Hi There
Il apologise now as this is gona be a long post, I hope some of you bear with me tho
Just over 4 weeks ago we returned from our Dog Training class and subsequentley fed both pooches. Within 15 mins Jessie our cocker was whimpering (i thought she was messing me about so didnt let her out as she had just come in) and 2 mins later she had pood on the floor (very unusal as clean since 5 months old). I let her out and she pood again (all very very loose, almost water - sorry
).
When she came in i gave her a stroke on her head as comfort and noticed that she was drooling massively. She then proceeded to be sick. The drooling continued, she drank some water and then was sick again...emptying her dinner everywhere!
At this point we foned the vets and decided she needed to see someone. I was worried about dehydration and was shocked at how much drool she had produced. Her ears, front legs chin and chest were sopping wet...
Off to the emergency vets we went and there was nothing obviously wrong but she was very subdued and very wet and still drooling. She wasnt sick again....but we stopped her gulping water which helped i think.
After a 20 min consultation they advised us that it would be best if they kept her in till the morning
as they felt she needed fluids via a drip. The next morning I collected her, took her home and she began to recover. By the end of that day she was almost back to herself and scoffing chicken and rice like it was going out of fashion.
Anway we kept wondering what caused it but no-one knew. Well on wednesday morning this week she was sick again..before her breakfast...and the drooling started. SO immediately off to the vets...but this time she wasn't kept in...just rehydration salts and a paste thingy for us to give to her and the usual injections we always get. Her recovery this time was quicker and she ate chicken n rice yesterday. She was back to normal almostthis mornins so a little nutro for breakfast was given. Well this afternoon at 4pm my best friend was at home and she called me as Jessie had the runs and was sick and yes you guessed it started to drool. I rushed home from work and off to the vets we went. More antibiotics and another day of starvation for Jessie and we are to keep giving the paste.
She seems loads better now and is mithering for food but is still a little subdued. (Actually sleeping right this min)
We were told that a toad might cause this reaction if she licked it (we had a toad in our garden you see) so we caught it last night and took it to another town
so it couldnt have been a toad today that made her ill !
Does anyone have any ideas what could cause this type of reaction? She doesnt have access to any plants as our borders are netted off from the dogs, They have the run of the grassed bit and of the patios ? I am at a loss to what it could be but need to find out. She hadnt been for a walk today either as she was still in recovery this morning so it must be something in our garden. We dont use slug pellets or anything else like that.
The common denominator is that it has happened all 3 times at home and just after she has been in the garden.
Saffi our other dog is absolutely fine....she obviously avoids whatever it is
HELP if you can, its driving me mad. Ive even taken to collecting all slugs and snails up in a poo bag just incase she is eating one of them.
(I have removed snails from her mouth before tho and she hasnt had a reaction
I look forward to your replies and apologies again for how long this post is
Cheers
Janey and stinky saliva coated Jessie x
