Things not to feed the stumpy dog.

[bunn]

 Poor little Susie Shortlegs has been very much under the weather.  She had a major attack of vomiting on Thursday and was very lethargic and unhappy,  bounced back to some extent, but wasn't keen to eat over the weekend, and now has a really horrible case of the runs. 

I had her back to the vet today because this was dragging on, and now have probiotics and antibiotics to try to get her tum back in shape.   Vet thought she'd eaten something  that disagreed with her, and I couldn't work out what that could be, as I've tried to stick more or less to what she was eating with her previous owner (Butcher's tinned food and cooked lamb's liver). 

I've just realised, however, that on Wednesday evening, I gave her a very small dried pig's ear, which she ate with enormous enthusiasm.   I bet that's what it was.  DOH!  Major mistake!  

Anyway, fingers crossed that the various treatments will sort her out.  And note to self: even if foster dog does have rather stained teeth, pig's ear is a high-risk way to try to clean them!  Stick to tripe.  

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I trust that she shall rapidly return to full health.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

She's a happy cheery little person generally, so I am hopeful it's just a matter of re-establishing a stability.

Getting the antibiotics into her is proving interesting though. I managed to get half a pill down her inside a chunk of chicken breast, but the next time she carefully took the chunk to pieces and put the half-pill on the floor...

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

she carefully took the chunk to pieces and put the half-pill on the floor

So often dogs and cats are far too clever for their own benefit!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Who's a clever dog, then? ;-)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

If the probiotics and antibiotics touch, is there a cataclysmic explosion that threatens space / time?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Well, if there is, at least we have the Vax... :-P

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I thought exactly the same. Well, just for a moment, before I got distracted by trying to chase the joke about making a pig's ear of something that I felt was lurking in here, and then by wondering why pig's ears are taken as the epitome of a total mess.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

After the sight that greeted me when I went into the bathroom this morning, pig's ears will now be taken as the epitome of a total mess...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh cmon. We've had worse. Faaaaaar worse. Remember when Mollydog ate the bubble bars?

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Awww, sends cuddles for Susie. I hope she's better soon.