[nagdu] Worried about Chet. Again

[Buddy Brannan]

It could be something he's scrounging, but if it is, it's something  
he's doing *very* fast.
On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Sharonda Greenlaw wrote:

> Buddy,
> I had the same problem with Rusty while he was with me--he's been  
> retired
> and in a new home because of theheat here in AZ. Anyway, I found out  
> that it
> was something he was scrounging. Do you think this could be  
> happening? Just
> a though.
>
> Sharonda
>
>
> On 7/28/09, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
>>
>> Hi y'all,
>>
>> OK, it's 4 in the morning and I'm up. Not a great sign (because I  
>> actually
>> did go to bed).
>>
>> Since a couple days after Melanie's surgery at the end of June,  
>> Chet's had
>> the runs. Oh, not continuously, but every time I think he's hit the  
>> end of
>> them and is getting better, they start up again. After several  
>> weeks of
>> boiled hamburger and rice (with increasing food, resulting in runs,  
>> then
>> back to boiled hamburger and rice), we went to the vet, also for  
>> his annual
>> checkup. Bad news: he lost about eight pounds. Which, by the way, I  
>> didn't
>> notice; no ribs sticking out horribly, and the vet even thought he  
>> still
>> looked OK, but 8 pounds is significant when your dog weighs about  
>> 55. The
>> blood work showed nothing, and I (obviously) couldn't get a stool  
>> sample,
>> but they gave me a de-wormer anyway, which didn't help, so then we  
>> got a
>> week's worth of antibiotic and something to help with the diarrhea,  
>> no idea
>> what that was, but I was to give both for a week twice a day. This  
>> I did,
>> and things improved such that the boiled hamburger went away, then  
>> the rice
>> went away, and stools felt normal again. His meds finished up on  
>> this past
>> Friday, and right up through Monday evening, not only was  
>> everything looking
>> better, stools were normal, at regular and expected intervals, and at
>> regular and expected quantities.
>>
>> Naturally, over this time, I've taken Chet out for guide work very  
>> little.
>> Since we got home, I think he's been actually working three times,  
>> including
>> yesterday. And yesterday's was probably the longest time he was  
>> out, about
>> three hours total. Well--this morning at a little before 3:30, we  
>> awoke to
>> an unpleasant and all too familiar odor, so out the door we ran,  
>> and the
>> diarrhea was back. There was a nice solid poo in the crate, along  
>> with some
>> icky squishy stuff, but it was all at least able to be picked up,  
>> and I have
>> it in baggies for the vet (assuming it's not too old by the time I  
>> get there
>> later today). I'm not confident I'll get a newer sample though.
>>
>> In light of Chet's anxiety on long car rides, I wonder if this isn't
>> related to going back to work? Chet is always very eager to go, but  
>> I wonder
>> if he isn't still anxious about it anyway? Seems like a strange  
>> coincidence
>> that this should start back up after his first trip out and in  
>> harness in
>> about two weeks.
>>
>> Well, we'll see what the vet has to say about it later today. But I'm
>> mentally preparing myself (as far as is possible, anyway) for the R  
>> word.
>> Which isn't going to be easy for Chet at all if we determine that  
>> that's
>> what's needed. Probably not easy for me, either, but these things  
>> never hit
>> me until they're right on me.
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