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sshaw · 08-18-2006, 10:21 AM

Last night at about 6:00 PM Dennis was playing with the Sahara when I noticed that he just did not look quite right. I thought maybe Sahara had hurt him, though she is only 1.3 and very gentle. Maybe poked him in the eyes because he had a strange look. Anyway he jumped up in the chair and just looked at us, though very sadly. I also thought maybe Sahara had pooped Dennis out since it has been non-stop since Saturday night when Sahara came home.

At about 10:00 PM Dennis gets on all fours and looks shaky, so I put him gently on the floor where he looks quite wobbly and proceeds to vomit. I immediately get up to comfort him but there is something terrible wrong, I don’t think he was able to breath, though I just am still not sure what I am witnessing. I grab him and take him to the bathroom where he has collapsed in my arms and feels like he is dying because his body goes tense and he feels in some respects like a dead body. He is looking at me as if to say do something though there is very little life in his eyes. I start to push on his lower ribcage and I am saying “ Dennis don’t you dare do this to me! What honey, what’s the matter. Oh my God, oh my God! ” (Over and over)… I finally decide to open his mouth and see if there is anything stuck, which there was not. Then I pushed my finger further down his throat 3 times in two minutes when he seemed to shows some signs of needing to vomit again which since he was in my arms, I just leaned him over the sink and he did vomit again. After this I take him back to the living room and lay him down on his blanky and get him to drink some water and take some Nutracal. I sit on the floor with him till about 2:00 AM rubbing and listening to his belly, which is making gurgling sounds, and trying to get him to take a little more water as he feels so dehydrated.

I don’t know what I witnessed? Is it possible that Dennis had a seizure? There were parts of his little body that felt like the life left. I am very afraid! To confound things further though I think there can be any relevance, just a strange coincidence. Sahara and Dennis were both eating Pigs ears and Wednesday morning when she woke up from a fitful nights sleep, she immediately vomited a gooey piece of pigs ear. I gave her some water and she ate a little food, though not enough from what I have witnessed since Saturday. So I gave her some nutrical and called the Vet. The Vet felt she was just fine especially since she had water and food and after 20 minutes was able to keep it down which would rule out any the possibility of obstruction. So Sahara has been fine ever since, and now my baby Dennis get violently ill…. I can’t stop staking and feel so very nervous not knowing what is going on.

There have been no pigs ears since Tuesday. Both Dennis and Sahara are quite tired today and are napping though both appear to be well. We all did have a very rough night! Dennis is acting differently today, very docile and quiet but with a happy look in his eyes. I think he knows I saved his life last night and realizes how much I love him, in fact I now also realize just how much I love him.

Does anyone have any idea or explanations? I am very shook, maybe someone has some ideas.

shecass · 08-18-2006, 10:25 AM

How scared you were. I don't have any advice other than to call your Vet and see what they recommend. Just keep an eye on him. I think I would still at least call the vet and possibly take him in just to see if there is something that may have caused it.

Good Luck and keep us posted.

JeanieK · 08-18-2006, 10:25 AM

I'm sorry I can't help you. Have you called the vet and described the symptoms to him to see what he thinks.

I would have been so totally freaked out.

cchu · 08-18-2006, 10:34 AM

I would definately tkae dennis to the vet. Altough he is fine now you have to make sure that he's ok.

chachi · 08-18-2006, 10:36 AM

It sounds to me like he had a seizure but I would take him to your vet and get their opinion

4Dogs · 08-18-2006, 10:39 AM

OH I am so sorry you went through this! Please call your vet. Even if the little guy is fine it will give you some peace of mind and help you relax.

Our thoughts are with you. Please keep us posted!

sshaw · 08-18-2006, 10:39 AM

They are both up now and eating lunch. BRB, I have to monitor.

Lexi Rae · 08-18-2006, 10:57 AM

oh im so happy that he is ok now, but for goodness sake ,please throw away those pig ears... they are not good for them.. please... if you want to get them something i advise you to get bully sticks or flossies, they are 100% digestable and most of us here on yt allow our dogs to eat them...

sshaw · 08-18-2006, 10:58 AM

I just called the Vet and they said to just keep an eye on him. I asked if it was possible that when he threw up the first time, if maybe, that not all of it came up and that it cut off his air way, and she said yes, it is absolutely possible! That is what I think happened, because he just looked like he could not breathe.

