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Is my dog depressed or sick? He has low energy and no appetite.

A Groenendael dog sleeping in their blue dog bed

Hi Diva,

Thanks for your question.

It sounds like you are linking the fact that suddenly your dog has low energy and little to no appetite with you being away for 3 weeks. This may not be the case. In fact, the symptoms you describe could be caused by hypothyroidism, arthritis, dental pain, abdominal discomfort, gastritis, GI parasites, or pancreatitis to name just a few. I think you need to look for any medical conditions before you consider a behavioural cause.

I’d recommend you have your veterinarian perform a physical exam and consultation looking for many of the rule outs I listed above and perform wellness testing to make sure there is not an underlying medical condition.

The symptoms are very general and don’t point to a particular disease and it’s going to take some investigation.

Best of luck.

Dr. Clayton Greenway

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