Take her to the vet. Once pets hit senior years, something that seems minor could be major. It could be anything, from arthritis to congestive heart failure. Please have her checked out.

My dog did the same thing some years ago. congestive heart failure was the issue. Had to put her down.

I would get her to the vet immediately. I had a dog that had a heart murmer and my vet said if she ever did what you dog is doing to get her in immediately.

Your senior dog definitely needs a vet check up. It may or may not be something that can be fixed. It may be that you need to cut back on longer walks. It could well be congestive heart failure.

agree those are serious symptoms for an older dog. A vet visit asap.

Never had a dog but my 8 yr old cat flopped over with congestive heart failure. Please see a vet as soon as possible.

Yep...my little pup had the same symptoms and it was diagnosed as CHF, as others have said. Pekes are commonly troubled with heart murmurs, which can lead to CHF.

Agree with the need to visit the Vet.
Have had two seniors with CHF, and each one had some dramatic episodes similar to your description. One was also having some seizures.
Sorry for your little one's troubles. I know it is tough to stand by.

My female saint started doing this. When we took her to the vet it was CHF.. I would take her into the vet to see what they say.

My pit bull did that & we took him to the vet ASAP. It was his heart & we had to put him down. That was 10 years ago but the Vet said he would not last long but we could have brought him home only to suffer

Please call you Vet. I wish you the best.

If she were my girl, I'd take her to the vet, quickly.

Harry had a "slight cough," turned out it was pneumonia in both lungs. I hope it's something as simple as her feet got to cold, but take her to the vet to be sure.

Jel48. - How is your dog? Did you go to the Vet?

Congestive Heart Failure can be treated, & the medicine shouldn't be expensive.

but.

My one & only experience was that it was a battle to pry open my little dog's mouth, & she gagged & choked & fought me every day, & I finally stopped forcing the medicine on her;
it was just torture for both of us.

Her quality of life was worse with the daily fight, & truly she never seemed to get worse without it;
she just died in her sleep one night.

I wish you the best.

Hoping you've been to the vet by now. Waiting for an up date.

Just a quick update. We've been to the vet. He did an Xray to confirm heart problems and said that Ginger is Stage 3. According to the vet, this is not too late for medication to give her a good quality of life, although it certainly can't cure the problem. He put her on three medications. One to strengthen her heart. One to lower her blood pressure. One which is a diuretic and she is taking a fairly high dose for several days, and if her coughing goes away he will slowly reduce the amount until it seems right.

The medication caused diarrhea the first night.

She is still having the spells where her legs give out and they are worse than they were at the beginning. We haven't even taken her outdoors lately. I put puppy pads by her bed, and sometimes just the effort of climbing out of the bed to use the pad will bring on a spell. The vet seems to think that will improve. I hope so because it scares her when it happens. It scares us too, but it's her we're worried about, not us. We hate to see her frightened like this.

We are holding on to hope for a little bit, but we won't put her through this indefinitely. Only a little while, as the vet seems to think there is hope and says today's meds are really good. He did say that her tongue is nice and pink and that is a good sign, compared to when the tongue turns bluish for lack of oxygen. Of course, he also reminded us that at 15 1/2 years of age, she is quite elderly and medicine is not expected to keep her feeling good (even if it gets her that way at all) indefinitely.

My heart breaks for her.

I will let you know how she is doing again later on.

Thanks for the update..will hold you all in my prayers

I too am thankful for the update and very hopeful for the recovery.
I have found that giving my dog probiotics really helps especially if they are on meds that can cause diarrhea. My vet provides the one I give my dog daily. It is called forti flora, it is a powder that you sprinkle on the food and mix it in. She is very picky about food but this does not bother her. She has had a finicky stomach since she found us because she was living on bugs and roots and worms etc what ever she could find. So we give her the forti flora daily and some pepcid which was prescribed by the vet and it really does help with the stomach issues.
I think probiotics are an excellent idea for humans as well as our pets. I take mine daily too.

I am praying for your Ginger to respond very positively to her meds.
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