Is My Dog Healthy Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Which description best fits your dog’s recent bowel movements?
Typical frequency, effort, color, and consistency for them
One mildly soft stool or brief minor change
Recurring diarrhea, constipation, mucus, or repeated straining
A substantial amount of blood, black tar-like stool, or bowel changes accompanied by collapse or profound weakness
2. What have you observed regarding vomiting?
No vomiting or unproductive retching
One isolated vomiting episode, followed by normal behavior and intake
More than one episode, recurring vomiting, or vomiting accompanied by reduced appetite
Repeated vomiting, blood in vomit, severe weakness, or unproductive retching with abdominal swelling
3. What has changed about your dog’s urination?
Nothing unusual in frequency, amount, posture, or comfort
One minor change in timing or frequency without visible distress
Persistent accidents, frequent attempts, discomfort, unusually large amounts, or a clear reduction in urine
Repeated straining with little or no urine, especially with pain, vomiting, or a swollen abdomen
4. Which option best matches your dog’s recent appetite?
Eating their usual amount with their usual interest
Eating slightly less or leaving part of one meal, while otherwise acting normally
Eating much less than usual, repeatedly skipping meals, or showing ongoing difficulty chewing
Unable to swallow, choking, or repeatedly retching without bringing anything up
5. While your dog is resting in a comfortable environment, what does their breathing look and sound like?
Quiet and effortless, with their usual rhythm
Briefly faster than usual after mild excitement, then returning to normal
Repeatedly faster, noisier, or more effortful than usual at rest
Struggling for air, gasping, stretching the neck to breathe, or showing blue-gray gums or tongue
6. When you speak to or approach your dog, how responsive do they seem?
As alert and responsive as usual
Briefly quieter or slower to respond, then back to normal
Repeatedly disoriented, unusually distant, or difficult to engage
Unresponsive, unconscious, having a seizure, or unable to recover normally afterward
7. How does your dog’s recent water intake compare with normal?
About the same as usual
A modest, short-lived change that has returned toward normal
Persistent marked thirst or a sustained decrease in drinking
Unable to keep water down or refusing water while becoming weak, very dry-mouthed, or poorly responsive
8. When moving, being touched, or changing position, what signs of discomfort have you noticed?
No new signs of discomfort
Brief mild stiffness or sensitivity that resolves quickly
Repeated guarding, trembling, whimpering, or reluctance to be touched or repositioned
Severe continuous pain, screaming, or inability to get comfortable
9. Which visible body change have you observed recently?
No unexplained change in body shape or condition
A small gradual change that may reflect a recent routine or diet change
Noticeable unplanned weight loss or gain, muscle loss, or persistent abdominal enlargement
Sudden abdominal swelling, especially with pain, weakness, pale gums, or unproductive retching
10. How is your dog walking and using their limbs?
Moving in their usual way
Brief mild stiffness or a slight limp that improves quickly
A persistent limp, repeated stumbling, or reluctance to bear weight
Suddenly unable to use one or more limbs, dragging limbs, or unable to stand after an injury
11. Looking at your dog’s eyes and gums, which description fits best?
They look typical for your dog, with no new eye discomfort or gum-color change
There is slight new eye watering or mild redness without squinting or distress
There is persistent eye discharge, swelling, squinting, cloudiness, or a notable gum-color change
The gums are blue-gray or very pale, an eye is protruding or severely injured, or vision appears suddenly lost
12. Compared with your dog’s usual pattern, how has their activity level been recently?
Their usual level of activity and interest
A little quieter on occasion, but they still perk up for favorite activities
Noticeably less active for more than a brief period or repeatedly reluctant to move
Extremely weak, collapsed, or unable to stand normally
13. How has your dog’s social behavior changed around familiar people or animals?
Their interaction is typical for them
They have been slightly less social for a short time but still respond normally
They persistently hide, withdraw, cling, or become irritable in an unusual way
They show a sudden extreme behavior change with confusion, severe distress, or apparent intense pain
14. What new skin, wound, swelling, or lump-related sign have you noticed?
No new skin damage, swelling, or concerning lump change
A small superficial irritation that is not worsening or bothering the dog much
Persistent itching, a changing lump, spreading redness, discharge, or a sore that is not healing
A deep wound, uncontrolled bleeding, rapidly expanding swelling, or facial swelling with breathing trouble
15. What best describes your dog’s ability to rest and settle?
They rest in their usual positions and settle normally
They had one short episode of mild restlessness
They repeatedly pace, pant at rest, change positions, or struggle to settle
They show intense distress, continuous crying, or restless behavior with a suddenly swollen abdomen