| Dog choking, gagging, drooling or pawing at the mouth.
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Possible foreign item stuck in throat or mouth. |
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| Hot ears. Hot to the touch. |
Possible fever, but dog could have fever and not have hot ears. |
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| Straining but not having a bowel movement. |
Possible constipation or an obstruction of the bowels or diarrhea.
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| Dog cries, crouches or tenses, trembles, heavy breathing. Intense pain
usually abdominal. |
Possible poison, bloat, pain from swallowing sharp object. |
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| Convulsions, thrashing about on the floor, glassy-eyed, foaming, rigid.
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Possible epilepsy or poison, hypoglycemia. |
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| Nervous panting and pacing. |
Possible pain or discomfort of some sort. Watch carefully. |
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| Squatting numerous times but not urinating or just dribbling. |
Possible bladder or kidney infection. |
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| Scooting across floor on rear. |
Possible blocked anal glands or caked stool in hair around rectum.
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| Skin inside of ears is bright pink instead of pale. Bad odor from ears
or constant scratching of ears. |
Possible ear infection or ear mites. |
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| Pale mucus membranes, heavy breathing and extremities cold. |
Possible shock. |