My Dogs Is Behaving Oddly . . .

[VegKitten84]

Lately my 6 year old American Eskimo, Maggie, has been behaving rather strangely. At first he just seemed a little sad, I tried giving him extra snuggles, playing with him more, talking to him, praising him . . .but he still remeained sad.

Eventually he got so depressed that his ears didn't even perk up when I said "Walk?", which is very strange because usually when I say "walk" he runs to the door and scratches it, then jumps on me, and just gets very excited. He stopped playing with my cat, he stopped following everyone around . . .he just stopped being a dog and just started existing as this lump that resides on the floor.

Now he's to the point where I have to push him outside to do his business. He's started to relieve himself in his pen at night (he never has done that before, not even as a puppy). Today when my boyfriend and I went to go pick up our pizzas, Maggie defecated on the floor, and urinated on my bed.

I can't figure out why he's so sad and lathargic. Has anyone else here had a similar experience?

[MollyGoat]

VET. ASAP. Like tonight, or first thing in the morning.

A dog not being its normal self can be a sign of very serious illness.

[VegKitten84]

That's what I was thinking. I tend to second-guess myself though because I have a history of over-reacting.

[/usr]

I would definately take him to the vet as soon as you can, just to be safe. If you've noticed that much of a change, something is definately up.

[Jessica]

He sounds seriously ill to me. Please get him to a vet asap.

[LadyFaile]

since they can't talk, pets will tell you something is wrong by changing their routines, relieving themselves in the house, particularly in an area you're sure to notice like your bed. and a dog not getting excited for walkies? something is definately wrong.

it could be something as simple as having a stone caught in his paw, to something serious like a disease. either way if he's telling you something's up get him to a vet ASAP. when it comes to your pets' health never second guess or hesitate. i'd rather pay a vet bill when nothing was wrong than neglect a serious problem. this is one case where it is ok to overreact :yes:

[MsRuthieB]

Take urine and stool samples with you to the vet.
Has he been drinking more/less water and eating? The vet will want to know this.

Good Luck!

[Alfiedog]

any word?

[cheekywhiskers]

Anytime a pet or human has a behavioral change, consider medical problems. Toxins that build up from disease or tiredness that occurs can lead to drastic behavior changes. Please let us know how your baby is doing.

[VegKitten84]

My roommate confessed to feeding him things like KFC and chocolate chip cookies. That's what was wrong with him. anyway, she never meant to hurt him . . .he's just really convincing when he begs. She stopped doing it and he's finally back to normal now. He's back to chewing on my shoes and peeing in my garden again :lol: I wouldn't have him any other way :)

[mysteriouspoet]

My roommate confessed to feeding him things like KFC and chocolate chip cookies. That's what was wrong with him. anyway, she never meant to hurt him . . .he's just really convincing when he begs. She stopped doing it and he's finally back to normal now. He's back to chewing on my shoes and peeing in my garden again :lol: I wouldn't have him any other way :)

Wow, I hope you'll pardon my saying this, but that was a crappy thing of her to do. I thought everyone knew dogs shouldn't eat stuff like that. :(

Chocolate is toxic to dogs.

[kpickell]

I'm glad it wasn't anything serious and that he's feeling up to himself again. :)

[MollyGoat]

I would FREAK OUT if my roommate was doing that...begging or no, anyone who doesn't even know that chocolate is extremely dangerous for dogs and cats shouldn't be feeding them ANYTHING.

[jenna rose]

My roommate confessed to feeding him things like KFC and chocolate chip cookies. That's what was wrong with him. anyway, she never meant to hurt him . . .he's just really convincing when he begs. She stopped doing it and he's finally back to normal now. He's back to chewing on my shoes and peeing in my garden again :lol: I wouldn't have him any other way :)


:whack: 's your roommate.

i'm glad Maggie is feeling better.

[anthony11]

My roommate confessed to feeding him things like KFC and chocolate chip cookies. That's what was wrong with him. anyway, she never meant to hurt him . . .he's just really convincing when he begs. She stopped doing it and he's finally back to normal now. He's back to chewing on my shoes and peeing in my garden again :lol: I wouldn't have him any other way :)
:grr:

[1vegan]

I'm glad your dog is doing better again VK :yes:

I think the roommate deserves a (strong) warning.

