Posting because I lack a good dog vet handbook (any recommendations?) and would like to have a better idea what this was, in case it recurs or can be avoided in future.
7 month old male yellow lab pup, otherwise-good health, developed very sudden profuse drool while hanging out in our backyard with us. Vomited maybe half a dozen times over the next hour, first time was normal vomit ('used' dogfood and some tiny fragments of the sticks that he chews and doesn't always *entirely* spit out) and subsequent ones were all just drooly-looking clear liquid, in large quantity. Had a couple of totally-liquid diarrhea squirts as well, translucent pale yellow and mucusy, SUPER liquid, honestly it looked like a female dog peeing. Sweaty paws for a couple hours. Checked mouth carefully, saw no sign of any problem anywhere and he is a *very* cooperative dog.
Aside from acting worried/nauseated at maximum-drool-and-about-to-vomit moments, and being generally a bit "sorry" and droopy for a couple hours, he had no obvious behavioral/neurological signs, and in fact at many points I think if you didn't know him well and didn't see the drool you wouldn't think anything was wrong, he was sniffing the wind and snapping at flies and wanting to annoy the cats. (e.t.a: There was no sign of mouth irritation or pain, no pawing or apparent discomfort or anything.)
Symptoms were worst at about 45-60 minutes after they started, and by 3 hours later he was seemingly fine again. (And remains so).
I am kind of assuming he ate something he shouldn't'a, but what? Does it sound like he could have been chewing on a toad, maybe? (We don't have cane toads up here obviously but do have 'regular' toads). Or is there some particular insect or plant or mushroom that affects dogs that way? I *seriously* do not see how it could have been any kind of manmade poison, as we don't have much on the property that COULD be a problem and certainly not out in the backyard.
(e.t.a. - of course this all started a half hour before he was supposed to leave for his second-ever obedience class; my husband ended up going anyway but dogless
)
Any suggestions appreciated,
Pat
7 month old male yellow lab pup, otherwise-good health, developed very sudden profuse drool while hanging out in our backyard with us. Vomited maybe half a dozen times over the next hour, first time was normal vomit ('used' dogfood and some tiny fragments of the sticks that he chews and doesn't always *entirely* spit out) and subsequent ones were all just drooly-looking clear liquid, in large quantity. Had a couple of totally-liquid diarrhea squirts as well, translucent pale yellow and mucusy, SUPER liquid, honestly it looked like a female dog peeing. Sweaty paws for a couple hours. Checked mouth carefully, saw no sign of any problem anywhere and he is a *very* cooperative dog.
Aside from acting worried/nauseated at maximum-drool-and-about-to-vomit moments, and being generally a bit "sorry" and droopy for a couple hours, he had no obvious behavioral/neurological signs, and in fact at many points I think if you didn't know him well and didn't see the drool you wouldn't think anything was wrong, he was sniffing the wind and snapping at flies and wanting to annoy the cats. (e.t.a: There was no sign of mouth irritation or pain, no pawing or apparent discomfort or anything.)
Symptoms were worst at about 45-60 minutes after they started, and by 3 hours later he was seemingly fine again. (And remains so).
I am kind of assuming he ate something he shouldn't'a, but what? Does it sound like he could have been chewing on a toad, maybe? (We don't have cane toads up here obviously but do have 'regular' toads). Or is there some particular insect or plant or mushroom that affects dogs that way? I *seriously* do not see how it could have been any kind of manmade poison, as we don't have much on the property that COULD be a problem and certainly not out in the backyard.
(e.t.a. - of course this all started a half hour before he was supposed to leave for his second-ever obedience class; my husband ended up going anyway but dogless
Any suggestions appreciated,
Pat
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