Death of my 5 year old German Shepard

[Guest Anonymous]

If anybody can help me please reply.Our 5 year old Shepard "Ziggy" died recently.He was very fit and strong but in the space of 2 days he was dead.The vet said it was a form of toxin that killed him (not bait)possibly from a plant or flower.When they opened him up all his organs were hemorhaging. He even had red fat,they said that he was red raw internally and when they began patching him up he died of a heart attack.It was all very sudden and we are still in shock.Has anybody had a similar experience or know something that may put our minds at ease.

[Guest Anonymous]

I work in a veterinary clinic and recently an old english sheep dog had come into the office, the owner's sister who was watching the dog since the owner is in Florida complained of the dog acting lethargic and not eating.
The doctor exsamined the dog and found him to be jaundice. It's when the skin turns yellow from bile build up. The doctor prescribed meds and took some blood and sent him home.
The next day the owner's sister called back saying the dog could barely stand and seeing how he was a 95 pound dog it was difficult for her to help him up. A tech and the doctor went out to the house and picked him up and brought him to the office for x-rays and IV fluids.
The x-rays didn't show anything abnormal and by now the dog's color had worsened to a darker shade of yellow. That night he was able to stand and walk outside but by morning he was unable to stand.
The next day he seemed delerious and more blood was taken showing that he was severly aneimic. He could no longer walk and started having seizures. Later in the evening he was unconscious and started foaming at the mouth.
The next morning we found him dead in the cage, his color dark yellow. The doctor proformed a necropsy, taking several samples from the spleen, liver, colon and intestines.
The samples were sent off to Tufts and biopsies where proformed. In the biopsy report the doctor's could not come to a conclusion on what had killed this 5 year old dog who appeared to be perfectly healthy before this happened.
They concluded that it was some kind of toxin that was destroying this dog's spleen and liver. Unfortunatly no one has any idea what kind of toxin did this so finding the exsact cause is virtually impossible.