Kirp
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Hi, everyone. I'm ridiculously worried, and currently have no way to take my dog to see a vet...though I plan to find a way tomorrow.
Yesterday I noticed my miniature dachshund's stomach was extremely hard. All of yesterday and today it's been the same...but when he's laying down, it gets soft again. If I pick him up or he moves around on his own, it gets very hard and he starts grunting in pain. He's still showing a lot of interest in food (I fed him some canned pumpkin, chicken broth, and a tiny bit of shredded chicken, and he was begging like he always does), drinking water, and even running around and barking like he always does (even now he just jumped up from his nap and ran after someone barking...a usual game for them). Today I tried taking him for a walk, and he was all for it until we were outside, then he started randomly sitting down and grunting for a few seconds, before running after me wagging his tail and acting like himself again.
I should mention he's a little hog and tends to swallow his food whole in his rush to eat it, but this has never happened before. Anyone else deal with something like this? Is he just constipated? Could it be back problems (for awhile if I rubbed his back along the side of his spine, his stomach would get soft again, now he just glares at me for hurting him)? Would he even be running and jumping around if it was his back?
Yesterday I noticed my miniature dachshund's stomach was extremely hard. All of yesterday and today it's been the same...but when he's laying down, it gets soft again. If I pick him up or he moves around on his own, it gets very hard and he starts grunting in pain. He's still showing a lot of interest in food (I fed him some canned pumpkin, chicken broth, and a tiny bit of shredded chicken, and he was begging like he always does), drinking water, and even running around and barking like he always does (even now he just jumped up from his nap and ran after someone barking...a usual game for them). Today I tried taking him for a walk, and he was all for it until we were outside, then he started randomly sitting down and grunting for a few seconds, before running after me wagging his tail and acting like himself again.
I should mention he's a little hog and tends to swallow his food whole in his rush to eat it, but this has never happened before. Anyone else deal with something like this? Is he just constipated? Could it be back problems (for awhile if I rubbed his back along the side of his spine, his stomach would get soft again, now he just glares at me for hurting him)? Would he even be running and jumping around if it was his back?