Hello,
I was hiking with my dog, Reese, on leash in the woods this morning. We were on a narrow path and vegetation was high, mostly sagebrush and grasses. There was some foxtail but I believe there wasn't any right where the incident happened.
Reese made an irritable sound and turned his head back. I stopped and opened his mouth and saw nothing, so we continued on. At the top of the hill, he stopped to poop, normal formed stool with mucous. Both my dogs had bouts of very watery diarrhea with mucous on the previous 2 Sunday nights. Was treating with Perfect Form from Honest Kitchen, different herbs and pumpkin.
After his stool, Reese lied down. I went to him, checked his mouth and his gums were very pale. We were about 20 min. from the car. I called him to get up and he walked slowly. At one point he seemed to try to vomit. His energy picked up as we walked and gums returned to normal pink color. He seemed normal in the car.
However, took him to local vet. Told them what happened and she wanted an X-ray as she said that older dogs can start bleeding internally. He had rbc issues in 2015 and my vet removed his spleen, which was enlarged. He is 10 yrs.
On xray she noted that his colon was spasming, I mentioned the diarrhea, but she thought this was an allergic reaction and gave a steroid shot. Also said to give Benadryl. I gave him one this afternoon. She seemed to imply that the reaction could come back. She said that an allergic reaction could happen with outer swelling or it could go internally and affect the GI tract.
He seems fine now, mostly resting and I am supposed to report to them how he is doing. Any thoughts on this scary episode would be appreciated. I know that Apis is for bites, shall I give him a dose on top of the other medication?
Thank you,
Alice
I was hiking with my dog, Reese, on leash in the woods this morning. We were on a narrow path and vegetation was high, mostly sagebrush and grasses. There was some foxtail but I believe there wasn't any right where the incident happened.
Reese made an irritable sound and turned his head back. I stopped and opened his mouth and saw nothing, so we continued on. At the top of the hill, he stopped to poop, normal formed stool with mucous. Both my dogs had bouts of very watery diarrhea with mucous on the previous 2 Sunday nights. Was treating with Perfect Form from Honest Kitchen, different herbs and pumpkin.
After his stool, Reese lied down. I went to him, checked his mouth and his gums were very pale. We were about 20 min. from the car. I called him to get up and he walked slowly. At one point he seemed to try to vomit. His energy picked up as we walked and gums returned to normal pink color. He seemed normal in the car.
However, took him to local vet. Told them what happened and she wanted an X-ray as she said that older dogs can start bleeding internally. He had rbc issues in 2015 and my vet removed his spleen, which was enlarged. He is 10 yrs.
On xray she noted that his colon was spasming, I mentioned the diarrhea, but she thought this was an allergic reaction and gave a steroid shot. Also said to give Benadryl. I gave him one this afternoon. She seemed to imply that the reaction could come back. She said that an allergic reaction could happen with outer swelling or it could go internally and affect the GI tract.
He seems fine now, mostly resting and I am supposed to report to them how he is doing. Any thoughts on this scary episode would be appreciated. I know that Apis is for bites, shall I give him a dose on top of the other medication?
Thank you,
Alice
