[nagdu] tips and tricks for dealing with diarrhea

[The Pawpower Pack]

Marsha, 
Would a toileting harness help you? You'd have to leave it on her with the bag, and I don't o if she'd let it alone. 
  EPI is just... unpleasant. 


Rox 
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On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:37 AM, "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:

> As most of you know Em has recently been diagnosed with EPI. She is once
> again sick as she has not been put on meds for it. But my question how do
> you all deal with diarrhea? 
> 
> 
> 
> Of course there is the giving the pups rice and chicken broth, I am not
> asking for those sorts of tricks, but more how do you deal with it. For
> example right now, Em is in her crate on my deck. I check on her every hour
> or so, and if she has messed in her crate I will spray it out with water. I
> will also spray her down. But for example tonight its suppose to be down in
> the 20's and I can't leave her outside. Tonight I will get up and check on
> her every few hours. I have even stayed up all night. I have a big crate for
> her and a smallish crate. The small crate is easier to take apart and clean
> out, the big one is very hard for me to handle by myself. If I feed her rice
> and the chicken broth it doesn't immediately firm up the stool. So we will
> have at least another 24 more hours of the diarrhea. 
> 
> 
> 
> *sigh* I love my pup to death, but I am so tired of cleaning up poop. So if
> you all have any ideas, they would be much appreciated. When she has
> diarrhea, I keep her in the crate, so that it doesn't create a bigger mess.
> Do they have self cleaning crates? LOL just kidding
> 
> 
> 
> Hoping you all will give some words of wisdom on how to clean up, deal with
> the diarrhea. 
> 
> 
> 
> Marsha 
> 
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