10 year old GSD ...Drooling?... - Page 2

You heard several possibilities; maybe she swallowed something,if she throws up when she eats,this might be the case. Also, just drooling is because can not close the mouth fully,because there is something lodge in the teeth ( piece of plastic, bone,etc ) Check all her teeth before you take her to vet. Good luck.

I've experienced drooling in a couple of individuals-both times my red sable had foreign object obstructions (surgery) plus when she seemingly got hold of Roach bait.  My coated sable poisoned herself on the hulls of Hickory Nuts-she drooled buckets and leaked from the rear-very lucky to still have her. My old dog does a lot of mouthing/licking every day and I have yet to figure out the cause but figure it's related to the Proin or pain killers he's on.

Have you checked her teeth? Make sure to check the back teeth, could have an abcess, causes them to drool, be uncomfortable, lick lips. Could have also licked a frog. Weird, but true.

Good Morning and THANK YOU everyone for ideas and possibilities....so...here is the update....

As of this morning she is fine, I got home early yesterday afternoon and watched her from the house (if i would go out in a back yard she would be under my butt and there is no observing her). here are some photos of her running after Bailey and tennis ball.






She played, ran, chased other dogs...I fed them, she seemed just time, she ate all of her food, i did not see any drooling post feeding...

I did check her stomach prior to feeding her, it was soft, sides easily were pushed in, no hard masses found...

While I was watching her from the window I did notice something new,  she is eating walnuts from out walnut tree...I kept seeing shells here and there and never thought much about it, so now i am wondering if she had a shell stuck in her mouth, but I was unable to see anything unusual in her mouth (she is not very cooperative either) and it is not easy to pry open a mouth of a dog who been flexing her jaws on tennis  balls most of her life...

I will continue to keep an eye on her and my weekend project will be to get as many walnuts off the floor as possible...
if anything changes I will post it here...i am still not 100% easy regarding her behavior but i also don't want to over react and have her go through a bunch of test...so we will see....

Glad to hear she's doing better, keep a close eye on her! I would really recommend allowing her to eat then putting her outside for a hour/half if she's running around playing that can certainly cause bloat.  We never allow our dogs to eat and then exercise right away.
Amy

I would not allow a dog to eat fallen walnuts in the shell. I have copied this from the net for you to read:
 

By themselves, walnuts are not toxic. But their shells can cause an irritated stomach (gastritis) or even an intestinal blockage. Besides all that, they're high in oil, making them a fattening problem for dogs that are already overweight.

But your neighbor's warning is about a different problem with walnuts. There's a black mold that can form on their husk or shell, and this mold can be deadly poisonous. It usually only appears after rain or moisture from fog gets on the nuts on the ground. But I've seen at least two dogs that were seriously ill after eating nuts that had just fallen off the tree.

The symptoms are dramatic. Heavy drooling, nausea, vomit and tremors are the most common signs. The tremors are the real danger to this toxin. Without treatment, they rapidly turn into whole-body convulsions. These patients develop hyperthermia and can quickly die without treatment. The symptoms look very similar to those of a dog with snailbait toxicity. 

 

muttlover.. Thank you for advice....in case i was unclear she was running prior to feeding, i took pictures when i came home and watched her and her interaction for a few hours.. I do not restrict their activity after eating because there is almost no need, they usually lay on their beds or chew on raw bones.

Blitzen...Thank you...I didn't think dogs would be interested in walnuts but obviously thats not the case....it's a huge tree with enough nuts to fill like 3 bath tubs....LOL

A torsion or infection of Saliva Glands can cause stringy drooling. Usually you have a swelling between throat and chin with it or a swelling at a side of the head though. Less swelling with mild infection. I would want to get that checked by a vet.