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My Ralphie

18 15:22:00

Question
Hi,
My dog just yesterday started to just lie around the house and that is NOT him at all!!The night before I had to wrestle him into the bath and then the following morning he went with us on some errands.He was never left alone in the truck and had plenty of water in our journey together but now he won't eat and is drinking fine but is not acting himself.He seems to not have a problem peeing but I have not seen him poo yet.I was just was wondering if this could be something serious that he would need to be fought into the vet for?

Answer
That is really hard to say considering I have no idea how big Ralphie is. How hard did you have to wrestle with him to get him into the tub? Maybe he pulled a muscle fighting you.
If he was in a hot truck he might not be feeling well either. It doesn't take long for a dog to overheat in a vehicle, unless it's wintertime or raining.
If he isn't eating by tomorrow I would call the vet's and ask them if you can give him an aspirin to help him out here.
That might be all he needs to get over the hump of some muscle pulls. Without knowing more I can't really suggest more than that except taking him into the vets.