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Dog Died Suddenly with No Signs of Anything Particularly Wrong to Cause Death.
My family and I just lost our dog out of the blue around 6pm on August 22nd.
He was 8 years of age, approximately 80lbs, and showed no signs of being sick before he passed.
The night before he played like he always had and ate his dog food as usual. On the morning of his passing he was with me in my room most of the morning. He slept most of the time (which was normal for him) and I gave him crust from a sandwich I was eating. Before that my mother had put him outside before she went to work and he came in after a short time and ate some dog food then proceeded to my room. Around 1pm my father put him out and he urinated and came back in. My father saw him the whole time and he didn't do anything but his "business." My mother came home from work around 4pm. She cooked dinner approximately 30 minutes later and our dog was fine walking around the house observing everybody as he had always done. While my parents were eating in the living room around 5pm, my dog laid down on the floor as usual and went to sleep. This was a normal routine for him and nothing was out of the ordinary all day. After dinner around 5:30pm, I asked my mother to help me in my room.
We didn't notice anything wrong with our dog and stepped over him like we normally do when he's sleeping. There were no signs of death at the time.
We were in my room for 5 or 10 minutes. Mom left to go into the kitchen to get some water and noticed our dog was laying oddly with his back legs sprawled out like his front paws which was pretty unusual. My father looked at him and told my mother our dog was dead after noticing feces and vomit on the floor. My mother didn't believe it because our dog was absolutely fine all day and showed no symptoms/signs at any point. She thought my father was joking which was not a normal joke for him to say. He repeated our dog's passing after touching him. Our dog was still warm and felt life-like but he was limp with no breathing. My father believes it was a heart-attack.
The only thing we know was a week or less prior to his passing, our dog was having smelly gas which he's had many times before with no problems. He's had a benign tumor removed from between his toes on a front paw about a year or two years ago. The doctors told us we had nothing to worry about after that and our dog acted completely fine so we don't think that had anything to do with his passing. But the vomit was dark green with a long blade of grass in it but that's all we know.
It was so out of the blue and sudden that it's hit our family really hard because he wasn't just a family pet; he WAS family.
We just would like to know exactly what could of happened. Thank you.
He was 8 years of age, approximately 80lbs, and showed no signs of being sick before he passed.
The night before he played like he always had and ate his dog food as usual. On the morning of his passing he was with me in my room most of the morning. He slept most of the time (which was normal for him) and I gave him crust from a sandwich I was eating. Before that my mother had put him outside before she went to work and he came in after a short time and ate some dog food then proceeded to my room. Around 1pm my father put him out and he urinated and came back in. My father saw him the whole time and he didn't do anything but his "business." My mother came home from work around 4pm. She cooked dinner approximately 30 minutes later and our dog was fine walking around the house observing everybody as he had always done. While my parents were eating in the living room around 5pm, my dog laid down on the floor as usual and went to sleep. This was a normal routine for him and nothing was out of the ordinary all day. After dinner around 5:30pm, I asked my mother to help me in my room.
We didn't notice anything wrong with our dog and stepped over him like we normally do when he's sleeping. There were no signs of death at the time.
We were in my room for 5 or 10 minutes. Mom left to go into the kitchen to get some water and noticed our dog was laying oddly with his back legs sprawled out like his front paws which was pretty unusual. My father looked at him and told my mother our dog was dead after noticing feces and vomit on the floor. My mother didn't believe it because our dog was absolutely fine all day and showed no symptoms/signs at any point. She thought my father was joking which was not a normal joke for him to say. He repeated our dog's passing after touching him. Our dog was still warm and felt life-like but he was limp with no breathing. My father believes it was a heart-attack.
The only thing we know was a week or less prior to his passing, our dog was having smelly gas which he's had many times before with no problems. He's had a benign tumor removed from between his toes on a front paw about a year or two years ago. The doctors told us we had nothing to worry about after that and our dog acted completely fine so we don't think that had anything to do with his passing. But the vomit was dark green with a long blade of grass in it but that's all we know.
It was so out of the blue and sudden that it's hit our family really hard because he wasn't just a family pet; he WAS family.
We just would like to know exactly what could of happened. Thank you.
