Lethargic Blue Lacy

[More Liberty]

My Blue Lacy isn't feeling good for some reason so before I drop cash at the vet I decided to question the green screen.

Ramadi - the dog - is lethargic, doesn't want to run around and didn't eat his food last evening. I'm assuming he ate something that maybe he shouldn't have. Day before yesterday I saw him gnawing on an old deer hoof which isn't unusual considering but I hadn't given him a leg to chew on for sometime. I thing he hid this leg and then found it again about two weeks later.

He's not vomiting and hasn't had any unusual bowel movements that I know of.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/ thoughts.

[griffbowhunter]

My dog was just doing that we started to give a new kind of dog food. It seems to be working


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[More Liberty]

My dog was just doing that we started to give a new kind of dog food. It seems to be working


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Thanks. I'm not sure it's the dog food in this case. He's been eating Victors for a few years plus the bag isn't new. Personally I think he dug up an old deer hoof that got him sick. I'm looking at home remedies. When he got popped by a copperhead the green screen recommended benadryl which worked perfectly.

[AntlerCollector]

Could be heart worms

[More Liberty]

Could be heart worms

Thanks. He is lethargic but doesn't have the other symptoms - plus he's been on good prevention.

[AntlerCollector]

Good to hear. You didn't mention it so I was throwing that out there

[Sackett]

How old is he? Pull his eyelids back and look for yellowing in the sclera area. Our dog had the exact same symptoms starting 2 weeks ago. Took her to the vet and her liver values were off considerably. After 2 days of IV she started to do better and is eating a lot better now. She's on Hills Prescription Liver Diet right now. I think she got into something too, but after an ultrasound, the vet ran test yesterday for Cushings Disease. We'll see the results in a day or so. I would recommend beading to the vet if be doesn't improve after 2 days.

[More Liberty]

How old is he? Pull his eyelids back and look for yellowing in the sclera area. Our dog had the exact same symptoms starting 2 weeks ago. Took her to the vet and her liver values were off considerably. After 2 days of IV she started to do better and is eating a lot better now. She's on Hills Prescription Liver Diet right now. I think she got into something too, but after an ultrasound, the vet ran test yesterday for Cushings Disease. We'll see the results in a day or so. I would recommend beading to the vet if be doesn't improve after 2 days.

Thanks I'll look

[cva34]

Could be Kidney failure..Its pretty common in old dogs..could be that deer foot some sort of food poisoning... The dogs I been around that had heart worms Coughed lots...
my dog loves Cat Scat and when he finds some and eats it he gets lethargic and don't wana eat and spits up...couple days hes's fine..Sure glad he don't find it often..we ain't got a cat.....nasty!!!!

[More Liberty]

Could be Kidney failure..Its pretty common in old dogs..could be that deer foot some sort of food poisoning... The dogs I been around that had heart worms Coughed lots...
my dog loves Cat Scat and when he finds some and eats it he gets lethargic and don't wana eat and spits up...couple days hes's fine..Sure glad he don't find it often..we ain't got a cat.....nasty!!!!

Thanks. He just urinated and had a bowel movement which looked normal. He doesn't want to eat or drink though.

[More Liberty]

He ran around a little but didn't want to drink water.

[Traildust]

Kidneys / dehydration. Sounds like what happened to my lab.

[More Liberty]

Kidneys / dehydration. Sounds like what happened to my lab.

What's the cause?

[Tubby]

Possibly ate some mushrooms in the yard?

[Jon B]

Grab him by the knap of the neck and pinch into the shape of a pup tent. Once you remove your hand see if it drops back down. If it doesn't he is dehydrated. You can also push down on his gums with a finger until if turns white. When you remove the pressure it should turn bright pink in less than a second. This will also show dehydration.