Drooling like an open faucet

[twright1231]

Ty suddenly began drooling to the extreme. It's not the thick, stringy, flooger drool, it's clear and thin like water with consistent stream out of both sides of his mouth. He had eaten about 30 minutes prior to all this, and he was not anticipating food when this started. That's when the normal excessive, thicker drool usually happens.

Just before this started I also noticed he was licking the inside of his mouth repeatedly, like a hair ball was in it and he was trying to get it out, but I didn't find anything. Then that stopped and he started licking his front legs until they were soaked.

This drool thing happened about a month ago also. Just the drool, but it stopped on its own. Could these all be related? What could be happening?

 

[Newfs Forever]

Something with a bad tooth, perhaps? I don't know. Keep us posted, please.

 

[DAWNMERIE]

I was just discussing this with Vin. I think it's happened to us maybe once before, I'm not sure of why....but just our thoughts and what we would think or do.

I'd check every crease of his mouth, for abscess....every tooth for something broken or stuck in between (even under his tongue) if I found nothing I might be thinking acid reflux of some sort. Have you possibly added something new to his diet over the past month? If I could come up with no explanation I'd call the vet (if you have one that would talk over the phone before bringing him in) just to see and hear his thoughts and as a final result of nothing found, I'd bring him to the vet to have him check. Plus I'd also check if I added new plants to the house (I bring mine in during the winter) that he might possibly get to. Just some thoughts...I'm not sure of what the signs are for Lar-Par but I'd be looking into that.

I'm just throwing things at you hopefully someone with a bit more experience will chime in...but that would probably be my road.

 

[Newfs Forever]

My late Dex had lar par, however, he never had excessive drooling. However, that is no authority! I think it may be something in his mouth, i.e. tooth/teeth, gums, etc.

 

[ardeagold]

Could be something he ate...licked, etc. Like a bug. I'd check out his mouth as everyone says.

 

[twright1231]

I thought it might be mouth related and I looked inside as best he would let me. His gums are mottled pink and black, so it's hard to determine what's what in there, but looked ok. I next just felt around in there and there was nothing I could feel, and he didn't react to any pressure from my fingers.

I realized the excessive licking of his front legs way his way of cleaning them up. When he's in a down the saliva sprinkles on his legs.

The whole thing ended in about 2 hours on its own like last time. I usually add something to their kibble and last night it was about 1/8 cup of canned wild red Alaskan salmon. Maybe that was the culprit. It has tiny little bones, and I picked them out, but maybe I missed one and it got stuck? He gets salmon oil daily so I didn't consider an allergy, but maybe that was it also.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll be watching him closely.

 

[Lori]

Hopefully it was an isolated incident. Chance had LP. He didn't drool excessively as you mention. With LP you would notice a change in voice (as I call it) and bark, they sound raspy. Did you check the roof of his mouth? I always remember someone telling me a story of how their dog got a stick stuck crossways in the roof of his mouth.

I hope this morning he's back to his beautiful self! I remember meeting your gorgeous boys at Newfiepalooza a few years back.

 

[twright1231]

Thanks Lori. He seems fine today. We have annual shots this morning so I will mention this to the vet.

 

[twright1231]

Plus I'd also check if I added new plants to the house (I bring mine in during the winter) that he might possibly get to.

No houseplants here. Sadly, I neglect them

 

[pawsx12]

Hey Tracy,
This happens to Owen when he has an upset Tummy. If Owen goes out and grazes on grass, or something does not agree with his tummy this happens to him. I usually give him a Mylanta or something along that line and within an hour he seems back to his old self. At first I did the same thing checked his teeth, mouth, gums and etc. This is what works for us.

 

[twright1231]

Thanks Cissy. I'll bet that was it. We saw the vet and that was the first thing she mentioned, nausea. We looked inside his mouth and also felt around a bit and didn't find anything. She also mentioned liver issues could cause this, but it hasn't been a consistent issue to warrant testing for that. We'll be watching him and I'll be sure to have tummy meds on hand. Thanks!

 

[DAWNMERIE]

Glad all is well....I neglect the plants to, but Vin doesn't *wink*

 

[Tula]

Our golden has small seizures and drools excessively. Doesn't sound like that's the case, but thought I'd mention it. Kim

 

[SunnyD]

Sunshine had a lot of nausea incidents over the last year. It was always exactly like you described. Our vet put her on Gastralieve and that was awesome, no more upset tummy!

 

[R Taft]

When Katy was bitten by something in her mouth she had a similar incident.....Lots of very non-sticky clear drool

 

[Elly May]

This used to happen to our Kala, but we called them "the drippies.". Seemed to happen when she'd lay her face on a cold surface for any length of time. And she'd only drip watery clear drool from one side. It'd stop after an hour or so. Vet didn't find any tooth issues but I always wondered if she had a cracked tooth that we couldn't see and was sensitive to cold.