I completely understand how you feel and I am equally sorry for you and your family's loss. When we lost our dog, it was terribly hard to get past the fact that we will never truly know what happened. To this day, we still wish we knew. He meant so much to my family and I and it made it so much harder not knowing and the fact that it happened so suddenly. I learned to take comfort in reminding myself that Scooby is in a better place when I'd have a severe reminder of his and my time together. As you said, they're both in a happy place full of love and fun. :)
my dog just died randomly yesterday. shes a pug-a-poo pomchi, very small dog, and she was only a year old. we had left to go do something, and she was very happy and energetic as normal before we left, and was fed and watered.. came back an hour or two later, she had passed. the neighbors(also the landlord) have been breaking in lately to steal stuff, and we think they might have poisoned her to get back at us. (they strongly dislike us for some reason even though we fixed their house and pay way too much for a 3 bedroom, 1500 sq ft.)
good thing were moving. i couldnt deal with crying over another one of our beloved animals because of stupid people.
good thing were moving. i couldnt deal with crying over another one of our beloved animals because of stupid people.
That is horrible! I am so sorry for your loss. When I was younger, our neighbor poisoned our dog with antifreeze...we lived in the middle of nowhere and they were the only neighbors we had for miles... Once more, I am so sorry for your loss and pray you find peace in knowing she's in a better place.
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I was trying to look up what may have happened to my best friend also... And I came across your post. I can't help but compare your feelings to mine at the moment... It has been almost a week since we lost our best friend, our baby, our family member... We were also going through a rough phase and our dog was there to help us cope with the loss. It was because of him that we were able to heal after the loss of my grandfather. It was because of him that made life bearable for me at times. My family and I are devastated but are able to cope with this loss knowing he is in a better place. The same description you gave of how your dog laid and the symptoms that you described were present with our dog also. It's almost as if I have written the post myself. I can completely understand what you went through and I thank you for posting this online... I also wonder what may have happened to our dog... We didn't opt for an autopsy because we didn't want him to be cut up and the vet said that someone recently got an autopsy of their cat with no results. Reading your post made me feel like you took the words right out of my mouth; I can't eat or sleep... I can't help but search online about what I may have done wrong...We miss him so so much, but the most we want is that he be happy and at peace wherever he is.
I know your post was a while back, but I too was searching for answers and came across your posting. I lost my 10 year old toy poodle Chiquita last Thursday night. I was devastated and I am left without answers. My Chiquita died in almost the exact same way, she was playing with my kids and being herself and not even an hour later we found her lifeless surrounded in her feces but no vomit. I wish I knew what happened and I can't help but feel we did something wrong. After processing how it all happened so suddenly, I have one thing that really bothers me, that we didn't keep up with her heartworm medicine. We loved her so much and always tried to protect her from harms way, but this was one thing we failed at. I am wondering if this was the case for anyone else here, not being consistent in preventing heartworms. It's the only thing I can think of that that could have caused her death, and that tears me apart, that it could be our fault. I know I have to deal with this guilt, whether or not this was the cause of her sudden death. We will never know. Please let me know if anyone can relate to this factor.
I know your post was a while back, but I too was searching for answers and came across your posting. I lost my 10 year old toy poodle Chiquita last Thursday night. I was devastated and I am left without answers. My Chiquita died in almost the exact same way, she was playing with my kids and being herself and not even an hour later we found her lifeless surrounded in her feces but no vomit. I wish I knew what happened and I can't help but feel we did something wrong. After processing how it all happened so suddenly, I have one thing that really bothers me, that we didn't keep up with her heartworm medicine. We loved her so much and always tried to protect her from harms way, but this was one thing we failed at. I am wondering if this was the case for anyone else here, not being consistent in preventing heartworms. It's the only thing I can think of that that could have caused her death, and that tears me apart, that it could be our fault. I know I have to deal with this guilt, whether or not this was the cause of her sudden death. We will never know. Please let me know if anyone can relate to this factor.
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From your description of what happened, it does sound like it could have been either a cardiac or cerebral event, but the only way to tell for sure what it was would be to have your vet perform a necropsy (autopsy). Many people don't want to put their pet through this, after all it won't bring them back and it does cost money to have done. If you feel it would give you closure, however, contact your vet and arrange to have it done.
Again, my most sincere sympathies to you on your loss.
Ghilly