A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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dturm wrote:
So sorry Burch. Acute issues like this are often related to the heart. One of the more common tumors in dogs is hemangiosarcoma. They can easily go undiagnosed and one major place they metastasize is to the right atrium in the heart. If that tumor ruptures, they can go into heart failure or acute death with a big bleed. This actually happened to one of our goldens and I never had a clue that she had the tumors until she died. This would be the first place I'd look.
Again, so sorry for your loss.
Doug
Thank you Dr Doug. I am still in shock because she was fine this time yesterday morning. However, I know a couple of nights ago she was panting all night long. She normally is really quiet at night. Then the panting yesterday before she passed. She was an older dog (12 years old) but she didn't look it or act like it. She was always full of energy. I am so going to miss her. My wife and I are just devastated because she was are little girl. We still have her brother Monty. He is just looking confused this morning.
Burch
