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My dog won't eat, breathes hard, has bloody poop. Should I see a vet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | 5 years and 10 months old | 22.7 lbs

My Dog doesn't eat for a week and last friday we bought her to the vet and he said that it's only fever and cough and gave some medicines and she breaths difficultly. Now she still doesn't eat and has some blood in her poop and she always try to poop. What should i do? What home remedies shall I give her? I'm so devastated and I want her to heal and i don't want her to die cause she is my life. Please help me

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 20th, 2017

OH my. I can understand your despair, especially after having already taken her to your vet. It sounds like she needs to have some testing done to determine what the underlying problem is so that she gets the proper treatment. A pet that is having difficulty breathing, not eating and blood in the stool (could be due to stress), sounds like a possible lower airway infection or even pneumonia. She needs to go to another vet for a second opinion, bloodwork and chest radiographs to evaluate her lungs. If she does have pneumonia, then she will likely need to be hospitalized and treated symptomatically for a few days until she is hopefully well enough to go home. Here is a finanical assistance website in case you need help affording her veterinary care. http://m.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/trouble_affording_veterinary_care.html I hope that Bea is able to make a full and speedy recovery from her illness. Best of luck to you. Take care.

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    Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on November 20th, 2017

    Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. I am sorry to hear Bea is not feeling well. I am concerned that she does not want to eat. If the vet did not test her blood I would recommend having her blood tested to make sure there are no serious systemic changes going on right now. If her breathing is off then chest xrays really should be done to find out why she is having breathing difficulties. A different antibiotic such as enrofloxacin may be better than what she is in right now as well. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. I hooe Bea feels better soon!

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