These articles explain warning signs and safe next steps while you arrange veterinary care. They cannot determine whether your individual pet is stable or replace an examination.
Get emergency help now for breathing trouble, collapse, seizures, straining to urinate with little or no urine, a swollen painful abdomen, or suspected poisoning. Contact your veterinarian or the nearest emergency hospital. For poisoning advice, call ASPCA Animal Poison Control: 888-426-4435 or Pet Poison Helpline: 855-764-7661. Consultation fees may apply.
Breathing trouble
- Why is My Dog Breathing So Hard
- Why Is My Cat Breathing Fast While Resting? Causes, Warning Signs, and When It Is an Emergency
- Why Is My Puppy Breathing Fast While Sleeping? Normal, Concerning, or an Emergency?
Poisoning
- Symptoms Dog Poisoned
- Dog Ate Xylitol Gum: Emergency Steps, Treatment & Recovery Guide
- Raisin Toxicity in Dogs: Emergency Recognition and Treatment Guide
- My Dog Ate Pills: What Do I Do – Emergency Response Guide
- My Cat Ate Ibuprofen: Emergency Response and Treatment Guide
- Bufo Toad Poisoning in Pets: Emergency Care and Prevention Guide for Central Florida Pet Owners
- Bromadiolone in Dogs
- My Dog Ate My Weed, What Do I do?
Urinary and reproductive emergencies
- My Cat Can’t Pee: Urinary Blockage Symptoms and Why It’s a True Emergency
- Canine Pyometra: How to Know if This is Critical?
Vomiting, retching, and swallowed objects
- Dog is Dry Heaving: Emergency Signs, Causes, and When to Seek Immediate Care
- Dog Ate Chicken Bones Symptoms: What Pet Owners Need to Know
- Why Does My Dog Keep Throwing Up? Causes and When to Worry
- Gastroenteritis in Puppies: Symptoms, Causes, and When It Is an Emergency
Heat and fever
- Heat Stroke in Dogs: Complete Emergency Guide for Pet Owners
- How Do I Know If My Dog Has a Fever? Signs, Temperature, and When to Worry
Severe pain and paralysis
- My Dog is Paralyzed
- Dog Yelping in Pain at Night: Emergency Signs Every Owner Must Know
- Dog Crying in Pain: What It Means and When to See a Vet
Eye emergencies
Reviewed by Roger Hart, DVM, a Florida-licensed veterinarian with more than two decades of companion-animal clinical experience. This article is general education and does not replace an examination by your own veterinarian.