Toby was feeling better, or so I thought, then I fed him dinner and the frantic running around the house whimpering began. I called the vet clinic and asked if I could get him another nausea injection since I thought a pill would come back up. They told me to come right in. We are less than a mile away and as I was putting a mellow Yogi in his crate, Toby threw up right in front of it. For a second I thought it might be a stress induced nausea, brought on by the new puppy, but I don't think it is. He got another injection but is still not doing so well, so we are going to probably go to bed very early in hopes he can sleep it off. I'm worried about him. He cannot afford to miss too many meals as he's very thin to begin with. I can hardly bear it when you look in his eyes and his sparkle isn't there. I'm in tears as I write this.

Yogi sensed something was off with Toby as all bitey bitey stopped and he was very mellow about everything. It never ceases to amaze me how dogs pick up on these things.

Earlier in the afternoon his Aunt Betty (Penny & Maggie's Mom) brought her son and two grand daughters, visiting from North Carolina, by to meet Yogi! I really enjoyed meeting them and the girls were fantastic with Yogi- it was LOVE LOVE LOVE at first sight. They helped me with obedience commands and some dog tricks, including spinning. Thank you Betty for stopping by!

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Oh man Toby...feel better soon bud. Yogi's a love to be so good for Toby. Please keep me updated, I'll keep Toby in my thoughts!!!!

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I hope Toby starts to feel better soon. Poor sweetie. What a worry for you

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Poor Toby I hope his tummy settles down soon. Hannah was given Ondansetron in addition to Cerenia this time and it made a big difference for her. Gentle pats and scratches to Toby and a "good boy" rub for Yogi.

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Part 1 of Hannah's story - Cancer diagnosis - - - - Part 2 of Hannah's story - grab bag of health issues

Aw, poor Toby. It's so worrying when they aren't themselves.

We'll pray he gets to feeling better really soon

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Feel better soon Toby. Yogi is growing up lots, he sounds like such a good boy picking up that Toby isn't feeling himself though.

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19/10/08-7/1/12 Daisy's Story http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...evastated.html

Toby is hospitalized today with a diagnosis of colitis, after doing x-rays and further diagnostics. He is receiving sub Q fluids for dehydration,and they are going to feed him to see if he can keep it down. If so he'll come home with Flagyl otherwise it's a shot of it,with another Cerenia shot. He threw up last night and refused most of his food this morning, which never happens.

Yogi and I went on a field trip to my parents again where he charmed them, despite being a little too mouthy and bitey today. I worry when he's like that around the elderly. My parents understand it's a phase but we ended up keeping him on leash and putting chew toys in his mouth constantly. My Mom marvels at how sweet and handsome he is. He is!!

Yogi is napping now! Yay!

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Poor Toby, I hope he feels better soon.

Glad to hear Yogi is doing so well though!!!!

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Toby is home from the hospital, with instructions for no feeding, just water. He refused food at the clinic,which NEVER happens with Toby. They did radiographs and ruled out a foreign body ( I didn't think he ingested anything he shouldn't), and they confirmed an inflammed and enlarged colon with a ton of gas.... colitis. So we are taking it easy tonight. Tomorrow I feed him meatball size portions of canned ID low fat and we have an appointment with the vet late in the morning for a follow up. They cleaned him up, bathed him and brushed him out at my request as this was something we were going to do here at home, but it's faster and less traumatic there. He is perky,but definitely not himself. The vet and I suspect the Comfortis dose plus the trainer treats created a perfect storm for this episode.

He did engage Yogi in some bitey face play, but I separated them. Yogi has had a mouthy day today!

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So glad to hear he is home, but so sorry about the hospital visit.

These sensitive tummy babies keep us on our toes.