Kyara is ok but her tummy is sore. Probably caused by liver treats

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Kyara had some diarrhea yesterday morning and then early in the evening. Other than that she was her regular self. Around 9pm my boyfriend took her out, and she squatted down like she was going to poop but only loud human-like farts came out! After that she was fine and went to bed normally.

This morning at 5 am she started crying. She had done a little bit of diarrhea in her crate and when I took her out she did a bit again. (Sorry for the gross description) It wasn't like when she got really sick a few months ago (that time it was supper watery and eventually had blood in it). This time it was slimy and yellowish. then she kept on turning and placing herself to poop but nothing came out. When I brought her inside she did not seem off yet asked for the door 10 minutes later, but just walked around when I took her out. Back inside she seemed okay, had some water and a bit of kibble. When I tried to touch her stomach she rolled her back or pulled away so it is obviously painful.

I had to get to work but BF texted me that she didn't do anything outside before he left and she seems okay now. I'm still a bit worried cause no one is home, luckily my dad will stop by our place to take her out at lunch time. Hopefully she is feeling better now.

I think that too many liver treats caused this is . This weekend I boiled some liver, chopped it in tiny pieces and cooked it in the oven. On Tuesday I had an agility course and because there were some people close by, Kyara was distracted and reactive so I needed lot's of treats to keep her motivated. She obviously had way to many! I've noticed before that she did get softer stool if I gave her these treats in the past but it never made her really sick.

Could she be allergic to liver? I know liver is very rich and you shouldn't give that much to dogs but I've also read up that dogs not tolerating liver could be an indication of them being allergic to proteins. Is there something I should be doing about this? Could it point to more serious issues? Or should I simply (and logically!) not give her this type of treat, or give less and just assume it was a one time thing?

I'm probably just acting like a worried furmom lol. She is going to be a year old and has been very sick and hospitalized when she was 7 months because of an unknown stomach issue that was resolved either by antibiotics or/and anti-parasite-meds. Since then she had one night where she vomited multiple times but was okay after, another day where she had diarrhea all day and now this diarrhea issue. Hopefully she just has a sensitive stomach and this is not pointing to a worse issue.

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide!
 
Yeah, we bought these nice training treats for Lerwick... beef and pork liver. He goes mad for them. Heck, they smell good to me, too. Well, we can't use them as training treats, because if we give him more than one or two a day, his next couple of bowel movements will be loose.

Lerwick also has a pretty touchy stomach... stress goes straight to his guts, so the few days following vet visits or trips in the car are pretty grim as far as tummy/potty issues go. We definitely don't give him any of the liver treats on those days, or any other days when he randomly has softer stool, or the liver treats will put him over the edge into diarrhea.

In those cases when he does develop loose stool, we usually top his food with some plain yogurt (we prefer the Greek style, as it has extra protein) for a day or two, and the probiotics in the yogurt help firm up his stool faster.
 
After being a little sick again yesterday afternoon plus sleeping a lot during the evening, this morning Kyara is fine and full of energy!

Sorry for the long worried post up there, I clearly overreacted... what am I gonna do when I have human kids and they get sick? :rolleyes2:

Just happy she is fine and now I know to limit those liver treats.
 
No, you didn't overreact. You were justifiably cncerned about your little one. And just think -- when you do have hooman kids, you'll be so much better prepared to deal with runny poo! :lol:
 
mcemily said:
In those cases when he does develop loose stool, we usually top his food with some plain yogurt (we prefer the Greek style, as it has extra protein) for a day or two, and the probiotics in the yogurt help firm up his stool faster.
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Thanks for the tip McEmily, Kyara does have a sensitive stomach like your Lerwick. I'm sure this yogurt tip will be helpful at some point! (for some reason I hadn't seen your post before, sorry about that)

And Chris, ahaha I guess you are right. Kyara is training me good for when babies come into my life!:winkgrin:
 
You can check the recipe section for the salmon fudge/fishy fudge recipe. It's easy to make you can cut to desired size and the dogs seem to love it. This could be a good option for training. Glad to here things are looking up. Oh it also freezes well.
 
I agree - too much of a good thing!

I know that since you do agility you need some high reward treats, but this is probably too high! Perhaps others in agility can recommend good, high energy rewards.

In any event, you are right to be worried. Sometimes it is tempting to "wait it out". On two occasions, I was faced with emergency situations. You really have to know your dog to be able to figure out what is just a tummy upset vs. what is serious. I got lucky on both situations. I had enough other symptoms/evidence to act immediately.

That's not to say that you rush to the doctor everytime they have runny poop. As long as they continue to eat, drink, be active, then you feed them a bland diet and wait 24 hours. If it persists, then off to the vet. It's a fine line, I know. There is no magic answer, except just knowing your dog.
 
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