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This morning around 5:30 our 12 year old Goldendoodle died. My wife heard her fall and got up to check on her. She had fallen beside the bed and breathed lightly for a couple minutes, but was out of it. Died shortly after. Any ideas? Dog seemed perfectly healthy. Her belly seemed swollen and hard right when this happened. Not sure if that's because of death or that was cause of death. I took her to local vet to get cremated as ground is frozen.

Kids aren't taking it well as she has been with them their entire lives. She traveled with us throughout my military career from Hawaii to Nebraska to Virginia and then back to Iowa.
 
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Shaggin' Wagon said:
This morning around 5:30 our 12 year old Goldendoodle died. My wife heard her fall and got up to check on her. She had fallen beside the bed and breathed lightly for a couple minutes, but was out of it. Died shortly after. Any ideas? Dog seemed perfectly healthy. Her belly seemed swollen and hard right when this happened. Not sure if that's because of death or that was cause of death. I took her to local vet to get cremated as ground is frozen.

Kids aren't taking it well as she has been with them their entire lives. She traveled with us throughout my military career from Hawaii to Nebraska to Virginia and then back to Iowa.
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losing a pet fkn sucks

sorry to hear!
 
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im sorry to hear that. 12 years is a good run. im no vet but i would guess heart failure since it was sudden.
 
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June 2011 my cat died like that. I was having lunch at home, she was playing rolling on the floor, got up, took two steps forward, and just fell over. I held her as she died in my arms.

The vet thought it might have been a brain aneurysm.
 
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Shaggin' Wagon said:
This morning around 5:30 our 12 year old Goldendoodle died. My wife heard her fall and got up to check on her. She had fallen beside the bed and breathed lightly for a couple minutes, but was out of it. Died shortly after. Any ideas? Dog seemed perfectly healthy. Her belly seemed swollen and hard right when this happened. Not sure if that's because of death or that was cause of death. I took her to local vet to get cremated as ground is frozen.

Kids aren't taking it well as she has been with them their entire lives. She traveled with us throughout my military career from Hawaii to Nebraska to Virginia and then back to Iowa.
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Sorry to hear that. We had a dog die suddenly from an internal cyst. It ruptured and the dog bled out internally before anyone knew what was happening.
 
A friend of ours lost their dog in a similar fashion. There's a disease called GDV that can come on without a lot of warning, I guess. With the thicker coat and the fact that their dog normally put on a little weight during the winter and they didn't think much of it.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

edit - @cmjh10 was quicker than I was
 
Shaggin' Wagon said:
This morning around 5:30 our 12 year old Goldendoodle died. My wife heard her fall and got up to check on her. She had fallen beside the bed and breathed lightly for a couple minutes, but was out of it. Died shortly after. Any ideas? Dog seemed perfectly healthy. Her belly seemed swollen and hard right when this happened. Not sure if that's because of death or that was cause of death. I took her to local vet to get cremated as ground is frozen.

Kids aren't taking it well as she has been with them their entire lives. She traveled with us throughout my military career from Hawaii to Nebraska to Virginia and then back to Iowa.
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My beagle had something that was filling with blood (wish I could remember what it was), and they said when it burst, she would go almost immediately. She was suffering, so we took her in. Sorry for your loss, it's always hard losing a pup.
 
Sorry to hear. My wife's dog went very similarly a couple years ago around this time. A 9 year old cockapoo. She did have a heart issue that she was on meds for. We had been keeping her on a strict diet and regimen with the medication for at least 2 years, but one day her ticker just stopped working. I still remember the day it happened. Wife was upstairs working from home during the pandemic and I was too, but took a break to let the dog out for a tinkle and poo. She did her business, came back inside, happily ate her treat, and started following me back to the living room when from behind me I heard her fall. Turned around and to my horror but absolute certainty, she had died almost instantly without any sign or warning. It really really sucks and impacts you. I still remember it like it happened yesterday.
 
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I’d much rather have a older dog go this way then have to make a family decision to put it down
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Neither are easy.....at all

But sometimes loved ones pass away. Better to have a no pain situation vs making the ******* rough decision to end the life.

Either way....sorry to hear
 
Horrible...Sorry to hear.

I had a Goldendoodle who was 7 1/2 years old that we suddenly had to put to sleep 4 years ago. Woke up on Friday morning and everything was completely normal. By mid-day he had become pretty lethargic and was breathing heavily. By early evening we decided it was time to take him to the vet. Found out he had a pericardial effusion, which is essentially a build up of fluid in the sac around the heart. We had to get him to an emergency vet to get it drained, but it kept coming back, and had to put him to sleep Saturday morning.
 
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cmjh10 said:
Maybe this?

https://www.vmccny.com/gastric-dilatationvolvulus-bloat#:~:text=Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a serious condition and,It is always an emergency.
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First, sorry. It's tough to lose a pet no matter the circumstance.

We have a goldendoodle as well that's just over a year old. In our research goldendoodles are at higher risk than average to suffer GDV, so it's a concern of ours as well.

A few years ago our miniature schnauzer helped herself to our other dog's food bowl and totally packed her stomach. Ended up at Vet Med late on a Saturday. X-ray showed no blockage, just a slug of food. They insisted on keeping her under observation because that full belly could roll over and end up in this condition.
 
I know this may sound strange to say, but I think losing a beloved pet is almost more difficult than losing a friend or relative.
When you lose a friend/relative you generally know it's coming.. and you can talk and say things to each other and make peace of things before they go.
When you lose a pet, they are 100% reliant on you, they can't talk, and they wrap themselves around your heart.... and when they go it's incredibly hard to take. There never seems to be a good time to lose them even though we know they can't live forever.
 
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