I have a 12 yr old female staffi/sharpei mix, who isn't doing so good.?
She has all of the symptons of osteoarthritis, and we have her on glucosamine. Yesterday morning, she stopped eating and drinking, and started crying from pain. We brought her to the vet. They checked her blood, and said that everything was fine, and prescribed her deramaxx, for her arthritis. Today she ate a little bit of chicken strips, but still will not drink. She had a pee and a poop this morning, with me holding her butt up, but when she got back to her bed,she has not moved. I have been force hydrating her with broth and a spoon. Any ideas on how to get her to drink, would be most appreciated, and if you can any suggestions, as to why she stopped eating and drinking, that would be nice too.
thanks
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Take your dog to a different vet and get another opinion. A sure sign that something is wrong with your dog is if it stops eating and drinking. Think about getting x-rays also. Not everything shows up on a blood test. Do this as soon as possible to prevent dehydration and making whatever problem this is worse.
maybe you guys need to bond a little bit more with each other
Maybe the deramaxx is upsetting her stomach. Like if we take a stong pain medication when we have an empty stomach. Ask your vet what they think, and if they can give you a dose for pepsid to give her. And to get her to drink, at the vet clinic where i work we use a syringe with out a needle fill with water, and just squirt a little in there mouth every once in a while. Just a little, not enough that they can choke on it. And if she is not eating her dog food, ask your vet, but we often times recommend giving them whatever they will eat, such as cooked hamburger meat, or chicken breast. ANd if she is still not drinking, a lot of times fluids, even just Sub Q fluids (under the skin) make them feel better, and more apt to eat and drink. you can also ask your vet about that, so she doesn’t become dehydrated. I am sorry about your dog not feeling well. I hope this helps, and i hope she feels better soon.
Sounds like she’s simply in a lot of pain. I would get her back to the vets as an anti-inflammatory injection might be in order. Also, check her eyes – make sure that they are keeping still and not moving from side to side. We had this with our elderley dog at the same time as a slipped disc in her back – it’s a type of stroke that is often brought on by pain. If you see her eyes flickering from side to side then she is exceedingly dizzy and she should be kept calm and quiet until it passes. Also keep food intake to just water as she might feel sick with it.
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Well she is not eating because she is feeling poorly. A better way to get fluids into her is to mix her food with gravy not too much. Give her tinned food which has lots of water content. In desperation you can use a medicine syringe (get one from the vet) and put the syringe into the side of her mouth and gently squeeze little by little.
Even with chicken strips you can lay them in milk for 30 mins or so and it will take up some of the liquid especially if you split it open a bit.
Also, if you get a wide nozzled syringe you can puree the chiken and mix it with thin gravy and feed into the side of her mouth little amounts every couple of hours or so.
Perhaps the medication needs some time to work and she will improve in a few days time.
Give her very soft bedding for comfort.
You sound so very caring, you have a very lucky dog.
I have had many elderly dogs (and other animals), and putting them down is not always the first course of action. It good to give them a chance and make them comfortable.
Good luck and best wishes.
I don’t want to sound harsh, but maybe you should think of putting her down. She is very sick and old. I’m sure she has had a good life. It is very hard. Had to do that last year with my old dog. He was just suffering too much. She must have been a great dog for you to be doing all of this. She will appreciate not hurting anymore. Maybe she can play with my dog Quincy now and not hurt.