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My puppy won't eat/drink, sleeps after dog park stick incident?

Updated on September 23, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shiba Inu | Male | unneutered | 6 months and 17 days old | 17 lbs

Hello, My puppy since 2 days stopped eating and drinking and isn’t playful anymore, just sleeps all day :( he is 6 months old and the only event I can recall is that 2 days ago, at the dog park, he stole another dog’s long wood stick and at some point had it vertically in his mouth while running and fell and the stuck when in his mouth but I don’t know how deep... his frost reaction was to whine and then bark angrily at the other dog like it was his fault. He also keeps blowing from his nose

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Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on March 23, 2020

Poor Nahiko! It's pretty serious that he hasn't eaten or drank in two day, and it may be that this stick has really hurt his mouth keeping him from eating or drinking. This is now an emergency, you have to take him into a vet immediately.
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