Diarhea caused by sudden food change?

Rachael, that's awful. I'm gonna have to do some reading up on this, and possibly get her tested. Can't be too careful with my babies.

Bela slept on the bed last night, and got fed by hand every two hours. She is so hungry now that I am feeding her small amounts of the kibble every couple of hours (of course, there is no chicken in the house and nowhere open to get any). Everything's staying down, she was very prancy when I took her out a while ago, and she's wanting attention again. But I'll still be keeping an eye on her.

Just my luck, she'll want to be hand-fed on the bed every night now.
 
I am so glad to hear she is feeling better.

Definitely consider the MDR1 testing. I am planning on getting Liam done next year. Emma I did after she reacted to hydromorphon prior her spay (which the vet refused to do because of her reaction).
 
That is great news, although I'm sure not the way you planned to be spending Christmas Eve! :rolleyes2: What our dogs will do to keep us home, LOL. I'm so happy to hear Bela is doing better. Enjoy your day and lots of Sheltie cuddles!
 
I didn't know until Dec 11 around noon that if a puppy eats too many Bradford Pear tree seeds it can make him VERY sick:dead: I don't know how many he ate, he was never really outside alone, but he basically exploded from both ends. We ended up at the animal ER immediately, he spent the night and everything, it was a mess.

Thank God yours is probably just a food issue and you don't have to fence off an entire area of your back yard to keep your pup away from these little fruit seeds :rolleyes2:
 
Bela Update:

Well, we had another poop episode this afternoon about 10 minutes before my parents were due to arrive for Christmas lunch. (Grrrr!)

I thought it would be OK to let her have her Christmas ham bone (thoroughly cooked by hubs several weeks ago and frozen). She and Gracie had one each and enjoyed them greatly this morning. But come 2pm, the poopmistress had another accident (she was so embarassed). Gave her another half an imodium and put her to bed. I'll start her over again with the chicken broth and rice. She also threw up again this evening on the bed (gee, thanks, Bela!).

She seems to be bouncing back again after a couple of hours. I'm really surprised the first dose of imodium didn't work longer than it did. She'd be at the vet ER right now, but she just seems way to perky and normal to get very excited.

I've also been giving her Pedialyte by oral syringe in very small amounts so she won't get dehydrated.
 
Danny had too much ham and who knows what else while out visiting relatives for Christmas. Sure enough poor guy has the runs. He got immodium earlier and had to have half a dose again. I now remember he got the runs last year from cooked ham. This is it. No more ham.:no:
 
Danny's mommy said:
Danny had too much ham and who knows what else while out visiting relatives for Christmas. Sure enough poor guy has the runs. He got immodium earlier and had to have half a dose again. I now remember he got the runs last year from cooked ham. This is it. No more ham.:no:
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You know, Racheal mentioned it but unless you are darn sure your sheltie isn't a MDR1 mutant/normal or Mutant /mutant I would not be giving them Imodium. I know all my dogs are normal/normal except Birch who is normal/? because i have tested them.

This is the gene mutation that causes the issues with heartworm medications ie Ivermectin. I have no issues using ivermectin based Heartgard because the dose is so low even in MDR1 dogs but I would never use Imodium at any dosage. Yet people on this forum will still not use Ivermectin.

For more info, http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts-VCPL/drugs.aspx

Also most dogs gets GI upset from Ham too much salt.
 
Thank you Dr. Shelli. No more ham nor immodium. Danny's vet was the one who said we could give him immodium. This was years ago. Danny is also on Frontline. Next I have to find out if Frontline is safe for senior dogs.
 
Danny's mommy said:
Danny had too much ham and who knows what else while out visiting relatives for Christmas. Sure enough poor guy has the runs. He got immodium earlier and had to have half a dose again. I now remember he got the runs last year from cooked ham. This is it. No more ham.:no:
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Ditto on the salt. Any meat that has "up to 8% broth" added will generally make them sick. This includes most deli meats, almost all whole turkeys, whole chickens, and probably prepared hams. Watch your labels.
 
Justicemom said:
You know, Racheal mentioned it but unless you are darn sure your sheltie isn't a MDR1 mutant/normal or Mutant /mutant I would not be giving them Imodium.
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Because I know Emma is MDR1 normal/normal, that is why I gave her what amounted to about 1/14 of a tablet. I would never give Liam anything until he is tested.
 
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