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by homiehop3 :eek: On sunday the 13th my two yorkies were outside of the house in their kennel playing when so long after a while i had someone bring in the dogs. The boy that came to bring them in had mentioned that my dog lexi wasn't walking right. I told him to then pick her up. I saw that she was struggling to take a step and was walking as if she were intoxicated. She was panting 5x faster than normal and she wouldn't close her mouth. Her body was completely lifeless. I could feel every bone, and rib in her body. I for sure thought she was going to be dead. I took her upstairs and asked the hubby what to do, and we then took her back outside, layed her on a soaking wet towel, with icecubes surrounding her body. Although she didn't have strength enough to drink her own water i had to use the hampters squirt type bottle to assure she was getting enough water. I also had to keep her body wet and we had a fan blowing in front of her. For several hours she was still dragging her back legs, but my lexie is back to normal. I am still wondering if i should run her to the vet still. I believe she had a heat stroke....my other yorkie was normal other than the fact that he was thirsty.:aimeeyork :animal-pa | OMGosh - I would have raced to the vet -
could she have had heat Stroke ? The heat can be terrible on small dogs and I hope yours is going to be ok -
I would def call the vet - she may need to be checked and also ask the vet how to prevent this from happening again. You were lucky - it sounds like that could have much worse and I'm glad she seems ok now...but that is serious.....your vet can advise you on what you should do. |