Why did my dog die?

[asalomon]

My 8 year old wheaten terrier died yesterday. I came home Saturday night and had thrown up a few times but didn't seem to have any other symptoms other than a bad stomach ache. I went to bed, thinking that if he was still sick in the morning, I would take him to the vet. When I went to check on him, he was already dead. He had his spleen removed 2 months ago but got a check up last week and was doing great. I know that he got into the garbage earlier in the day but nothing in the trash was harmful to him. I am just trying to understand what happened. If anyone has any ideas, please write back.

Thank you

[deadgamegrrl]

My bulldog had his spleen removed at 9 1/2 years old.  He did really well until12 1/2 when he had a massive stroke in his crate.  He died peacefully in his sleep.  As horrible asit was for me, he went peacefully.  Sometimes stuff just happens that no one can have control over.  It appears he went peacefully and for that you can be grateful.  My heart goes out to you!

[ginger899]

I am so sorry about what happened, and it was such a shock to you too. Sometimes when a dog appears mildly sick, we cannot know that something else is going on. Very often a dog will get an upset stomach, vomit, and then be absolutely fine afterwards. I can be very hard to tell.

Did he, do you think -eat anything from the trash? Even something which might have appeared harmless? When he vomited -what came up?
It's very hard when something like this happens, and you want to know "What was the cause?" because it doesn't seem to make sense.
Why did he have his spleen removed? Did he have another health issue?
I am just so sorry.