He does appear to be fine, though I am definitely quite shook!

sshaw · 08-18-2006, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Lexi Rae

oh im so happy that he is ok now, but for goodness sake ,please throw away those pig ears... they are not good for them.. please... if you want to get them something i advise you to get bully sticks or flossies, they are 100% digestable and most of us here on yt allow our dogs to eat them...

Thaks that would have been my question if this had not happened.

rosesmom · 08-18-2006, 11:50 AM

Oh this is so scary. I hope he is doing ok today and will be fine.

JiggityJig · 08-18-2006, 12:19 PM

How scary, and extra scary for you not knowing what caused it! Bless his little heart...I pray he's ok from HERE ON OUT!

A hug to you!

sshaw · 08-18-2006, 01:24 PM

Dennis is back playing but I am getting the feeling that he might blame Sahara, as I noticed she attached him right at the same time that he started to feel sick. That is when he abruptly left for the chair. He has been playing, eating and drinking but does not seem to be happy about Sahara jumping all over him the way he has all week. He was gleeful and now he seems resigned and sad that Sahara will take the toy he is playing with away where before it was all great fun. Maybe he still feels a little weak and just does not want to be left out of all the fun. I will just keep watching….

Sahara is a terror, a gentle terror, a very gentle terror…. But maybe it is just to much right now.

Thanks everyone for all your support and warm wishes. It sure helps in situations like this. To lose either of them is more than I could bear. I love them both so much.

newmommy · 08-18-2006, 01:30 PM

omg that had to be soooo scary!!!

JiggityJig · 08-18-2006, 01:32 PM

I bet he's still just feeling a little puny! He'll be back to enjoying the fun with sis soon!

08-18-2006, 10:21 AM	#1
sshaw YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: vestal Posts: 1,289	OMG, you would not believe what happened! Last night at about 6:00 PM Dennis was playing with the Sahara when I noticed that he just did not look quite right. I thought maybe Sahara had hurt him, though she is only 1.3 and very gentle. Maybe poked him in the eyes because he had a strange look. Anyway he jumped up in the chair and just looked at us, though very sadly. I also thought maybe Sahara had pooped Dennis out since it has been non-stop since Saturday night when Sahara came home. At about 10:00 PM Dennis gets on all fours and looks shaky, so I put him gently on the floor where he looks quite wobbly and proceeds to vomit. I immediately get up to comfort him but there is something terrible wrong, I don’t think he was able to breath, though I just am still not sure what I am witnessing. I grab him and take him to the bathroom where he has collapsed in my arms and feels like he is dying because his body goes tense and he feels in some respects like a dead body. He is looking at me as if to say do something though there is very little life in his eyes. I start to push on his lower ribcage and I am saying “ Dennis don’t you dare do this to me! What honey, what’s the matter. Oh my God, oh my God! ” (Over and over)… I finally decide to open his mouth and see if there is anything stuck, which there was not. Then I pushed my finger further down his throat 3 times in two minutes when he seemed to shows some signs of needing to vomit again which since he was in my arms, I just leaned him over the sink and he did vomit again. After this I take him back to the living room and lay him down on his blanky and get him to drink some water and take some Nutracal. I sit on the floor with him till about 2:00 AM rubbing and listening to his belly, which is making gurgling sounds, and trying to get him to take a little more water as he feels so dehydrated. I don’t know what I witnessed? Is it possible that Dennis had a seizure? There were parts of his little body that felt like the life left. I am very afraid! To confound things further though I think there can be any relevance, just a strange coincidence. Sahara and Dennis were both eating Pigs ears and Wednesday morning when she woke up from a fitful nights sleep, she immediately vomited a gooey piece of pigs ear. I gave her some water and she ate a little food, though not enough from what I have witnessed since Saturday. So I gave her some nutrical and called the Vet. The Vet felt she was just fine especially since she had water and food and after 20 minutes was able to keep it down which would rule out any the possibility of obstruction. So Sahara has been fine ever since, and now my baby Dennis get violently ill…. I can’t stop staking and feel so very nervous not knowing what is going on. There have been no pigs ears since Tuesday. Both Dennis and Sahara are quite tired today and are napping though both appear to be well. We all did have a very rough night! Dennis is acting differently today, very docile and quiet but with a happy look in his eyes. I think he knows I saved his life last night and realizes how much I love him, in fact I now also realize just how much I love him. Does anyone have any idea or explanations? I am very shook, maybe someone has some ideas.

