FWIW, my last "somethings not quite right" trip to the vet was for 2x of vomiting two days apart. You know, the thing that all dogs do and is usually nothing. But it was abnormal for *my* dog so I took him in. He had cancer.
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I paid happily, trust me - I'll take a vet bill and some shame over a possibly dead dog anyday We have some gas drops on hand and will be checking dosage for dogs, just in case there's a next time.
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Anytime Tanner just doesn't seem to be digesting dinner right he gets a dose of simethicone and his doggy door shut so I can monitor any trips outside to attempt to puke or eat grass. Bloat scares the heck out of me. Reminds me that I need to get some of that liquid simethicone for our move to Missouri.
My parents rushed their limping, pacing, freaky acting dog to the vet. Turns out that he does that when something gets a bit stuck on the way out of his rear end. He really looked like something was seriously wrong with him but he just had eaten a plastic food wrapper and it needed a bit of assistance to make it all the way out.
I'm having trouble thinking of a memorable false alarm type of vet visit off the top of my head. (I'm sure there must have been some, though.) But I just wanted to say that in each of the instances described by everyone in this thread, I would have taken my dog to the vet, too! You know, safe rather than sorry, etc.
Even the geese story......I think I know that geese don't carry rabies......but I also know they're mean buggers and I suppose could inflict a nasty bite......
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Quote: Cheri Grissom
I'm having trouble thinking of a memorable false alarm type of vet visit off the top of my head. (I'm sure there must have been some, though.) But I just wanted to say that in each of the instances described by everyone in this thread, I would have taken my dog to the vet, too! You know, safe rather than sorry, etc.
Even the geese story......I think I know that geese don't carry rabies......but I also know they're mean buggers and I suppose could inflict a nasty bite......
"ADR" is a symptom, written on charts, or used to be. Aint Doing Right.
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I don't know if my story counts, but it wast last vet story.
Turbo ate a 13" piece of nylon rope that we used as a retrieval to in the pool. Just out of the blue, after years of playing with it decided to eat it. Had my fingers on it as it slid down his throat.
Few too may dollars, few too many miles on my truck, and a few X-rays later, no rope. Doc couldn't even see it on the x rays. All the while Turb was perfect. Not a single thing wrong with him.
8 days later, and no sign of the rope, I'm wondering if I dreamt the whole thing. Then I get a phone call from my wife that he finally puked it up.......and subsequently tried to eat it again.
Turned out to be pretty big non event.
But like the bloat stories, f you see or dream that your dog ate an indigestible foreign object, its probably best to see the vet for gits & shiggles.
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FWIW, my last "somethings not quite right" trip to the vet was for 2x of vomiting two days apart. You know, the thing that all dogs do and is usually nothing. But it was abnormal for *my* dog so I took him in. He had cancer.
This made me think about my wonderful dog Luna. She refused her breakfast one day. I knew her, and this was inconceivable. I took her to the vet that day, and she had cancer .... aggressive, fast-growing enough to have almost filled her abdominal cavity since her annual checkup a mere three months earlier.
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