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What can I do for Sissy's sore throat?

Posted : 12/3/2006 5:41:41 PM

I'm just sick! One of my rescue dogs is extremely timid; it took several months before she stopped squealing and peeing when my husband bent down to pet her. Since she's an outside dog and we have a very busy road nearby, we got an invisible fence for her..she has about seven acres to roam around the house. Because she's so timid, it was extremely easy to train her, and it's worked very well for over a year.

Yesterday when I came home, I was surprised to see that she'd mosied across the fence boundary. I just put her collar back on her! I should have taken her out on a leash until she heard the warning beep, but I just wasn't thinking! (How STUPID!) I looked out the window just in time to see her trotting after my husband's truck, and before I could get to the door, she hit the boundry, yelped and flew into the air like a dolphin. As the day went on, I noticed she had a strange, tentative bark (hasn't barked since then) but she ate a good dinner.

As the day went on, she became listless and I kept her inside last night to watch her. She drank copious amounts of water last night and this morning she'd thrown up her dinner and won't eat anything. I called the emergency vet, and he said that as long as she's not vomiting a lot and doesn't have diarreah, it's not an emergency and to just bring her in tomorrow.

I will, of course, but in the meantime, what do you think? Can the fence actually hurt her throat, or is it just that she's so timid. She did go through twice early on in training without acting like this. Do you suppose she has a virus and that the timing with the fence incident was just coincidental?

What can I do for her until I can get her into the vet in the morning, any suggestions? Thank so much for being online right now!

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judy Thayer

Posted : 12/3/2006 10:21:06 PM

Thanks so much for all your help! It's so good to know that I can rely on online support over the weekend before my vet's office is open.

Yeah, that's sarcasm.

cairnterriers

Posted : 12/3/2006 10:29:53 PM

Sorry! I guess no one knows what to do! (like me)

calliecritturs

Posted : 12/3/2006 11:39:36 PM

Sorry Jood, we aren't all sitting in front of the computer all evening.

I'd give chammomile tea (maybe add just a bit of honey or even beef broth to it if she won't drink it straight) -- that will take some of the inflammation down. The other thing would be slippery elm bark -- that's great for a sore throat.

Altho I doubt this is a typical sore throat from your description -- altho if it were damp out it could be more on the order of an electrical burn Have you examined the skin to see if there is marking there?

marty_ga

Posted : 12/4/2006 7:15:15 AM

Sorry no one was here to offer suggestions. If she literally "flew through the air like a dolphin" as you say, I would be concerned about the voltage going through the fence. Can your husband or someone check it? I don't have much experience with those, but that does sound like it may be malfunctioning. I would check her for an electrical burn also...

judy Thayer

Posted : 12/5/2006 5:23:04 PM

First of all, I'd like to apologize for being so snarky. I was just in Code Blue mode. The vet doesn't know what's wrong with her, either, but says that the invisible fence incident didn't have anything to do with it. He said that she was coming down with something anyway, then proceeded to give her two injections of antibiotics and a sterioid shot.

It's not that I don't believe in coincidence, but I just don't think this is one of 'em.

I'm taking her back in tomorrow and will ask him to x-ray her for some kind of obstruction. She hasn't eaten in three days, although she drinks water and isn't dehydrated. He's not so concerned about her lack of appetite, but I am.