Zebedee
Well-Known Member
My first post in here I think, but I know that AAD is a fab place to come & ask about all canine related matters !
Our 18wk old JRT puppy has been as bright as a button all day - playing with our older dog & running about interspersed with sleeping times.
A kind friend gave him a sausage broken in to pieces about 1 inch long which he wolfed down before OH could intervene. He also managed to steal some left over chips.
He also probably ate a few bits of horse dung when he was with us doing the horses at about 5/6pm this evening. He picks it up & runs around with it, but that's something every puppy we've had has done, & they normally just grow out of it with no harm done.
He brought the sausage back up at about 7pm, & since then has brought up a fair bit of thick clear mucus a couple of times. He is shivering, & is very subdued, although his colour (eyelids & gums is good). His respiritory rate seems a little high too.
Could a sausage have upset his tummy to this extent?
He is curled up sleeping at the moment, & seems a little bit brighter, although still far from his normal self. Is it just an upset tummy (distressing at the time. but will pass), or should we be calling the vet?
Thanks in advance for any help,suggestions or reassurance anyone can offer - we lost our older dogs half brother to inflamatory bowel disease so we tend to be a bit 'OMG what's wrong' to vomit combined with other symptoms of illness like shivering etc.
Our 18wk old JRT puppy has been as bright as a button all day - playing with our older dog & running about interspersed with sleeping times.
A kind friend gave him a sausage broken in to pieces about 1 inch long which he wolfed down before OH could intervene. He also managed to steal some left over chips.
He also probably ate a few bits of horse dung when he was with us doing the horses at about 5/6pm this evening. He picks it up & runs around with it, but that's something every puppy we've had has done, & they normally just grow out of it with no harm done.
He brought the sausage back up at about 7pm, & since then has brought up a fair bit of thick clear mucus a couple of times. He is shivering, & is very subdued, although his colour (eyelids & gums is good). His respiritory rate seems a little high too.
Could a sausage have upset his tummy to this extent?
He is curled up sleeping at the moment, & seems a little bit brighter, although still far from his normal self. Is it just an upset tummy (distressing at the time. but will pass), or should we be calling the vet?
Thanks in advance for any help,suggestions or reassurance anyone can offer - we lost our older dogs half brother to inflamatory bowel disease so we tend to be a bit 'OMG what's wrong' to vomit combined with other symptoms of illness like shivering etc.
