Yorkie Pup foaming at mouth! PLEASE HELP!
 

I am pet sitting a 3 month old female yorkie, we found out she is hypoglycemic as well....today she began to foam at the mouth and i've began looking for what that might mean (ex. toads, bad taste, stress, etc) however the scary part is that she begins to run like CRAZY after she foams and it's happened 7 times today. Please reply if you can help me thank you!!

My only advice would be to get that baby to a vet NOW!! No telling what it is by your post but if she's had 7 episodes and you know she's been hypoglycemic before the only thing to do is see the vet. She should have been there already. Please, don't wait for advice, go to the vet's.

I dont know what to tell you, but I wanted to BUMP this thread up..

I know you might be sitting someone elses dog but hope you take her to the vet. Please give us an update to what is going on.

This is very serious. We experienced the same thing with our puppy. She needs to see a vet as soon as possible. It sounds like she may be having seizures. My puppy would foam at the mouth, bend her neck back, squeal and then take off running. I've read the running after the seizure is because they get a gas pain. She also had them one after the other for a few days. My vet prescribe potassium bromide to help control the seizures. You need to feed her every couple of hours as well as give Nutra-Cal. It took a couple of weeks for the seizures to stop and for my puppies personality and energy to return. Your puppy is very fragile right now but she can get better. The seizures are frightening to watch. I am sorry you are going through this. Best Wishes.

I would think that foaming at the mouth can only be serious. The only time Lilly has ever foamed out the mouth is when she was younger and was choking on a treat, we took her to the ER vet with no hesitation. GOGOGO! Good luck

Also, check to see if the puppy has a tight, bloated or potbelly. It sounds crazy but parasites can cause seizures too. I spent tons of money on bile acid tests, complete blood counts, and x-rays. We didn't even think about worms because she had been dewormed several weeks before. However, turns out she did have worms and her health improved and seizures stopped once we dewormed her again. Good luck.

Any updates for this little one? Hope she is feeling better.

How are things going with the puppy? :aimeeyork

Thank you all for being so supportive, you don't know how much it means to me that people care... God bless you guys...

As I replied to Riley's mom.. right after my post I went to a 24 hour hospital and they gave her valium to suppress the seizures and they did lab work and everything checked out fine so he felt there was something wrong the central nervous system..(all things considered we spent 7 hours waiting with no answer on how she was doing until we had to ask..it was horrible the service was terrible and the nurses were very rude) the whole time we spent there she spent about a half hour with the doctor. we were finally able to take her to our family vet that we know very well and he wanted to wait and she what would happen so he took her home with him, feed her the a/d diet and later that evening he called to say she was doing great and she had no seizures...so we picked her up and spent the rest of the night monitoring her and she was doing good...this morning came and around 5:30 am she had a seizure, we afterwards fed her immediately thinking it was her glucose and she was fine... throughout the day we fed her every 2 hours or so and then at 5:30 she had another seizure, the doctor called to see how she was doing and we let him know what had happened...he then realized since she had been fed it couldn't have been the hypoglycemia so he agreed its something with the central nervous system...so tomorrow first thing in the morning he is going to see her and will put her on medication...

Thank you so much for updating. I have been checking this thread for an update and am glad to see that you were able to see a vet. I hope they find what caused this soon and can get her on the mend.

Thank you so much Sunnie, like I said we are still very hopeful for Lily, she's been acting like a normal pup but once the seizures started again this morning we got worried. We hope she can maybe outgrow the seizures.

Sounds like you have a very caring vet...that's good. Hopefully he'll be able to get at the cause of it. With her being 3 months old, the only thing that comes to mind is a bad reaction to a shot. Has she recently had her rabies? I've read that the rabies shot can sometimes cause those symptoms. Gosh, I sure hope that baby is o.k. :aimeeyork :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa :animal-pa

Here's some info I found about rabies vaccine reactions.......... Possible adverse reactions

The rabies vaccine is the only legally-required vaccine for companion animals in the United States. It’s administered primarily to protect humans from their pets should those pets be bitten by rabid bats, coyotes, raccoons, foxes or other animals. This is all well and good EXCEPT that the vaccine is known to cause serious side effects in cats and dogs, many of which are listed below:

Immediately or up to 3 days after the shot:

Vomiting
Facial swelling
Fever or lethargy
Circulatory shock
Loss of consciousness
Death

Days, weeks or months after the shot:

Fibrocarcinomas (cancer) at the injection site
Seizures and Epilepsy
Skin Allergies
Autoimmune diseases, including organ disease, allergies and skin problems
Chronic digestive problems
Muscle weakness, especially lack of hind end coordination
Chronic digestive disorders
Skin diseases
Behavior problems: aggression, destructive behaviors, separation anxiety and odd obsessive behaviors (like tail chasing and paw licking)........here's the lnk to the site quoted.......What You Should Know About the Rabies Vaccine for Dogs I just googled 'rabies reactions in dogs' and there's lots of info.

