[Dailydrool] What's "normal" sick for a pregnant dog?

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

Turning to my DD family yet again ... 
 
My friend's sweet 2-year-old dog is five weeks pregnant.  She is  usually 
the bounciest, most playful energizer bunny, but now she sleeps all the  
time, is uncomfortable, pants, shivers, just seems sick; low-grade sick, nothing 
 dramatic or obvious.  It's been going on for at least a week (I babysit  
her most days).  If she were my dog, I would have had her at the vet a  week 
ago, but my friend (who adores the dog, there's no question of neglect)  
insists that it's just natural for a pregnancy.
 
Is that true?  I can understand the clinginess and sleep, but she just  
seems ... sick.  Not critically, but I worry that there's some underlying  
thing that could be hurting her or the puppies.  But then again, never  having 
had a baby myself, I don't know how morning sickness can really make you  
feel.  She didn't eat for a few days, still is not overly interested in  food 
(unusual for her), but she is eating most of her meals.
 
Thanks for any advice or insights!  I've suggested twice that my  friend 
take her to the vet, but she dismisses me as a worry-wort (which, of  course, 
I am, famous for it -- I brought the dog to the vet when she was bopped  in 
the head during play a few months ago and couldn't open her eye -- the vet  
(Blueberry's vet too, who I've known for years) took us in immediately and 
said,  "I looked out and saw Nervous Nellie in the waiting room and I thought 
-- well,  I'd better get this over with as soon as possible."  Dog, vet, 
and Nervous  Nellie were all fine.).
 
Beth H. (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB, who were being constantly  dragged 
to the vet, poor things)
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