Dog died suddenly.

Dr. Marie -

We had a Yorkshire Terrier (would have been 12 years old in August). He was around 10-11 pounds. He always has trouble with allergies. We had him groomed to help with itching, and also took him to the vet and he was given small dose of Depo-Medrol shot for allergies. He had taken Prednisone pills before but breathed hard on it, so Dr. weaned him off. We were also using Benadryl anti-itch and Gold Bond anti-itch on his skin as it was really irritated from his allergies. Vet also had us to give him Hydroxizine, and bath him in vet shampoo with Hydrocortisone 1% in it once per week.

Two days after the depo-medrol shot, we took him on ride with us, and he ate a few bites of ice cream as he often does with us. When we went home later, he was normal and even climbed up bed. Wife walked in room and wondered why he was panting so hard...He had been doing this because he had been itching himself at the backside and then pants hard afterward so I thought that is what he had been doing.

Suddently he jumped off bed and went under the bed. He all of a sudden got the "death rattle" and we got him out from under the bed in a minute. He was running from side to side as I tried to get him out, so I though he was just playing like he usually does when he gets a sock or something.

When he got out from the bed, my wife held him, and he took about 2 more breathes and was gone. It happened that fast, with no sign and no warning. We are just heart-broken.

After he died, he had some bubbly froth come out of his nose that was red tinged. My wife had given him his Hydroxixine for allergies right before this, and put cream on his belly so he would not itch.

What would have caused him to leave us so fast? He did not have vomit, diarreah, anything like that and did not get into any poison or anything.

We took care of this little guy for almost 12 years, always taking him to the vet, giving him love, he was our baby. Now I am so sad with him not being here with us. I just need answers as to what could have happened. Would the depo-medrol did something to him 2 days after taking the shot? I know Yorkies can live 15 years plus, and I just dont know what else we could have done to help him, as we took very good care of him just like a child.

Thank you so much for taking time to help me, as we are just crushed by this.