08-18-2006, 10:25 AM	#2
shecass YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North wilkesboro, NC Posts: 2,785	How scared you were. I don't have any advice other than to call your Vet and see what they recommend. Just keep an eye on him. I think I would still at least call the vet and possibly take him in just to see if there is something that may have caused it. Good Luck and keep us posted. __________________ Sheila, Mollie & Wyatt Ethan my pride and joy Mollie www.dogster.com/?176293 Wyatt www.dogster.com/?205723

08-18-2006, 10:34 AM	#4
cchu Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 1,485	I would definately tkae dennis to the vet. Altough he is fine now you have to make sure that he's ok. __________________ Christine and Zoe www.dogster.com/?269135 Yes guys...Zoe is a BOY!! He finally forgave me.

08-18-2006, 10:36 AM	#5
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	It sounds to me like he had a seizure but I would take him to your vet and get their opinion __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

08-18-2006, 10:39 AM	#6
4Dogs YT Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 351	OH I am so sorry you went through this! Please call your vet. Even if the little guy is fine it will give you some peace of mind and help you relax. Our thoughts are with you. Please keep us posted! __________________ Loved by Roxy, Ruby & Bonnie Prince Charlie Robbie Piper Socrates,Sarah & Sam

08-18-2006, 10:25 AM	#3
JeanieK Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa Posts: 12,552	I'm sorry I can't help you. Have you called the vet and described the symptoms to him to see what he thinks. I would have been so totally freaked out.

08-18-2006, 10:57 AM	#8
Lexi Rae Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY Posts: 10,455	oh im so happy that he is ok now, but for goodness sake ,please throw away those pig ears... they are not good for them.. please... if you want to get them something i advise you to get bully sticks or flossies, they are 100% digestable and most of us here on yt allow our dogs to eat them... __________________ Gina & Lexi CLICK HERE for our Photo Album ...

08-18-2006, 10:58 AM	#9
sshaw YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: vestal Posts: 1,289	I just called the Vet and they said to just keep an eye on him. I asked if it was possible that when he threw up the first time, if maybe, that not all of it came up and that it cut off his air way, and she said yes, it is absolutely possible! That is what I think happened, because he just looked like he could not breathe. He does appear to be fine, though I am definitely quite shook!

08-18-2006, 11:50 AM	#11
rosesmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: pa Posts: 545	Oh this is so scary. I hope he is doing ok today and will be fine. __________________ Pat & Rose

08-18-2006, 12:19 PM	#12
JiggityJig YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TX Posts: 1,226	How scary, and extra scary for you not knowing what caused it! Bless his little heart...I pray he's ok from HERE ON OUT! A hug to you! __________________ OUR HEARTS KIKI MAZIE JIMBOB ELFIE OUR JOYS

08-18-2006, 01:24 PM	#13
sshaw YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: vestal Posts: 1,289	Dennis is back playing but I am getting the feeling that he might blame Sahara, as I noticed she attached him right at the same time that he started to feel sick. That is when he abruptly left for the chair. He has been playing, eating and drinking but does not seem to be happy about Sahara jumping all over him the way he has all week. He was gleeful and now he seems resigned and sad that Sahara will take the toy he is playing with away where before it was all great fun. Maybe he still feels a little weak and just does not want to be left out of all the fun. I will just keep watching…. Sahara is a terror, a gentle terror, a very gentle terror…. But maybe it is just to much right now. Thanks everyone for all your support and warm wishes. It sure helps in situations like this. To lose either of them is more than I could bear. I love them both so much.

08-18-2006, 01:30 PM	#14
newmommy Keep Me Away From eBay Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,109	omg that had to be soooo scary!!! __________________ There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face!!

08-18-2006, 01:32 PM	#15
JiggityJig YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: TX Posts: 1,226	I bet he's still just feeling a little puny! He'll be back to enjoying the fun with sis soon! __________________ OUR HEARTS KIKI MAZIE JIMBOB ELFIE OUR JOYS