Our darling Standard Poodle Nick has stopped eating!! Help!!

[Guest Anonymous]

About three weeks ago we put our house on the market and people started streaming in to look at it. About the same time, our 4 year old Standard Poodle Nick started drinking water excessively and urinated on the floor which is unusual for him because he is housebroken and a house dog. Then he urinated again, both times during the night. He would urinate rivers of water. He also urinated at my neighbor

[kendalyn]

My Standard Poodle had bad Pneumonia, was on the way to recovery and suddenly stopped eating. He died while the vets were trying to figure out what was wrong. He was 10 though so it's possible it was just "his time."

But I'm telling you this because it was startling to me how quickly he went downhill after he stopped eating. If your vet can't help you, GO FIND ANOTHER ONE NOW! You really don't have time to dink around if he's not eating.

I would make another appointment with your vet and be very blunt. Ask for a referral to another vet or to a specialist if you doubt in any way your vet's ability to handle this case.

Let us know what happens.

[Horsefeathers!]

Yes, be blunt and be persistent with this vet, another vet, even another if it takes it. One of my recently placed Standard Poodle fosters went downhill very quickly when he stopped eating and became shaky, emaciated and in general poor health. He also became "confused." The vet could find nothing that gave us a clue of what was causing these problems. The dog did not make it. He was only 2 1/2 years old. In the end, I wish we had sought more opinions. I love my vet, but wish we had gotten a second or even third opinion. We truly never expected it to get bad enough for him to die. :(

I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I would just like to urge you be very persistent. Good luck and I hope your Standard baby is ok.