Addiction is a chronic brain disease that induces compulsive activity, despite health, social and legal consequences. A person may seem to make a voluntary choice to try a drug or begin a type of behavior, but a variety of genetic and environmental factors influence those decisions.
Expert: Theresa replied 8 years ago. Symptoms of a dying dog include, lack of appetite, pale, blue, or gray gums, dry gums, inability to stand, dilated pupils, difficulty breathing, unresponsiveness, and neurologic symptoms. A dog can live for a couple weeks without enough food and water.
Signs of a dying dog, cat or other animal look similar. They all go through various stages of the dying process. This may carry on for weeks or last just a few minutes. 1  3 months to 3 weeks out: weight loss, less attention to grooming, dulling eyes, increasing dehydration, gastrointestinal changes, and more.