My dog died after not eating, drinking, blood, and couldn't walk. Why?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Male | unneutered
My dog died 2 days ago Symptons were he didn't eat 3 days But he drink too much and a little blood in dirt. He can't walk well What was his disease
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Published on June 28th, 2016
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. There are many different problems that could cause those symptoms, so unfortunately an autopsy (called a necropsy in animals) would be the only way to know for sure. Some possible causes would include some type of toxicity (such as antifreeze or rat poison), an illness such as kidney or liver failure, or some type of cancer. Your vet could do a necropsy or direct you to a pathologist for more advanced testing if you want to try and determine a specific cause of death.
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First off, I am very sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what his disease was unless I saw him in person. There are many illness that could have caused the symptoms you have posted, and some of these illness would be more likely depending on his age. Again, I am very sorry for your loss.
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Published on December 30th, 2016
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your dog! How awful, especially at such a young age. Weight loss, not eating, weakness and bloody vomit could be caused by quite a few different things, so I'm afraid it's hard to say what might have caused his death. He may have had an intestinal obstruction due to swallowing something he shouldn't have, an abdominal tumor of some kind, a severe systemic illness like liver or kidney disease, or he could have ingested something toxic. If you want to try and find out what it might have been, you could ask your vet to do an autopsy (called a necropsy in animals) to check for any obvious problems that could have caused his death. Again, I'm very sorry for your loss.
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Published on February 20th, 2017
I am so sorry that your lost your dog this morning! Please accept my condolences for your loss. It could be that your dog go into something toxic causing his symptoms, he could have had a foreign body, cardiac disease, organ failure, or even cancer. Oftentimes in dogs, they have cancer and we don't even realize it until they are already extremely ill. Dogs are quite good at hiding their illness. If you'd like to know for sure what caused him to pass away, you could have your vet do a necropsy (an autopsy for dogs) on him. That might give you some answers as to the cause of his death. Again, I'm so sorry for your loss :-(
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Published on November 18th, 2017
I am sorry to hear of your loss but there is no way to determine the underlying cause without a post mortem exam. Liver, heart or kidney disease, tumours, pregnancy or womb infection and twisted internal organs can all cause similar symptoms but there would be no way to tell without an autopsy
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