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.
And a VERY high percentage of dogs die from cancer. My first dog developed liver cancer so I began educating myself on dog food and cancer. I thought I had been making good choices by feeding Little Cesars in the peel containers. I feel so guilty about that now even though it has been many years. I have been feeding quality food to my dogs now for 8 years.