[nagdu] tips and tricks for dealing with diarrhea

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Marsha.
Sorry to hear of your woes.
My retired guide Echo is very old, and has frequent accidents in the
house.  We put down a tarp in the place where she hangs out most.  It's
very easy to clean.  If it gets really gross, we haul it outside and hose
it off, and put down a clean one.  Tarps are very cheap.  We bought ours
at the hardware store.
I have contemplated buying an X-pen to keep her confined to the tarp
sometimes, but, for us, it's not actually necessary.
We've also been using AKC Gold to clean up messes.  We should have stock
in that company, and in companies that sell paper towels.
We also use the relieving harness fairly often.  Sometimes it catches the
problem, and sometimes not.  Sometimes the bag just gets messy.  Echo
doesn't mind the bag at all, though.  But she does mind when it's full and
she's walking around, so we have to pay attention.
Echo used to have irritable bowel.  The trick was finding a food that
agreed with her.  But I guess your problem is different.
Good luck.
Tracy

> It might, not sure if she would leave the bag alone either. Vet is
> prescribing the meds to firm up her stools, trying to find a ride to the
> vets office. He also is wanting to try a less expensive powder on her food
> for pups who have chronic diarrhea. He said there was no guarantees if
> that
> powder will work.
>
> *sigh*
> Marsha
>
>
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> 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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