cause of death?

hey boyz,,been gone awhile due to crashed PC and no $$$ til now,,good to be back "AMONGST 'EM ".Got a puzzle.

My Red Setter/Lab mix died yesterday,,not quite 2,,was fine a week ago,when it stormed real big,,lots of rain,even for Louisiana.He never would ever get in his barrel,,sat on top all thru the day and all night and thru the afternoon the next day,,S.O.P. for him anytime it rained if the temp isnt too low.He stopped eating right away,drank a little,and seemed stiff in one leg.Yesterday morning he couldn't/wouldn't com to me.When I went to feed him in the afternoon,he was dead.

He was the energizer bunny til the rain,,then downhill at speed,,dead in 4 days,,can a dog who has lived outside all it's life,in all kinds of weather kick off that fast?

Fella's;

Snakebite was my first thought also.

900F

Irish setters have lots of disease problems, most likely from the over (in breeding) of the dog in the '50-60 when they were popular.

It could have been a blood clot in the leg and more clots in the lungs that with the weather turned into pneumonia.  Just thinking out loud.  A physical exam or autopsy would be revealing.

Some pool filters have anti-fungus--fungicide treatment, non-water soluble?

Hey Bear,,yea,,I know about the inbred thing,,once had a pure bred from bench stock,,MAN was that dog worthless!!!!

Well he's gone and I'm not going to drag out the gettin' over it stage,,tho I keep lookin' out to see what he's up to,,and caught myself goin' out to feed him 'while ago............thanx guys.