Der Hund hat Der D. No reason to worry, this happens with dogs from time to time. Inevitably, the day I say “shit, better call the vet” (because it’s been 5 or 6 days) is the day it just clears up, sometimes because he passes that sponge the little shit ate (he’s a big dog; a sponge is not cause for alarm).
But I’m grousing because the missus is away through the weekend, I was planning to take tomorrow off and take the convertible on a long drive up into the hills. Visit some old haunts (where we used to live has TWO outstanding old-school hardware stores. Yes, I’m a nerd*). But unless I want to come home to a lot of fun, I’ll be working (from home) and letting him out every two hour or so. Just wanted to whine.
Why do we love the little bastards so much again?
*Someday I WILL own one of these displays, fully stocked
Canned pumpkin sometimes helps with that problem. Mix it in their food. Some dogs like it and will eat it off a spoon.
It is a nuisance to be sure.
One time I went to jury duty and had to leave my dog Sweetie home alone all day. She had diarrhea all over the living room rug, poor baby. And you could tell that she was absolutely mortified! I think she got it all over because she was trying to run away from it while it was happening. Fortunately it was and area rug and I could send it out to be cleaned. But that period before the carpet company could come and pick it up… YIKES!
Some years ago I woke up and, in my sleep-hazed state, stepped in a puddle of doggie diarrhea. I screamed “Shit!” My wife (at the time) said, “What?” I said, “Shit!” This repeated itself a few times for comic effect.
There were doggie bombs all over. The dog had a bad night. I had a bad morning.
I don’t think we did anything for the dog. It was just one bad night and she was fine. Of course, if it continues then time to see a vet.
Just yesterday as I was getting ready to go out to lunch with a friend, I noticed that a remnant bar of soap I had pitched into the trash basket was… gone. Sure enough, when I ran into the living room to check what the hound was up to, I saw half a soap remnant. The rest was gone and someone was licking his chops in a bewildered way (“I was so sure it would taste divine!”).
I went to lunch and left him to his fate, but worried so much I cut our lunch short to rabbit home and make sure he was ok.
Of course he was fine.
I hope your pup comes good soon! Boiled rice can also help with diarrhea. Not too much and don’t salt it.
I’ve had good luck with the pumpkin. I’d already fed him breakfast when I learned he was sick, so we’ll skip dinner and if overnight isn’t a disaster I’ll give him a little food with some pumpkin in the morning. Fortunately for me, if I’m home he will bark to be let out, and we have a fenced yard.
Still don’t love being woken up in the middle of the night.
Yeah, for Oskar it’s kitchen sponges (makes for some colorful poops) and paper towels. Both of which has always passed, but usually after a few days of aggravation. We’re pretty good about making sure he can’t reach them, but every once in a while we forget.
My little crooked dog has accidents in the house nearly every day, because the effort it takes him to get to a standing position tends to evacuate whatever he may be holding. Luckily he makes dry little biscuits, easy to pick up.
Sorry for the doggie troubles. At this point, with the new to me pup (a week yesterday), I’m just happy I’ve realized she needs to go out right after food. It’s scarf all the food down, then right outside to do dog business.
I don’t have the display, but I’m close. I still own more useful hardware than the museum I now work at, and it was better organized. Unfortunately it is now scattered between my house, a friend’s shop, and some at the museum.
Any time I need a screw, nut, or nail I buy the biggest box they have. Over 30 years I’m to where I rarely need to go to the store for a job. For some reason that makes me very happy.
And again cats are the superior creatures because even with diarrhea, they will try to make it to the litter box.
Yeah, sometimes they will squirt over the side of it, but A for effort.
I once had a cat that would try to make it to the litter box for upchucking hairballs. Most polite cat I ever had. I miss Fluffy. None of my other cats was ever that degree of civilized.
Sort of apropos of that: A friend of mine brought her new 3-lb puppy over to show me last week. She also brought a pee pad and put it on the floor, just in case the puppy had to go. At some point during our visit, puppy had a little tinkle on the pad.
Along comes my black cat EC who sniffed at it and then promptly pulled at the paper fabric to try to cover it up.
I could just see her looking at the puppy as if to say, “In this household, we cover up our pee.”
We’ve been very lucky in this respect. I’m not sure if any of our dogs ever had it bad enough that they couldn’t make it to the yard. When we first got our current dog he was anxious about moving to a new place, so he was squirting every few hours. Fortunately, I’m a fairly light sleeper and heard him when he whined to go out.
Oskar will make it to the yard, unless I’m not there to let him out.
And @LSLGuy I wouldn’t be comfortable leaving him unattended in the yard for hours. Too many things could happen, like an Amazon guy leaving the breezeway door open (which would let him escape the yard)
Fortunately (?), in our household canine urp has historically been way more of a problem than dog diarrhea, and the current beast, Pluto, is a seldom-barfer with reliably outdoor solid #2 credentials.
The most memorable, um, soft stool-a-thon was long ago when our cocker spaniel, Sally, got into batches of chocolate brownies on two separate occasions and left revolting chocolatey diarrhea all over the carpet. Even though chocolate is bad for dogs, she recovered without any sequelae.
Oskar made it through Thursday night sans diarrhea and I was thinking we’d rounded the bend. So Friday morning I gave him 1/2 the normal food plus some pumpkin. And he threw it up within 15 minutes*
But then Friday all day he seemed normal, and was keeping water down no problem. So late yesterday I gave him a few tablespoons of chicken breast and some carrot pieces.** Nothing happened. So over the course of the evening I’d give him some more, a tiny bit here and there. Made it to this AM with no issues, so he got 1/3 of his normal breakfast and 1/3 again at 11am, and I’m cautiously optimistic. Just hoping to see a well-formed poop soon
*I wasn’t too concerned; it’s a long story but we happen to be watching his littermate, which makes him panic and eat waaaay too fast; I think this is why
**As a Giant Schnauzer, one always has to consider the possibility of pancreatitis, in which case skinless chicken and carrots is a good option. I’ve dealt with a lot of pancreatitis in my years.
Our German Shepherd seems to find awful things to eat when we are out hiking in the woods. Many a time, I’ve opened my bedroom door in the morning and have been hit hard by the smell of diarrhea. In one instance, it went on for days - every morning I’d have diarrhea to clean up and then I’d come home to more after work. I called the vet. I was able to pick up some Magical Diarrhea Pills. By day two, no more diarrhea. I keep them on hand now. I think it’s called Metronidazole. And it was inexpensive.
Though IANADVM, I feel like it’s worth mentioning the obvious (for the benefit of others): Metronidazole is a prescription medication that probably should not be given to your pet without first consulting with their veterinarian:
It isn’t Pepto-Bismol and it isn’t Imodium A-D. It’s a drug.
as if to say, “In this household, we cover up our pee.”