[nagdu] Drooling?

Mon Nov 30 20:29:07 UTC 2015

Drooling can also be a stress response, but not necessarily bad stress as in 
anxiety.  It can be from exciting/good stress too.  Monty drooled like a 
faucet when Jetta was first here, along with Meghan's guide, another dog and 
a puppy.   It was a lot of new dogs for him, but he seemed to be enjoying 
the company.  Maybe it was because all the new dogs were girls?  I didn't 
think of that until just now! LOL

Drooling can be a response to eating something inappropriate or general 
digestive upset.  Often a dog will drool before vomiting.

My general rule of thumb is that if the weird symptom lasts a few hours or 
even a couple of days, isn't accompanied by anything else and doesn't appear 
to be affecting overall life function, then I wait it out. 9.9 times out of 
ten it's all fine in the end.   I take a dog to the vet if there's blood 
involved, especially if it won't stop, if the situation looks like it's 
about to get worse if I don't do something, if the dog absolutely refuses to 
engage in normally fun stuff even for a minute or two, refuses food (mine 
are super enthusiastic eaters and this is a very bad sign for them), if the 
vomiting/diarrhea is persistent, if there's a high fever or the dog is 
dehydrated. If the situation appears to be an off day or I think she's just 
not feeling great, then maybe we take it easy or I leave her at home.  This 
is just me though.  It's also how I approach health care for myself and my 
family.  If a cup of hot tea, a warm blanket and a few extra hours of sleep 
will do the trick, then that's what I provide to people and dogs.

HTH and glad to hear she's better today!
Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Daryl Marie via nagdu
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 1:44 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Cc: Daryl Marie
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Drooling?

Hi, Raven,

I never knew that. Jenny isn't on a heartworm preventative, but is on a flea 
and tic preventative from Apr-Oct.
Thankfully, the REALLY excessive drooling is over. She's still drooling 
slightly, but you've gotta basically shove your hand under her muzzle and 
right under her lips to get anything.

HUGELY relieved.

Daryl
----- Original Message -----
From: Raven Tolliver via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
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Cc: Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:36:53 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Drooling?

Excessive drooling is a side effect of some medications, especially
many heartworm drugs.
If she is on any of these drugs and exams/tests don't show that
anything is amiss, I would stop giving them. Even if you've stopped
dosing for the winter months, side effects can rear their ugly heads
weeks and months after taking a drug. If the chemical is still in the
system, the side effects can put in an appearance.
I hope this is resolved quickly.
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On 11/30/15, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good morning,
> I will be calling the vet this morning, but am interested in if anyone has
> experienced this.
>
> Jenny does NOT drool. If you put her food in front of her and have her 
> wait
> a while to eat it, then she might drool a bit, but nothing profuse, ever,
> even when she's really hot.
>
> Yesterday, I took her for a run in the park with her ball. She was running
> around, happy, playful, no problems. We then drove to my brother-in-law's
> house. We'd been there for an hour or so when we noticed puddles of drool 
> on
> the floor. She had access to clean water, I gave her her supper, and she 
> was
> still very very drooly, but otherwise completely normal (big attention
> seeker, tail wagging, etc.) I thought the drool could have been from the
> warmth of the apartment (it's a small apartment and the oven was going and
> it was quite warm) but even when we got home she was drooling. A good
> night's sleep seemed to help, but there's still a little bit of drool. My
> husband looked at her mouth with a flashlight in case there was a cut or
> chipped tooth; I felt around in there and nothing obvious. She's otherwise
> fine in her guide work, eating/drinking/peeing/pooping normally... it's 
> just
> this drool!
>
> Anyone seen this?
>
> Daryl

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