[jenna rose]

My roommate confessed to feeding him things like KFC and chocolate chip cookies. That's what was wrong with him. anyway, she never meant to hurt him . . .he's just really convincing when he begs. She stopped doing it and he's finally back to normal now. He's back to chewing on my shoes and peeing in my garden again :lol: I wouldn't have him any other way :)


Maybe you could feedyour roommate dogfood and see how she feels after eating that a few times. :shifty:

[anthony11]

Maybe you could feedyour roommate dogfood and see how she feels after eating that a few times. :shifty:
I almost suggested that, but there are people who like the stuff. The receptionist at my primary-care-physician's office snakes on Milk Bones.

Um, snacks, that is.

[jenna rose]

I almost suggested that, but there are people who like the stuff. The receptionist at my primary-care-physician's office snakes on Milk Bones.

Um, snacks, that is.



She snacks on that stuff, regularly, at a DOCTOR's OFFICE? :surprised Makes you wonder about the Doc.

[anthony11]

She snacks on that stuff, regularly, at a DOCTOR's OFFICE? :surprised Makes you wonder about the Doc.
He, actually. Guy by the name of Claude. I have to say that he's in general a sharp guy and a lot friendlier than some I've encountered. The doc himself is really great -- he's one of the people at a new-agey "integrative medicine" place. There are ND's and such that have practices there, too, but Schiesser's an MD. One of the things I like most in a physician is for him/her to listen to my thoughts and work with me interactively, rather than tossing some pills my way and showing me the door.

A while back I saw an Internist who I liked, but her office staff was snippy and frequently made billing errors. So, if Claude wants to eat milk bones, that's his own lookout.

(Manchester England, England / Across the Atlantic sea...)

[LadyFaile]

whew. i'm so relieved there was nothing wrong with your dog, i'm sure you must be too. but the stuff your roommate was feeding him is pretty scary, i would be so mad :furious:
a lot of people are under the impression that dogs can and will eat anything. well, sure they will, but they shouldn't. greasy kfc chicken gives most humans i know a stomach ache after, i can't imagine what it'd do to an animal not used to fried food and seasonings. bleh
and yeah chocolate? :whack:
if you did bring him in to the vet i hope the roommate offered to pay the bill

[VegKitten84]

Yeah, she did pay the bill. They vet really couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. So my roommate fessed up that she'd been giving him junk food . . .she stopped doing it and he got better so we figured out that's what was wrong and she replaced my funds after it was proved to be her fault.

She just didn't think there was anything wrong with it because I slipped him human food sometimes. But there's a difference between feeding him *one* homemade baked french fry and feeding him a drumstick from KFC or a fudge brownie. I think the worst thing I ever feed him was a stick of celery dipped in peanutbuter on his birthday. I really wouldn't care too much if she slipped him some non-junkfood scrap every once in a long while . . but feeding him junkfood all the time was just a disaster and I don't understand how she wouldn't understand that beforehand. I'm mean, jeez . . .I don't even approve of KFC for human consumption, LoL.

[LadyFaile]

no doubt :lol:

veggies are good for them now and then, we used to feed our dog raw veggies, i don't see any harm in that as long as you don't go overboard. and peanut butter is just plain funny :D but a fudge brownie? :eek:

[rainbow_clouds]

I almost suggested that, but there are people who like the stuff. The receptionist at my primary-care-physician's office snakes on Milk Bones.

Um, snacks, that is.

My dad eats handfulls of dog bisquets at the grocery store. :-/

[VegKitten84]

no doubt :lol:

veggies are good for them now and then, we used to feed our dog raw veggies, i don't see any harm in that as long as you don't go overboard. and peanut butter is just plain funny :D but a fudge brownie? :eek:

He spent a good half-hour licking thr roof of his mouth after he ate the celery stick with peanutbutter. :lol: But, the birthday boy gets whatever he wants on his special day and that's what he wanted :lol: