My dog is very sick! ( No longer!)

[trophyhunt]

My 9 year old lab started acting lethargic and very tired yesterday.  We thought it was just the heat, he wouldn't eat or drink water. Then he started pooping pure watered down blood, the first episode looked like an OJ simpson scene.  Off to the Puyallup pet emergency hospital, 500.00 for blood work and xrays. Blood was good, no high numbers anywhere, the xray showed everything was normal?  So, they wanted 1,900.00 American dollars to keep him over night with a iv drip, 1,900.00! That is when we left with our dog, I have praised these guys in the past, I have nothing good to say about them right now.  That seems a bit on the high side, feels like  they are taking advantage of our love for the dog.  Anyway, we have him at home, he barely drinks water but is a little and has had 1 bite of a piece of meat in two days.  We have him in our house with the AC keeping him cool, but it's a constant vigil to make sure no more OJ scenes happen.  He has only puked twice but not since yesterday.  I sure hope it pulls through this, we lost him mom a year and half ago.   

[Timberstalker]

Did you have him wormed recently?
Sounds very similar to a situation I dealt with last year with my GSP.

[trophyhunt]

Did you have him wormed recently?
Sounds very similar to a situation I dealt with last year with my GSP.

No he hasn't

[elk247]

That's a tough situation. I hope your pal pulls through. Canned food might be easier to digest for his screwed up stomach. At least to provide him with the nutrition to battle this, won't help much for the messes though.

[notellumcreek]

Couldn't be anything picked up from you petting my pup yesterday? She has been free of worms since thursday afternoon as far as I could tell... Hope he gets better soon!

[Whitpirate]

Try cottage cheese and eggs mixed together.  Easy on the stomach.  Hope he pulls through. 

[dreamunelk]

My old spring (RIP) has similar issues at times.  Boil up some white rice and mix it with some meat broth.  Go a little heavy on the broth at first.  When his appetite returns slowly mix in kibble.  I use to know when he was feeling better when there was a pile of rice kernels next his bowl and all the kibble was gone.  You can also try some baby food.  I had another spring that was rescued and then given to me.  She was in bad shape and most of her digestive system had shut down.  She was at the vet and between us we could not get her to eat anything.  By happenstance one of the technicians found a partial bottle of Gerber Turkey baby food.   That did the trick.  A week of that while slowly adding some kibble and she was soon a knot head springer again.

[trophyhunt]

Well , I had a family get together tonight and when I got home he came out to see me. Still not hungry, and hank, no way was your puppy at all involved with this.  Our neighbors dog, his brother, is just fine. They spend all day together.

[trophyhunt]

He's a bit better this morning, he ate half a cup of kibbles and drinking water.  And has started moving around a little bit, walked in the house by himself today. Baby steps, these dogs are tough and he looks a tiny bit better today for sure.  Thanks for all the info guys. 

[notellumcreek]

He's a bit better this morning, he ate half a cup of kibbles and drinking water.  And has started moving around a little bit, walked in the house by himself today. Baby steps, these dogs are tough and he looks a tiny bit better today for sure.  Thanks for all the info guys.

  Good to hear man.

[Oldguy]

Did the vet check your dog for Giardia? Symptoms kind of point that way. 

[NW-GSP]

Take him to fountain veterinary clinic in Bellingham, the vet there is amazing. His prices are half the cost of other vets and he is also a hunter!.

[trophyhunt]

Did the vet check your dog for Giardia? Symptoms kind of point that way.

I'm not sure if they checked for that or not? I know they said his blood came back fine, not sure if giardia shows up with blood test?  I will have to call the vet and ask. GSP, I will keep that vet in mind if he starts getting worse.  Thanks

[brianmtsinc]

Really glad to hear this Jerry!
Keep us posted.

[wildweeds]

Giardia doesn't show in blood work,it's a visual fecal matter microscope test.Giardia is the same thing humans get from drinking bad water it's known more commonly as "Beaver Fever". I'd be more inclined to think it's something the dog ate, if the dog is a mouser the best bet for a diagnosis is it ate a shrew,and shrews are poisonous to dogs,could explain the upset plumbing.Many years ago I had a springer that exhibited the same symptoms your first post had and it turned out to be a shrew poisoning,found part of a thrown up pointy nosed rodent in the yard.5 days later the dog was like new.