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.
3 1 1 1 1 2. If you have a dog not eating you are probably concerned and actually you have good reason to be. Dogs losing their appetite can be caused by simple behavioral or environmental reasons that can be fairly easily addressed at home. Vaccinations are important but occasionally there are unwanted side effects. 2  If you dog stopped eating shortly after receiving a vaccination, check with your vet and see if that is a known side effect. 3  With older dogs it might be that it simply hurts to eat.