Bell has lost alot of weight fast!!!!

[amberdoggoneit]

We are very concerned about our wiemeraner Bell.  She is 3 years old and has lost a significant amount of wieght in a week!!!  We are taking her to the vet on Monday but just wanted to know if anyone knows of reasons for dogs to lose that much weight so fast.

She wasnt this bad even yesterday.  this morning I can see her hip bones and if she loses anymore than I will probably be seeing her spine.  SHe is still eating like a horse though

[People Whisperer]

Poor baby  Did you de-worm her lately?

[amberdoggoneit]

NO they were wormed and had their annuals mid october. So wouldnt think that was it. I wonder if she ate some rocks.  We have a rock type patio and latley we have caught her carrying some around. 

Would that make her lose som wieght?

[amberdoggoneit]

yea she has an appointment first thing monday morning.  They said that since she wasnt vomiting or having runny stool that she could wait until than

[amberdoggoneit]

Yea I hope so too. She is my husband and I's first dog together.  She is also very attached to my husband as he is to her. 

Unfortunalty he is out of town until tuesday so he is very very worried.  The only good thing is her personality hasnt changed at all.  She is her same "weimeraner" self

[Scootergirl]

The only thing I've ever witnessed that makes a dog lose weight that fast is parvo, but she's been vaccinated, is still eating and not vomitting or diarrhea so that's definitely not it.

I'm perplexed. She's 3 so it can't be a sudden growth spurt.

I would think if she was blocked, she'd be seeming sick and not eating...

I am very eager to hear what's going on with her. Has she been more active lately and just needs an increase in food?

[amberdoggoneit]

Well Bell ate dinner and breakfast this morning like she has never eaten before.  could she still have worms even though she had a wormer in October?

[Scootergirl]

not likely, but I guess it's possible. Her poo would probably be really slimy, though and you'd likely see spaghetti-looking or rice-size worms in it.

What are you feeding her. Maybe it's just a food quality issue.

[amberdoggoneit]

no I haven't noticed anything like that. she is on diamond high energy dog food

[Icerotti]

How is Bell 

[amberdoggoneit]

Bell is having to stay over night and tomorrow at the vet's office. They did a fecal and found no parasites or worms so that is out.

They took blood and are waiting to hear back from the lab thet send their stuff to.  I am on pins and needles.  I hate that she is having to stay there. I begged for her to be able to go home since they had already run all there tests while I was there.  But they wanted to observe her eating tonight so I am going to go by there before I take Payton to daycare and go to work.  

He said that if it is some intestinal problem that we might have to take her to University of Auburn for further evaluation

[Icerotti]

We have fingers and paws crossed here for Bell.  Wishing her a peaceful night at the vets 

[amberdoggoneit]

Thanks alot!!!  They told me they would call me if anything seemed wrong but they wont have any results from blood work until tomorrow when I pick her up after work.

[Viking Lady]

I'm sorry you're having to wait. Waiting is hard. Auburn should be a good place to go if it comes to that. I'll be hoping for good news.

[KatysTank]

I hope everything is ok with Bell.