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<blockquote data-quote="Rosalie" data-source="post: 2648988" data-attributes="member: 102312">Forget the stupid stories about vets being in it for the money - your dog needs a vet, especially in view of you lack of experience. DOn&#039;t ever let that sort of rumor keep you form getting your dog proper care, please.&nbsp;Your vet will start out by taking some basic information - is she eating, has she been &#039;herself&#039;, when did this start, her weight, her temperature - the sort of thing your own doctor asks you, save for the part about what she might be eating out in the yard...&nbsp;You should take your dog to the vet at lest once a year, so they know what she looks like when she&#039;s well - and so they might avoid crises later on by detecting things that may be about to happen. This should be a simple visit - and the very fact that you don&#039;t know what might cause this, or what they might do about it means all the more that you need a vet. It&#039;s what they train many years for.&nbsp;By the way - don&#039;t be surprised if your vet does do an x-ray of his abdomen. One of the possibilities is that your dog has eaten something that has then gotten stuck in his GI tract. If they are doing things &#039;by the book&#039;, an x-ray is in fact called for to rule that out. To see why, look here-http://media.animalnetwork.com/channelmedia/vpn/2010XrayWinners2.pdf</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rosalie, post: 2648988, member: 102312"] Forget the stupid stories about vets being in it for the money - your dog needs a vet, especially in view of you lack of experience. DOn't ever let that sort of rumor keep you form getting your dog proper care, please. Your vet will start out by taking some basic information - is she eating, has she been 'herself', when did this start, her weight, her temperature - the sort of thing your own doctor asks you, save for the part about what she might be eating out in the yard... You should take your dog to the vet at lest once a year, so they know what she looks like when she's well - and so they might avoid crises later on by detecting things that may be about to happen. This should be a simple visit - and the very fact that you don't know what might cause this, or what they might do about it means all the more that you need a vet. It's what they train many years for. By the way - don't be surprised if your vet does do an x-ray of his abdomen. One of the possibilities is that your dog has eaten something that has then gotten stuck in his GI tract. If they are doing things 'by the book', an x-ray is in fact called for to rule that out. To see why, look here- http://media.animalnetwork.com/channelmedia/vpn/2010XrayWinners2.pdf [/QUOTE]

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