This morning I took my 5 month old GSD for a run after he ate breakfast. When we got home, I took him outside to pee and he put a piece of bread in his mouth, but I removed it before he ate it. As soon as we got here, he started tumbling around and shaking his head from side to side (like Stevie Wonder). He didn't want to drink water. He started to whine and bark as if saying he didn't feel well.

I took him to the vet and they did some blood tests and a stool sample, which came out negative. They put an iv and the vet told me that the results were mostly normal except one which was high. I don't remember what it was since he was speaking with medical terms, I just remember him saying that between 500-1500 was normal and my dog had 3000 something.

He asked me if he had eaten something, and I told him about the bread, but the vet was pretty clueless about what was happening to my dog. He gave him a heart worm prevention, and I asked if it was ok to give him that considering he was all weak. The vet told me it was ok because the stomach didn't digest this. It was a yellowish liquid.

They told me to leave him there for observation, which I did. I left there about an hour ago, and plan to go in about an hour and a half.

My question is: the dog was in a crate in a room full with other dogs barking. Should I take him home to a more relaxed environment? I'm not sure what they are monitoring him for, but if he gets worse I can simply take him back. Last time I left a dog in a vets office they called me the next day to tell me the dog had died.

I am not quite sure I understand.....was the dog vomiting up yellow bile?
Did they perform a heartworm test (blood test) before they administered the prevention? This would have to come back negative.
Is there any way you can call and get the name of what they said was high in the blood work results? That would help a lot.

I would be concerned if my dog were sick and they put it in a kennel environment with barking dogs. If dogs are sick, they are usually isolated in a nice quiet area so that they can rest and not be stressed out.

I would get a second opinion. A clueless vet worries me.....

He didn't vomit. The yellowish thing was the medication. Stool sample came back negative. He asked if I was giving heart worm prevention. I told him no, and he gave him the yellow liquid.

The dog has an iv on him now, and is in a kennel in a room full of dogs. I want to take him home to a relaxed environment, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea since he has an iv on, and is still clearly sick (weak, head moving from side to side).

Joe, unless they specify what they want to monitor him for, go back and get your dog out of there.

Like Carol said, they better have taken a blood sample for testing before they gave him that heartworm preventative. If the dog has heartworms and is given a preventative instead of treatment, it could kill him.

One vet wanted to vaccinate my pup when he was younger when I took him in for diarrhea, saying the same thing, no it won't hurt him even though he's SICK. NO WAY!

Definitely get a second opinion. I would get my dog out of there. A clueless vet worries me too, great cause for concern IMO. You're paying him to HAVE a clue, not to board him (although I imagine that's good money for a vet, keeping a dog for "monitoring").

Do you still have the bread? Is it your bread or something someone threw in your yard? Can the vet analyse it for poison?

Out of there (if you decide on that) means TO ANOTHER VET, not to your home.

There is not enough info to say that he does not need IV support.

From your post, there is more than one thing going on. He had a seizure (?) (possibly poisoned) AND then the vet dosed him with heartworm prevention (?) while he was ill AND he has very elevated levels of something but you don't know what.

I would want a lot of answers that you don't have at the moment before making any moves.

I called back and they told me the dog had elevated eofinophiles (or something like that) and the vet thought he had worm. He gave him worm treatment, not prevention. The secretary told me she went to see the dog and he looked much better.

I told her I would call her back.

"The numbers of eosinophils in blood often rise above the normal range with allergic reactions and parasitic infections as with worms."

from a website

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

Out of there means TO ANOTHER VET, not to your home.

You don't have enough info to decide he does not need IV support.

From your post, there is more than one thing going on. He had a seizure (?) (possibly poisoned) AND then the vet dosed him with heartworm prevention while he was ill AND he has very elevated levels of something but you don't know what.

Absolutely to another vet, thank you Connie for posting that about the IV, catching what I can't believe I didn't mention!

 Quote: sandy moore

 Quote: connie sutherland

Out of there means TO ANOTHER VET, not to your home.

You don't have enough info to decide he does not need IV support.

From your post, there is more than one thing going on. He had a seizure (?) (possibly poisoned) AND then the vet dosed him with heartworm prevention while he was ill AND he has very elevated levels of something but you don't know what.

Absolutely to another vet, thank you Connie for posting that about the IV, catching what I can't believe I didn't mention!

I'm sorry that seemed to be directed to you, Sandy; "quick reply" does that.

 Quote: Joe Buhdee

I called back and they told me the dog had elevated eofinophiles (or something like that) and the vet thought he had worm. He gave him worm treatment, not prevention. The secretary told me she went to see the dog and he looked much better.

I told her I would call her back.

What kind of worm treatment did the dog actually get?????