Fear for Joey...

Much of my wife's & my lives, nowadays, pretty-much revolve around our miniature schnauzer / poodle mix, Joey. We've had him for around 10 years now. We adopted him from a rescue organization when he was about 2 or 3 years old.

Prior to adopting Joey we had a cockapoo named Molly. She became suddenly & unexpectedly ill & died around the age Joey is now. Yesterday, Joey suddenly & unexpectedly became ill. We spent today with him at the University of Minnesota Small Animal Veterinary Center. They checked him out & didn't seem too concerned. They gave us some medication for him.

This evening, Joey won't eat anything... even hamburger & rice. He's showing symptoms similar to those we saw in Molly before she died. If Joey dies, we will be devastated...

I'm sorry to hear the Skeezyks. I understand the feelings and hate to see any animal growing old and getting ill. Vets are usually upfront and honest in diagnosis and prognosis so it may not be history repeating. Could the meds be affecting his appetite?

Thanks for your reply George H. I suppose it could be the med's. He ate a bit this morning & we thought maybe things were getting better... but now he's stopped again. If things don't improve by Monday, we'll be calling his Vet back again.