Bartleby Trembling, Heavy Panting
I'm worried about my little guy. We came home from our walk and he started panting heavily. I didn't think anything of this at first since it makes sense he'd be overheated from walking. But then He kept following me around and I noticed he's trembling. I took him to the vet about 3 weeks ago to the day for ingesting xylitol. I had taken him to vet, induced vomiting soon after the incident, given him liver pills, and noticed no change in his behavior. The only thing out of the ordinary today is that he tried to eat dirt when he was running around the park. That behavior in itself isn't that unusual for him so I dont know if that's what's causing it. I gave him some syrup fearing he might be having some hypoglycemic episode, but doesnt seem to have helped. Now he's sitting in the kitchen, trembling. Being as I just took him to the vet three weeks ago and am already living paycheck to paycheck often coming out negative at the end of the month, I dont have any way to fund taking him to the vet again. When I tried checking online, I found mostly iffy answers, ranging from gas to eating something bad. Anyone had a similar episode or any advice what I can do for him? Thanks.
Oh yeah, the other thing I read it might be is anxiety. There is an alarm randomly emitting a singular, high pitched noise, but as he's not usually very startled by noises I would think it strange for this to freak him out. We live in an apartment building where they have electrical issues and the alarms often go off from people cooking and he doesn't get perturbed by this. The singular high pitched noise in the past means an alarm may be on low battery so I'm not worried that my building is going down.
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Comment by Emily & Cooper on January 30, 2012 at 3:56pm
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I am so glad he is doing better. =) and I know what you mean, it is my first time owning dogs of my own and I am so paranoid! I have taken them to the vet for pretty much everything. My dog's doctor probably thinks I'm silly, I just don't want anything to happen to my little guys.
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Comment by Bartleby on January 28, 2012 at 3:18pm
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hmm strange. we took the batteries out of the old fire alarm last night and as of later last night/this morning he seems alright. so hopefully it was just the alarm psyching him out. its just so strange to me since he isn't phased by anything - fireworks, loads of people, all the random loud alarms/city noises. Whenever the regular fire alarm goes off in our building, he never reacts to that either. But I guess like you guys said, there's something probably specifically about the pitch of it. Just glad it doesn't appear to be bloat, although I will be modifying his diet just to be on the safe side. I didn't realize becoming a dog owner came with so many random health alerts!
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My dogs aren't normally scared of noises either but we had a smoke alarm that needed a battery change recently. We couldn't find which one so the little beeping went on for hours. Both my dogs were so anxious about it they were trembling and panting. I think it is the pitch and the consistency of the noise that gets to them. One of my friends had a similar problem. one of her smoke detectors needed changing and her dog was shut in a certain area of the house while she was at work. The poor dog was so terrified by the noise he chewed through one of her doors to get out! i have never seen such destruction outside of Marley and Me! I think it has something to do with the pitch, I really do.
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Comment by Sam Tsang on January 28, 2012 at 8:45am
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Hi Bartleby, the high pitch noise from smoke alarm would send my corgis hiding, both of them would be so scared to the point of trembling.
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His symptoms were by far worst tonight, but I've noticed he has been panting heavily the past few nights. We're in SF and its never very warm, and certainly not during the winter.
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Right now, he is laying apparently asleep, and it looks like he's still breathing unusually rapidly. On the good side, he's interested in food again and when I asked him if he wanted to go outside, he became very eager. The shaking seems to come and go.
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Comment by Geri & Sidney on January 28, 2012 at 12:50am
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I have a corgi mix who is sensitive to noises. When the marine base in the next town does live ordinance testing, Bruce trembles uncontrollably and tries to hide in the strangest places. It could be that Bartleby is bothered by that alarm.
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Comment by John Wolff on January 27, 2012 at 10:25pm
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Xylitol can induce hypoglycemic shock, a transient thing, not permanent damage, so if 3 weeks ago, I think you can rule that out.
Gwynnie goes into trembling from irrational fears (gunshots, soap bubbles(!), or snow sliding off our smooth roof. So the trembling could be some fear -- possibly the alarm, or some noise inaudible to humans.
In warm weather, our dogs will be panting after heavy exercise for a LONG time, to cool down, but that is not trembling.
Talk to your building manager about the nuisance alarms, which are dangerous -- nobody's going to flee when there's a real fire.
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