Eileen

We went back to the vets this morning when they opened and have changed her antibiotics and have her on electrolyte fluid. It's not poor muscle control, apparently, but a stomach upset, caused by a massive reaction to the anaesthetic. She didn't have a temperature, which is great. Apparently it is just like colitis, where her colon is just expelling the waste as soon as it is made, rather than sending a message to her brain that she needs to poo. She's just eating boiled chicken and rice.

I rang him this afternoon as her tummy was also REALLY swollen. He said it was rare that she would still be having such an upset, but to come in tomorrow morning if it is still not right. Her tum is no longer swollen, though, which is great. I am just starting to get worried, as I would have thought it would have stopped now. We are still sedating her, though, do you think that could be prolonging it? We kind of have to, though, or she gets too agitated about her bandages and starts bashing around the house --- which means she flicks poo everywhere. At least when she is sedated she lies quietly on blankets.

Just an update, Dolly still doesn't have control, though her poo is a lot less runny. Will she get it back? Is it odd to still not have sphincter muscle control 36 hours after a general anaesthetic?

We get one personal day a year over and above our annual leave that we can take at short notice for whatever we want, which is great, huh? Some companies call them "bad hair days". lol

Lol, she was doing zoomies by dinnertime last night an hour after we got her home....that's how we discovered the lack of sphincter control. There were little brown drops all over the house and up and down the stairs. Sometime overnight it turned into diarrhea. At least now she's sedated she doesn't want to run everywhere leaving a trail of ewwwww.

Dolly had a really simple op under GA to remove a couple of papillomas on her foot yesterday. She's had a funny reaction to the anaesthetic, and has not very good sphincter control, and has also developed diarrohea overnight. She also managed to get her heavy duty dressing off in record time, so the vet has sedated her, and applied a visor-style elizabethan collar. The sedation this morning, though really necessary due to her agitation at both the collar and the new dressing, has not really helped the lack of sphincter control, and she is lying at my feet, drooling diarrhoea out of her bottom. I have her on an old doona to protect the carpet and am cleaning it up every 10-15 mins or so, but it's very unpleasant for both of us. Does anyone know how long Ensal, an anti-diarrhoea medicine, takes to work? Or any ideas on something I can feed her to slow/solidify the poo? Any suggestions gratefully received. efs

Oh that sucks, hope you're alright.

How is baby Chopper going with the new world order?

Two in one day is very hard, my thoughts go out to you.

Oh, that's very sad. Poor little pup

That's a vry interesting insight, Tony. thanks.

Warley, she's beautiful!

Dolly is 1 now, she turned 1 in March.

You guys are so great with your dogs *sigh*

Bloody puppies Hang in there, your pup will get better. Ours (stafford bitch, now 1) was such a bitey little nightmare. I used to get so embarrassed in meetings, as my hands were just trashed. There were a few things we tried - shoving toys in her mouth when she'd bite, so she had something else to chew on, then praising her like mental when she was chewing a toy of her own volition - squealing in a high-pitched tone when she'd bite (not too effective) - putting her over the baby gate when her playing turned to biting for 1-2 minutes. This was the most effective option for us, she was so pack-oriented that being separated from us was a good tool to get her to stop biting. - Re toilet training, I watched her like a hawk and ran her outside after a play, straight after a sleep, straight atfter a drink and a few mins after food. We still had to get the carpet steam cleaned after she was about 24 weeks cos there were enough accidents to make the house smelly!

That's very sad. RIP Tess.

Oh Sumosmum, that's really sad. I hope you are ok.

Oh gosh. I hope you guys are ok. That's terribly young:( Bye little guy.

I'd go to either Matraville or Sirius, though Matraville is closer

Oh, that's sad. Hugs to the Warley family

OMG I thought I had misread the topic. So sad, so very sad. I know how much you loved Choppa. I hope you and your family are ok. I am sending all my best thoughts, and feel truly sad for you eta I didn't realise he was only 3, that is very young.

I think they are amazing photos. I am embarrassed now by all the phone camera pics I have been duly loading up onto DOL.

What is DAP?

The puppy preschool at our vets was a dogtech lady - in the eastern suburbs, I wonder if it is the same lady as Poodlefan mentioned? Her name was Olga. She was quite good, I guess, I just found the stuff a bit repetitive. Still, she gave us great tips for avoiding anxiety, and the rest of the stuff was like no dogs on beds, couches etc.

I don't really understand how the OP's getting welfare has any bearing on this thread Good luck with your pup.