Im Worried about my Staffie

Hello,

Basically for the last 5 days my 3yr old english staffie's behaviour has changed somewhat. She usually is very boisterous and loves to play tug or chew on her ball. She also loves sleeping on the bed.
Instead she has been very lethargic, doesnt want to play and of a night time doesn't want to sleep but rather just stand there looking at us and when she does sleep, just sleeps on the ground beside the bed. She also has become very quiet and when she is in a playful mood, she would normally try and snap at my nose or growl, but doesnt do that any more.
Do you think its just her being unwell or maybe she could be slightly injured?

The other thing i have noticed is that normally she is a very well trained dog. Offer her a treat and she will sit, lay down, beg, etc. At the moment, she refuses to do any tricks? Could be related?

Cheers

you may want to go to the vets to get check up

Just got back from the emergency vet.

She has started to bleed internally. Very upsetting

i bet it is poor thing

Aww thank god you went to the vets I hope she's feeling better soon.

Hope she is okay....what was the cause? x

most likely rat poisoning. but they are running tests to be certain.

Most likely rodenticide or thrombocytopenia.
im hoping the earlier and we got it early enough

Oh, God, why do people put that down where other animals can get to it?

Lots of good wishes & prayers winging their way through cyberspace to your poor girl. Hope she's better very soon.

hope shes going to be ok,

oww i do hope she gets well soon

Hope she is back to her usual self very soon. Well done with getting her to the vests as soon as you noticed something could be wrong

BlueStaffBlue wrote:Hope she is back to her usual self very soon. Well done with getting her to the vests as soon as you noticed something could be wrong

something is wrong the poor dog is bleeding internally, maybe from ingesting rat poison

I know something is wrong.....what was saying was well done for taking her the vets when they thought something may be wrong instead of waiting for another week to see how things go. At the time when they took her the vets they didn't know that she was bleeding internally

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I know something is wrong.....what was saying was well done for taking her the vets when they thought something may be wrong instead of waiting for another week to see how things go. At the time when they took her the vets they didn't know that she was bleeding internally

i taught i was the only one who took the bait just pulling your leg blue

Sorry mate had a long day....


Nice one good catch......made that too easy for yeah

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I know something is wrong.....what was saying was well done for taking her the vets when they thought something may be wrong instead of waiting for another week to see how things go. At the time when they took her the vets they didn't know that she was bleeding internally

this im afraid isnt 100% true.

the only reason i took her to the vet was because i saw the very early start of the internal bleeding on her belly. prior to this i thought she may have just been acting funny, or some other emotional distress.

as it stands, i spoke to the vet this morning and she is stable, awake and alert. She has been on IV drips and plasma transfer for the last 8hrs with vitamin K injections. About 2hrs ago they started her on blood transfusion as her red blood cell platelet count level was low; thou her blood clotting levels had returned to a stable level.

so for the moment until i call them tonight, she isnt out of the woods yet, but is on the right path to recovery.
im just thankful, although it should have never happened in the first place, that it was the rat bait Racumin she had which is based on the chemical coumatetralyl which is a multi-feed rodenticide. But i have removed all of the baits from the house and will be spending the next day or two searching for any rats that may be around the yard while the dog isnt around.

would like to say thankyou to everyone for the well wishes and support. once this whole saga is over I will post up a thread of my staffie to show you my fav companion. Will also keep you up to date with her progress here in this thread over the next couple of days.

Glad to hear she's doing a little better. Fingers crossed for a full recovery.

just another update.

she is still at the vet. It seems that every time they give her a bag of plasma her clotting factors improve, but after a while when the bag has finished they start to worsen and then has to go back onto another bag of plasma. so essentially she cant recover properly yet without the assistance of the vet. its just a matter of playing the waiting game now.

my thoughts are with you

Sending my best wishes she makes a speedy recovery

thanks everyone...

we are staying positive. We are hoping that after this next bag of plasma, that she might improve on her own and will hopefully be able to be discharged in 2days time. but of course dont wanna do anything prematurely encase she may relapse.

NDIDDYSCHICK wrote:thanks everyone...

we are staying positive. We are hoping that after this next bag of plasma, that she might improve on her own and will hopefully be able to be discharged in 2days time. but of course dont wanna do anything prematurely encase she may relapse.

fingers crossed for you m8

I've only just seen this thread. I'm so sorry your girl is ill. I hope she makes a full recovery soon. Thinking of you both.

Aww your poor baby hope she gets well soon :-\ i hope u are ok xxxxxxx

Well the vet has released her back to us now. She is at home and doing rather well. She is already back to her usual boisterous & piglet self which makes it hard to try and keep her quiet so she can heal quicker. Her bruising caused by the internal bleeding has almost healed, just has a rather yellow belly at the moment.
She is also on vitamin K meds for the next 4 weeks, but thats a small price to pay to have her back with us.
In the end she ended up having 6 bags of plasma, a blood transfusion and constant supervision for 5 days straight. And she is lapping it up with the attention. I dont know how we are going to be able to go back to the way things used to be, she is just enjoying it too much.

i'm glad she back with you

Ive only just read this thread im so glad she is ok and back home with you

So happy she is back at home where she belongs......with you
Good luck with trying to keep her quiet
Hope she is back to her wonderful self soon

Happy ending! So pleased for you all, bouncy staffy back (even if they shouldnt)! What a story, I bet your so relieved. Just enjoy every moment. Aww so chuffed for ya!

So glad she's back with you & well & truly on the mend!

thanks everyone

we are very pleased that she came out of this ordeal in the best possible way.