Hiya, I was actually just reading your posts when Vegus had the runs!

I will try her on some egg or chicken tomorrow but for today Im gonna leave her be.

thanks for the advice

Hi thanks for your advice, Cola hasnt eaten anything today although she keeps sniffing/guarding her biscuit, shes not eating them! So thought it best not to feed her anything tonight and see how she is in the morning.

Shes still on the sofa with me, she tried to get off but came over all wobbly and climbed back on. Shes very growly with the cat but other than that just dozing on and off.

I take her to the park nearby me that has lots of ducks, swans, foxes, squirrels around and shes always nibbling on something - I hope she is better by the morning. I am worried that shes not drinking but shes nowhere near dehydrated so again Im hoping by the morning she will at least drink.

I guess I'm panicking a bit because shes my 1st dog (although I have looked after other dogs) shes my new baby and Im probably over reacting a bit.

Fingers crossed.

LOL really?? I know it works wonders with humans (always has at least 2 bottles in the cupboard!)

Hi all! Just had to post to say Cola made it off the sofa and is drinking! Pheww ... she is after some food now but Im thinking its better to wait until morning ??

Leave her till morning and just make sure she drinks or has access to drink it saves the carpet over night lol, Dont give her human preperations unless stated by your vet first Our Daisy was constipated for several days and on the advice of our vet we used Lactulose which is all natural , human medicines can sometimes be too strong for thier phsiology to cope with so unless told to do so leave it till you have spoken to your vet , You can ask if there is a human alternative that could be cheeper to buy than the vet prescribed medicine but what you will get should only cost about a tenner .

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Hi Andrea - I wouldnt give her anything unless the vet says its ok, if I have to take her tomorrow I will ask if there are any alternatives though.

She ate a biscuit and went straight outside as she got the runs again but at least she is drinking now.

Im gonna have to leave the back door open tonight as she very nearly didnt make it to the garden earlier! She has water down and I will check on her in the morning.

Thanks for all your help, its much appreciated .. think im gonna have an early night, will keep you updated tomorrow

yeah i asked an online vet about pepto-bismol because people on another forum said i could use it. the dosage is 1ml per pound of dog!!!
i know it sounds an awful lot of pepto-bismol doesnt it.

when vegas had the runs i just gave her 1tbs every 6 hours and she seemed fine. she didnt really like the taste and smell but it did her some good! she wasnt impressed at all!

Ohh I thought you were kidding LOL

Pepto-bismol is great stuff, its good to know dogs can tolerate it too

Im up at 6.15am today .. on a SATURDAY!

Good news is Cola seems so much better, shes been playing this morning and seems back to her normal self.

Im gonna try giving her chicken today though as I defrosted loads of it last nite.

I feel so daft after worrying like that yesterday ... I havent felt like this since my daughter was a baby! (Many years ago!)

Thanks for the advice all.