Finley resting on her cushion
So a couple weeks ago Finley was feeling a little under the weather as I mentioned previously in the Pepto Bismol post. We never did find out what was wrong with her since we didn’t take her to the vet to get checked out. I’m not sure when she starting feeling off, but on the Saturday, we had played in the leaves and she likely ate pieces of them and possibly something else because she threw up when we came inside. I wasn’t too worried about this because it had happened before when she ate something a couple hours before running around and then drinking lots of water a little too quickly afterwards.
The next day, we went to the dog park while I was waiting for the pumpkins to warm up so I could work on them. She ate some pieces of pumpkin that night. Suddenly around 1:30am she begs to be let outside, which is not like her at all. She immediately runs to poop. Since I like keeping her pen area clean, I went to pick it up and noticed that it was very usual and it smelled. Yes I realize poop smells but I normally can’t smell it from 25 feet away and it only got worse as I got closer. I was gagging as I picked it up. I didn’t think too much of it since this does happen every once in a while to everyone, dogs and humans alike.
Well over the next 2-3 days she wasn’t getting any better, poop wise that is, the rest of time she was acting normal. I was starting to get quite worried. So I looked up stuff online. I should know better by now that Google does not bring you peace of mind in cases like that though I did find some useful information. I read that when a dog does have diarrhea, you can fast them for a meal or two and then give them some boiled chicken and white rice. Since I had never done that, we called the vet and check if this would alright.
The vet technician there told us to skip one feeding, give her some Pepto Bismol (which lead to the pink disaster) and then give her a tablespoon of boiled hamburger meat and white rice at her next normal feeding time. We slowly had to re-introduce food, one tablespoon per hour. They gave us an appointment for the next evening to get her checked out anyways. We were told that the Pepto Bismol coats their stomach and intestines and gives them some relief with what is happening inside.
Let me tell you people, if you have never boiled hamburger meat before, it’s not the prettiest thing looking during the cooking process, but it looked and tasted alright once it was mixed with the rice although I will admit it tasted really bland. I think cardboard might be tastier. Finley LOVED this concoction so much I would find her sitting in the kitchen looking at the fridge hoping for more.
It was pretty funny at first when we would give her one tablespoon of the rice mix. I could see it in her eyes “Come on Mommy (or Daddy) only one tablespoon?? but I’m sooo hungry” she must have been saying. We called the vet back the next day and talked to the technician again because she hadn’t gone potty yet that day since we only started feeding her in the early afternoon. She said to start feeding her more for 12 hours and then mix it in with her dry food for another day or so and call them if it didn’t get better. We cancelled the appointment we had for that night to see if time was all that was needed.
It took a couple of days from the time we initially called the vet for her to go back to totally normal and I was (almost) ecstatic when she starting pooping normal again. I could tell Finley was getting better too, she had a little bit more energy after whatever it was stopped bugging her. It was such a relief for me as well, I tend to worry like crazy and this was the first real time she was sick with us, even though she had an ear infection when we got her. I remember those with my last dog and knew it was nothing to worry about.
The next day, we went to the dog park while I was waiting for the pumpkins to warm up so I could work on them. She ate some pieces of pumpkin that night. Suddenly around 1:30am she begs to be let outside, which is not like her at all. She immediately runs to poop. Since I like keeping her pen area clean, I went to pick it up and noticed that it was very usual and it smelled. Yes I realize poop smells but I normally can’t smell it from 25 feet away and it only got worse as I got closer. I was gagging as I picked it up. I didn’t think too much of it since this does happen every once in a while to everyone, dogs and humans alike.
Well over the next 2-3 days she wasn’t getting any better, poop wise that is, the rest of time she was acting normal. I was starting to get quite worried. So I looked up stuff online. I should know better by now that Google does not bring you peace of mind in cases like that though I did find some useful information. I read that when a dog does have diarrhea, you can fast them for a meal or two and then give them some boiled chicken and white rice. Since I had never done that, we called the vet and check if this would alright.
The vet technician there told us to skip one feeding, give her some Pepto Bismol (which lead to the pink disaster) and then give her a tablespoon of boiled hamburger meat and white rice at her next normal feeding time. We slowly had to re-introduce food, one tablespoon per hour. They gave us an appointment for the next evening to get her checked out anyways. We were told that the Pepto Bismol coats their stomach and intestines and gives them some relief with what is happening inside.
Let me tell you people, if you have never boiled hamburger meat before, it’s not the prettiest thing looking during the cooking process, but it looked and tasted alright once it was mixed with the rice although I will admit it tasted really bland. I think cardboard might be tastier. Finley LOVED this concoction so much I would find her sitting in the kitchen looking at the fridge hoping for more.
It was pretty funny at first when we would give her one tablespoon of the rice mix. I could see it in her eyes “Come on Mommy (or Daddy) only one tablespoon?? but I’m sooo hungry” she must have been saying. We called the vet back the next day and talked to the technician again because she hadn’t gone potty yet that day since we only started feeding her in the early afternoon. She said to start feeding her more for 12 hours and then mix it in with her dry food for another day or so and call them if it didn’t get better. We cancelled the appointment we had for that night to see if time was all that was needed.
It took a couple of days from the time we initially called the vet for her to go back to totally normal and I was (almost) ecstatic when she starting pooping normal again. I could tell Finley was getting better too, she had a little bit more energy after whatever it was stopped bugging her. It was such a relief for me as well, I tend to worry like crazy and this was the first real time she was sick with us, even though she had an ear infection when we got her. I remember those with my last dog and knew it was nothing to worry about.
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