We continued the hunt with my 6 1/2 year old, Lucky, who was still going strong. When I got Zeke home, he seemed OK. He jumped out of the dog box and headed to his kennel, as usual. He ate his supper without hesitation.
I checked on him the next morning and had to coax him out of his dog house. He looked depressed and had no energy. He has always been a little live wire and bounces all over the place when he sees me coming. I took him to an area that I use for exercise and play. All he would do is walk around with his tail tucked. I threw a bumper out to reinforce his ff training. He sort of trotted toward it and sniffed it. I gave the fetch command, he picked it up and just walked it back to me. I immediately took him home. His appetite was still normal and there was no vomiting or diarrhea.
I checked on him yesturday morning and there was no improvement. I called the Vet's office and they told me to bring him in.
The Vet examined him and could find nothing wrong. He did say his temp was 103, which was a little above normal. He did a heart worm test, which was negative. He found some Staph on his skin and gave me 3 wks, of antibiotics. He wanted to do a complete blood work up, but I was already up to $240.00 and declined the blood work at this time.
Well, after saying all that, he is back to normal today, as if nothing had ever changed.
I still don't have a clue. I would have not given it a thought if it had only been a one day thing, but 4 days?? Any ideas?Charlie
