I thought my dog was dying.

I got to my Mom's around eleven on Friday and brought out her two dogs so Nielsen could play and wear himself out before going to bed. After an hour or so, we brought in Mom's two dogs and left Nielsen out for a while longer.

When I opened the door to let him in, he was standing there staggering around. He fell on his shoulder once or twice and was panting shallowly. I laid him down and started looking for snake bites. It seemed like he was gonna die right there by the door.

Then like two minutes later... just as Mom was coming out the door, he hopped back up and was running around like nothing happened.

At first I thought it was a seizure, but he never twitched or tensed up. I finally remembered that I'd forgotten to feed him that morning and he probably hadn't eaten in like 30 hours. I guess in all the excitement when he was playing, blood sugar got really low or something.

Reminder to self: feed the dog.|