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why did my dog die?

My dog died today. When i woke up she was dead. her right leg and right arm were swollen, as well as her outter vagina. she had vomit in her mouth and she had fecies spurted out of her derrier. she was lying on the right side of her body.she had been sick i guess for a week, but i didn't notice until the 2 days before she died.i tried taking her to the vet the day before she died and they were closed, but since i saw no injury in her i didn't take her to the hospital. 2 days before she died she threw up once and had loss of appetite,she had a glassy stare, and wouldn't get up if i told her to come over. if i called her name she wouldn't look at me.but a while later she seemed to get better. the next day she just wouldn't walk a lot.i noticed her hind leg was swollen.she had her heat cycle for 2 days, yet her outter vagina was swollen up until she passed away. why did she die?
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234713 tn?1283526659
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I am very sorry for your loss!

I will not not be able to give you a definitive answer, since only a post-mortum would be able to acomplish that, but I do have ideas.

When pets die they lose the holding capacity of all the sphincters in their bodies (Sphincters are like faucets that are controlled by nerves and muscles. They open and close).   That means that their anal sphincter which holds in the feces relaxes, so poop is released, as well as stomach spincter, so they vomit. This could also happen with urine, when the urinary sphincter relaxes.

Glassy eyes can mean dehydration, and since her extremities were swollen the liquid in her body was not being held within vessels.  So,  although she may have been drinking adequately, the body was unable to distribute the fluids to the necessary organs, like the eyes and the brain.  Without enough nutrients, such as water, the brain will not function correctly, thus her hearing could have been off, or she could have been a bit "out of it".

The body would undergo these kinds of changes from a variety of diseases such as: heart disease, septicemia (systemic infection), and kidney disease.  Systemic infection can be caused by any serious infection, such as pyometra (infection of the uterus).  Pyometra is a possibility since she was not spayed, and her vagina was swollen.

Kidney disease is also possibility.  If her kidneys had failed, they lose the capacity to keep blood proteins in the body and they are lost in the urine which causes the blood to become dilute and pool in extremities (swollen legs, vagina, etc).

I hope this helps!  Please post again if you require more information.  

  



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234713 tn?1283526659
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