[nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?

[Steven Johnson]

Any chance he picked up a tick?  I sure hope things get better for
him...nothing worse than a sick pup, and feeling helpless because we don't
know what is going on with them.  Hoping you find out the culprit soon.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of GARY STEEVES
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 9:05 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?

Hi Stephen:

I live in Vancouver Canada. Bogart doesn't go in water so I doubt it would
be something like that. 

Thanks
Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Johnson <blinddog3 at charter.net>
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 4:26 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>

> Gary, where do you live?  Any chance it could be a 
> waterborn bacteria? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf
> Of t21114 at optonline.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 6:13 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?
> 
> Hi Gary,
> I am sorry to hear Bogart is not feeling well. Has anyone 
> mentioned giving
> him rice and chop meat. That might bind him. Also if he is not 
> drinkingenough you can give him some ice cubes.
> Marilyn and Anna
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gary 
> Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 2:56 pm
> Subject: [nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog 
> Users'" 
> 
> > Hello everyone:
> > 
> > Well poor Bogart still isn't doing so wonderfully. He started 
> > having full
> > diarrhea in the middle of the night Thursday. We were having 
> to 
> > go out about
> > every 2-3 hours. By Friday night nothing much was coming out 
> of 
> > him. Nothing
> > that could be felt with a pick up bag anymore. Saturday 
> morning 
> > he had a
> > couple laps at his water dish but that was all.
> > 
> > I took him to the vet and temp is fine, abdomen is fine, eyes 
> > sparkling and
> > tail a wagging. The vet gave him a couple of spoonfuls of the 
> > canned food
> > they have that is supposed to be easy to digest with some 
> water 
> > and he ate
> > the food and drank the water. She tried to get a stool sampl 
> > from his bum
> > but he is just too emptied out so they couldn't get enough to 
> do 
> > any tests.
> > We can't gather enough at home either.
> > 
> > We came back home and I was able to get him to drink some 
> water 
> > and he ate
> > half of one of those cans of food as per doctors orders. So I 
> > was thinking
> > things are on the up side but I don't think he has drunk 
> hardly 
> > any water
> > and hasn't eaten any food since then. Even put some enticing 
> > things with it.
> > 
> > Poor bogart. I had told him he needed to lose a bit of weight 
> > since he
> > gained 4 pounds in the past 3 months so he has gone over board 
> > and lost 1.5
> > pounds in a week.
> > 
> > Anyway, if anyone has any ideas of how to get bogart eating a 
> > little bit
> > that would be helpful.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Gary
> > 
> > 
> > 
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