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My 7 week old husky puppy died! Can't figure out cause!

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#1 · (Edited)
I'm writing this and i am in tears. My 7 weeks old husky puppy (male) died
today. I woke up this morning to give him his meal. He wasn't hungry...and i
know he would be because his last meal was 13 hours ago! so i knew there
was something wrong. And also, he wasnt really playful, kinda lazy etc... and
then, it happened: he pissed blood. that's when i grabbed him and took
him to the vet (one hour ride in the car). We got there, the doctor finds out he
has high temperature(39 Celsius) and he gave him a shot of antibiotic to lower the temperature and
gave me another antibiotic for the blood issue to give him for the rest of the week and told me to keep a close eye on him during the upcoming period. So we left the vet, i put him in the car, turned on the AC. and into 2 minutes of time, he started making sounds like coughing(it's like he couldnt breath correctly or something. so i opened the windows, turned around and decided to go back to the vet.
10 minutes into time, the dog died( he had blood coming out of his penis)....... My brother is arguing that maybe he had choked on something that was on the car mats, but i AM POSITIVE that there were nothing on the floor inside the car that he could choke on. The car is clean as snow! He was laying on some newspapers, and i doubt he can choke and die from taking a bite from eating the newspaper ( he has 5 teeth...he can chew).......
This is devastating cuz "Wolf" was just the most beautiful husky puppy i have ever seen(i have pics of him). His blue eyes and eyebrows were the most unique and gorgeous sight i have seen...and believe me , i've seen a lot of husky pics online.....
I can't stand the thought that he may have died of choking because i was there and i didn't save him....I could never forgive myself....!
AND TO MAKE THIS WORSE, I JUST HAPPEN TO BE A FIRST TIME DOG OWNER! i spent more than 2 weeks doing research online to prepare and educate myself about huskies before i bought him....and look what happens.... what should i do???i cant seem to get over this tragedy.....
AND WHAT'S REALLY STRANGE IS: I WOKE UP TODAY WITH A COLD...AND I NEVER GET COLDS DURING THE SUMMER! IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS SENDING ME A MESSAGE .....
A very horrible, yet somewhat sacred experience, that made me realize how fragile life can be....and all the crap that happens in the world is really not worth fighting for.....a little space in everyone's heart is all that's needed....
 
#31 ·
Sorry misread part of the post. My response is still the same though. The likelihood is that your pup had a serious bladder or urinary tract infection. The "coughing" could just have been him struggling for breath as his system shut down.

A horrible experience for you and a sad end to a short life for your beautiful puppy.

Mick
 
#33 ·
im so sorry for you loss i cant imagin the pain your going through, do you have an rspca or spca that you can report this breeder to? as your puppy shouldnt have been sold so young, if he was a good breeder he would have either offered you another dog or some sort of refund, i know nothing can ever replace your puppy i had a simular thing happen when i was a kid we had a collie cross called luckly and 3 days after we brought him home he had to be pts we called the man we got him off he was full of apoligies and said we could either have another pup off and a refund, it turned out as it was a large litter the vet missed lucky with the meds and he had parva or something and he was really ill.
im so sorry you have had such a hard time as a first time owner, please dont let this put you off owning again. yet again im so sorry x rip lil pup x
 
#34 · (Edited)
im so sorry for you loss i cant imagin the pain your going through, do you have an rspca or spca that you can report this breeder to? as your puppy shouldnt have been sold so young, if he was a good breeder he would have either offered you another dog or some sort of refund, i know nothing can ever replace your puppy i had a simular thing happen when i was a kid we had a collie cross called luckly and 3 days after we brought him home he had to be pts we called the man we got him off he was full of apoligies and said we could either have another pup off and a refund, it turned out as it was a large litter the vet missed lucky with the meds and he had parva or something and he was really ill.
im so sorry you have had such a hard time as a first time owner, please dont let this put you off owning again. yet again im so sorry x rip lil pup x
thank you for your message....).
Actually, Wolf had his first puppy shot before we got him from the breeder and his second shot was due 3 days AFTER he died(= 3 days BEFORE he turns 8 weeks).
And i also had Wolf for 10 days before he passed away.....so it's kinda hard to blame the breeder, especially that all Wolf's litter mates are ALL still alive and well.....
But now i know that i should never accept a puppy from ANY breeder before he turns 8 weeks....
I am actually considering getting another husky puppy...but the thing is : i don't wanna get any puppy that will remind me of "wolf" ( and a "masked" husky puppy will tragically remind me of him).
So i'm thinking about getting another breed, maybe a Rotweiler?
 
#35 ·
we called the breeder and had a fight with him on the phone( he's a good friend of my bro) and he insisted that all the rest of his litter mates are completely fine...2 have been sold to the pet store and the other 2 are still at the farm completely in good health....
I am so sad for your loss.. RIP Wolf

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Why was his litter mates sold to the pet store?

And unfortunately as any Breeder will know you can lose a puppy at any time.
Was he not insured? when you buy a pedigree pup you get insurance free for 6 weeks.. Also they do say that sometime you lose the weeker ones at about 8 weeks I am not sure about this though.
Very Sad.
 
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#36 ·
Thats so sad, but unfortunately he probably had a congenital issue.
Contact the breeder because its likely they had a sign that the pup had somehting wrong, but brought him through anyway and sold him. Conversely some issues only come to the surface when a pup is seperated from littermates and a few weeks after weaning :(
 
#37 ·
Thats so sad, but unfortunately he probably had a congenital issue.
Contact the breeder because its likely they had a sign that the pup had somehting wrong, but brought him through anyway and sold him. Conversely some issues only come to the surface when a pup is seperated from littermates and a few weeks after weaning :(
Wolf was completely active 24 hours before the accident. He was playful, running, eating normal, and his bladder/poo were both normal....
I don't know what happened...
Thanks for your message)
 
#39 ·
I am really sorry for your loss!

Allthough you may not think so at the moment, time is a great healer!
You may want to get another dog in the future, but please give yourself
time to grieve properly over this one, which i am sure you are doing! It really
upset me when i read your first post!

It's also awkward when you buy from family and friends as you feel obliged
not to do anything!

I reall think that there should be a law to stop all this puppy farming lark! It's not fair to the animals or potential owners!
 
#40 ·
Yes, that's what i'm doing...((( I can't seem to get his memories out of my mind...
I think i will hold on a month or two before i consider looking at another puppy.
I know it's gonna be a husky and his name will be "Wolf" !! That's for sure...(((
Thanks for your message...
 
G
#42 ·
I know you posted this just under a month ago - and I am sorry for your loss.

I just want to say, I know how you feel. Our male dog was all normal, went out side to the toilet and blood just came out of his rear end, and i think that was it - maybe his penis. But I wasn't at home - my mum saw it, called my dad and got him to the vet - we don't know to this day what happened. I came home from school to find out the dog was dead :( Was such a shock and so sad to loose him and to have no signs either!! :(

I hope that time will heal eventually hun.