:aimeeyork i am sorry about The little Yorkie . :eek: I hope the seizures can get under control. This is heartbreaking.
The rabies vaccine is potent... However, it is the law .Yes, there can be extreme reactions to the vaccine, but, what is a owner to do? I found out if a dog bites a human and has not had the rabies shot, then a test is performed on the animals brain . the consequences of not vaccinating a dog for rabies far out weigh the risks:eek: There is no point in focusing on these negative, rare side effects, and scaring people. Rabies shot has to be done, it
is the law. :aimeeyork

well Lily hasn't had her rabbies vaccine yet so that is ruled out but we just called our vet and he is taking her for the night to see how she does and if she seizures

I sure hope the best for your baby. I am glad she is in good hands. :aimeeyork

Puppy foaming at the mouth
 

Can you please tell me what the final verdict on the 3 month old puppy foaming at the mouth was. We the same situation with a new 8 week old puppy and we had her for about 4 days and she started foaming at the mouth then would scream then pee and poop involuntarily, then would run around like a maniac. We took the puppy to the vet and to the emergency clinic 4 times. They couldn't do anything for her and suggested we take her to a nuerologist because they thought it had a brain disorder. This was on Christmas Eve and Christmas so there was not a nuerologist opened. We actually returned the puppy to the breeder and they are telling us there is nothing wrong with the puppy and it didn't have these seizures/episodes. The puppy had over 20 of these seizures in 2 days. Please let us know. This was horrific to see and very sad.

Thank you~

First of all I'm so sorry your pup isn't feeling well. I can absolutely relate to how you are feeling. i felt so helpless and frightened to see my little girl going through that.

Thankfully, I'm very happy to say that she is doing wonderful!!! Even the doctor can't pinpoint what exactly triggered the seizures. He even took her home with him for observation and she never had an episode with him. The only thing we all have agreed on was that the stress from changing environments could have been a little traumatic for her.

Something could have traumatized your pup but just constantly shower them with love and attention.

Lily initially had sugar problems as well...she is so little so we had to make sure she was always eating so she wouldn't go hypoglycemic. Again...it could have been her nerves. We were all still strangers to her so it took a little while before she felt at home.

You could take your pup to a neurologist. I was advised to do that by the emergency vet who tended to us the night we started this post. In the end, we took her to my regular vet who like i said, even took her home for observation.

Its something that your pup could grow out of as well. just keep your head up. I know this is tough. Make sure you hold your puppy close. Believe me they can tell how much you care.

I'll keep your puppy in my prayers. please keep me posted.

By the way, I see you are in Orlando. Do NOT by any means go to the emergency clinic in Casselberry on 1792. They are horrible. They even suggested the worse for my pup. I was there from midnight to 6 am with her and then just went straight to my vet who opened at 8 am. He was more hopeful and could not believe what the doctors over there were suggesting.

If you ever have to go to the emergency clinic..go to the one in lake underhill.

if you arent too far from oviedo...this is my vet. Dr Viz is the best!!!

407- 365-7297
886 Chapel St
Oviedo, FL 32765

Help with puppy foaming at mouth
 

It's so very upseting to hear your puppy is foaming at the mouth. My puppy did this for several weeks. She would foam at the mouth, shake, poop, and then run quickly around the house. I took her to the vet where they treated her for 10 days with valium, and potassium bromide. She was having very scary seizures every 30 minutes or so. It was very painful to watch. I took her to several vets. They didn't give up on her nor did they know the cause. They ran several test. She was only 9 weeks old. The GOOD news is she is now 9 months old and is very normal, happy, and playful. She doesn't seem to have any damage from the seizures. I think her young age saved her because just like a small child they still have lots of growing to do. I racked my brain trying to figure out what may have caused the seizures... did I not feed her enough, did we step on her, had she been dropped, was it genetic... You may never know. She was still very sick when I brought her home from the vet. I kept her on Potassium bromide for a few more weeks. She had been through so much in the hospital that she had trust issues and wouldn't let me touch her or hold her for about 4 weeks. But we prayed alot and were very persisitant and then one day she came to us. It was AWESOME!!!!! These puppies are so small they can get hypoglycemic fast. To this day even if she eats well I give her Nutri-Cal in the morning and evening to keep her balanced. I think keeping her glucose levels in check is the key. My puppy is very healthy now. She is a miracle. I have never in my life seen something so horrific and serious as to what she went through. She taught me alot about life. Don't give up on her. She can make it through. I will keep you and your puppy in my prayers. It did take a couple of months for her to recover and even longer for her to trust but be patient the puppy will come around. This is just my experience. This is my first puppy. We love her so much she is just like a child to us. Good luck and God Bless.

foaming at the mouth
 

Also, with my experience....both vets didn't think the pooping and running were a symptom of seizures. Both said this is not typical seizure symptoms. However, you know by looking at the puppy she is having a seizure. right? So did I. I spent alot of time researching this while she was in the hospital and found one website that acknowledge the running symptom being gas pains felt at the end of the seizure. My doctors did not believe this to be true. Please make sure she gets Nutrical and handfed her if necessary several times a day.

Any reputable breeder wouldn't even allow you to take a Yorkshire puppy until 12 weeks in my opinion so in my opinion, the pup is probably from an inbred line with many heridetary problems. Sad but true. Other puppies are different as 8 weeks may be typical but Yorkies depend on their mother for at least 12 due to their requirements