2006-10-08 16:06:29 · 24 answers · asked by almos51_mi 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Ummmm, people......
"Heart attacks" (myocardial infarction) are fairly rare in dogs.
Cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure are common, however. And they do die from them often...but it's not a heart 'attack' like people get.
*EDIT* I can virtually guarantee that the boxer example in the next post did NOT have a heart attack. Boxers have a specific cardiac condition....named Boxer Cardiomyopathy, coincidentally, lol (similar to what Dobes and Gt. Danes get)....and it is VERY common in that breed. (Often causes sudden death...but it's NOT a myocardial infarction. It causes death by another mechanism altogether.) Some DVM's will use the term 'heart attack' only because it's something with which the general public is familiar and can identify with. But that doesn't make it a heart attack.
2006-10-08 16:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by A Veterinarian 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-19 23:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. I'll give you an example. A friend i know had a Boxer that lived indoors or in their yard and never really saw a large amount of activity or people. One day (i think the dog was like 5 years old at the time) they took him to the beach with them. The dog was so frightened by all the action and activity and all the people and colors and everythign we don't notice because we see so often, that he had a heart attack. They took him to the vet immediately and the vet told them he had had a heart attack from sudden shock. He didn't die but did go on medication from then on.
2006-10-08 16:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by vail2073 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, dogs can die pretty quickly from heart attacks, just like people.
2006-10-08 16:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by karmor_22 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-10-08 16:13:40 · answer #5 · answered by super.sweep 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2006-10-08 16:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
One of my shepherds went into cardiac arrest and died due to an error in her medication dosage. The tech at the vet's office consulted the wrong chart when she wrote out the prescription label. After that, I always insisted that the doctor fill out the prescription label for my dogs.
2006-10-08 17:42:47 · answer #7 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, but for sure they can die of 'broken hearts'. My Rott did, my vet thinks. And so did a dog we had when I was a kid - it was a Weimeraner, and my mom had to give it away. Not long after, I heard it died of a broken heart. I guess they just lose the will to live. So wierd.
2006-10-08 16:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by ravin_lunatic 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He can die like everybody else. Even a duck can die from heart attack.
2006-10-08 16:15:15 · answer #9 · answered by marinam 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
in case you extremely needed to renowned you're able to have taken him to the vet for a necropsy. Her wager is exceptionally much as good as anyones. i'm unable to think of not sorting out what got here approximately to a loved puppy that died by using surprise.
2016-11-27 01:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by raap 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