My daughter asked me that question this morning before I left for work. I don't know what to tell her. Kilo was a 12 week old Yorkie. We gave him to Natalie on a Tuesday and he died the following Tuesday.
He would not eat. I took him to the vet and they said he was hypoglysimic. I did everything that the vet told me to do. I left for work on Tuesday he was up playing. When I got home around 4:30 my husband said he met him at the door. We gave him his regular dose of Nutrical and I was about to feed him some baby food because he still would not eat. When he started vomitting and had a seizure and then died. Does anyone have any idea what happened?
Answers:
Tiny dogs like that have to be fed at least every few hours to keep their blood sugar up. Probably his blood sugar just got too low. That would cause a seizure and death. If he was home alone with no food getting into him for a few hours his blood sugar could have plummeted.
Without a necropsy you will never know.
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I wanted to add that low blood sugar has nothing to do with the breeder. It has to do with the dog not being fed often enough. It is not a congenital defect. It is just a fact of life that small dogs need to eat more often. You can't just feed them before and after work. If you already knew from the vet that he had a problem with hypoglycemia, then you knew he needed to be fed more often. Don't go blaming the breeder. He didn't die in her care from being underfed.
Where did you get him from?
Was he tested for Parvo?
The only way you are truly going to know is by taking his body to a vet for an autopsy.
you said he had a seziure right...well maybe that baby was took away from its mom to early and was upset or mad at you dogs are like humans
Hypoglycemia is low blood sugar. Humans who have it will often go into a coma before they die from low blood sugar. I think this is what happened to your puppy. All the stress of the disease, plus his young age, his heart (maybe) just couldn't handle it.
Your best bet would be to lie and make up a good story of why he died for your little girl. Perhaps explaine that dogs have a lot of babies and its natural to have a few of them die...or just tell her the dog is taking a nap and take off work and replace it with a look a like.
If you purchased this dog from a breeder, you need to call them to let them know what happened. They cannot sell you a sick dog and if there is a history of this disease within their "stock" then they need to disclose that to all the buyers. Sometimes dogs just get sick. I'm sure you did all you could, don't beat yourself up. Concentrate on making your daughter feel better.
Do you get a written health guarantee ? If you did read it. If your puppy died due to a genetic defect the breeder is responsible. I do think it was just low blood sugar, small breeds need to be fed about 3 times a day to keep their blood sugar up. If your puppy died due to hypoglysmia, the breeder isn't responsible the puppy was in your care. A nercropsy will need to be done on the puppy.
I agree with Lisa. We can guess all day long on here but the best solution is to find out from your vet. Sorry for your loss.
Your puppy was most likely weak from birth. With toy breeds it is very common for them to have seizures and even dying if they did not get enough nutition from mom and was not weaned properly.young puppies need to eat every 4-6 hours. a minimum of three times a day. If you brought this puppy from a reputable breeder there would have been a contract saying that they would replace the puppy or give you the money back if there was something wrong wiht the puppy. Your vet can do a neocropsy ( like an autopsy ) for animals to determine the exact cause of death. Wa the puppy ever droped of hit ? they are very fraigle being so small even something a simple as jummping on and off the furniture could do the puppy harm.
ask a vet and i would suggest moving on buy a new dog and say this is kilo's brother and kilo was unhealthy so he passed away but know he is safe in gods hands to your daughter and then get over it yada yada yada cry cry cry
These are all common problems in Yorkies. My Yorkie has had problems with epilepsy since she was a puppy and I've heard of other Yorkies having the same problem. Sometime it won't really negatively affect the dog, but the problem can be more severe in some dogs and can lead to death.
I think that this puppy was bred to be too small, and therefore was born with health problems. Probably all it took to trigger the problems was the stress of being taken from his mother. Small dogs are popular, the smaller the better. Yorkies, like all dogs, are the same species as wolves, which makes it easier to see just how unnatural it is for a dog to be so small. Smaller dogs are prone to many health problems, it's just in their genes. Hypoglycemia is one of the most common health problems in Yorkies that are on the small side.
If you're going to get another puppy for your daughter, I suggest getting a dog thats a little larger and heartier than a Yorkie. Yorkies' small frames are fragile and their bones are very easily broken. A child's playing is enough to harm a Yorkie, even if the child think she's being gentle. Silky Terriers look almost identical to Yorkies but are a little bigger and their hair doesn't get quite as long, but they're a little more hearty. I still wouldn't suggest a Silky for a child, but if you really want that look, a Silky would be better than a Yorkie, and they're cheaper. I suggest a small Spaniel, anywhere from a Miniature English Spaniel to a small Cocker Spaniel or a larger Terrier - like Australian Terriers, Norfolk Terriers, or West Highland Terrier (Westie). Of all the above, my favorite is the Westie. Just beware that many small dogs don't get along with kids, even if they're raised together, because most children don't know how rough they are on the small dogs, and this is what causes most dog bites on children.
You shouldn't complicate the explaination to your daughter. Make it simple. Don't say that her 'dog was so special that god wanted it to be with him' cause it can give her bad beliefs later in life. Call your breeder and tell them what happened. Hopefully you can get a refund. hypogycemia is a genetic disorder that your dog shouldn't have gotten if the breeder was good.
Like many have said, without a necropsy, you wont know for sure. I am sorry for your loss.
As to what to say to your daughter. that is tough. Depending on how old she is, as much of the truth as she can handle. DO NOT make anything up. If he died from hypoglycemia, then tell her that and help her look up what it is and how it affects small dogs. It sounds like you were feeding it every 3-4 hours with small amounts and giving him his vitamins, there was nothing you could do. Make sure that she knows that she did nothing wrong and that sometimes life is just like that and there aren't reasons that we can understand. Let her talk about it and ask questions to you and to your vet.
Good luck, and again, so extremely sorry for your loss.
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