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My 1-year-old female mixed dog keeps making urination motions but produces no urine; what is wrong?
Difficulty urinating may be a urinary disease like stones, infection, or kidney issues; give water and a diuretic, and see a vet if over 24 hours. Slow metabolism from little exercise or low mood, or pregnancy, can also cause it.
Why does my dog keep trembling even when lying still?
Constant trembling may be a distemper aftereffect damaging nerves, which is incurable; keep the dog warm and cared for. It could also be cold, dreaming, or painful diseases like acute abdomen, pancreatitis, or disc disease; see a vet.
What Happens When a Dog Has a Fracture?
A fracture causes severe pain, crying, limping and a sensitive, deformed limb, with swelling and bruising; bad cases lose mobility. Get an X-ray; mild cases need pain meds and support, severe ones need surgery.
What Happens as a Dog Gets Old?
As a dog ages, body functions decline - smell, sight and hearing weaken, and reactions slow. Older dogs face joint, dental, digestive and heart issues, sleep more, and some develop cognitive dysfunction. Give more company, nutrition and vet checks.
What Happens After a Dog Has Had Parvovirus?
Parvo is highly contagious and can be fatal, damaging respiration, digestion and nerves. Recovered dogs have weaker immunity and shed virus for about a year but rarely relapse; avoid chills, boost nutrition, and limit contact with unvaccinated pups.
Why Is My Dog Suddenly Zooming Around the House?
A dog that suddenly bolts around the house may be reacting to diet issues, lack of exercise, anxiety, separation stress, fear, aging, or mating drive. Increase daily walks, keep feeding steady, and rule out medical causes if the behavior appears with no clear trigger.
What causes dark skin on a dog’s lower abdomen and groin?
Darkening of the skin on a dog's lower abdomen and groin can have several causes. These include normal pigmentation, skin disease, endocrine disorders, and staining from friction or urine.
My dog went to the bathroom, lay on a blanket, and later could not move but was still breathing. What happened?
The dog may be experiencing limb weakness or full paralysis. Check for injuries and monitor breathing, heart rate, and temperature, and keep it warm if hypothermic.
Dog hospitalized a week, diagnosed with hepatitis and pancreatitis, symptoms vomiting and bloody stool; discharged after a week of IVs, won’t eat, vomited again, watery stool, a bit of blood today. How to treat?
Possible reasons: 1) hepatitis/pancreatitis not fully healed or relapsed - return for recheck; 2) weakened gut from long treatment damaging the mucosa - with okay spirits, use broad-spectrum antibiotics, bismuth subsalicylate, probiotics; 3) hidden disease like hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, foreign-body scratch, tumor - need further tests.
My dog was fine yesterday; I suspect a large dog bit its head, and today it vomited, cannot stand, rolls its eyes. It is dying.
Unsteady standing and confusion may come from: head trauma causing encephalitis (needs CT/MRI), distemper infection (common in puppies), or poisoning damaging nerves. Get to a vet if possible; otherwise give glucose or goat milk for strength.