Pets Suffering from serious illness

Today, more than other days, I am very aware of this. I woke up this

morning to find the cat had decided not to go out in the rain last night

and pooed on the bathroom mat, and the dog seemed to be running a

temperature. Seriously,

As you can probably imagine, I grumpily cleaned up the mess on the bathroom floor, then googled my dog is hot. God bless Google. Seriously. I remember a time before the internet (or before it became useful and accessible to everyone). Life was certainly simpler then, but that was before I had to be a responsible adult. I really don’t know how I would have survived as a grown-up before the World Wide Web made it possible for everyone and anyone to upload pictures of cats, porn, images of their meals, and information about every subject known to man (and some that are only known to women), and for me to be able to access it.

Coughing/vomiting Lethargy/depression Lack of appetite Shivering Runny nose

Much to my relief, my dog was behaving normally and not exhibiting any of the above signs. She did cough a bit after breakfast, but I figured that was a dry biscuit stuck in her throat or something. At any rate, she stopped. I don’t have a thermometer at home, so there was no way of knowing for sure just how hot she was, but I felt confident that I didn’t need to take her to the vet.plz help