Diarrhea

My dog has had a bad tummy since early hours of Sunday morning. She was going in the house which she doesn't normally do as she couldn't hold it whilst we were out. This lasted until Tuesday so I decided to take her to the vets. They gave her an anti sickness injection and something for the diarrhea as well as some probiotics for her food. They also said she had a slight inflamed tummy but her temperature was fine. She has been on chicken and rice since Tuesday and finished the probiotics yesterday. Since then she has had some poo's (not in the house just when she goes out) which have been a bit of the soft side and have had a jelly like coating over them. We thought she was fine and back on the mend until we woke up this morning to the whole kitchen floor covered in jelly/watery diarrhea. It was a very dark brown and like a jelly discharge like consistency as well as watery in some areas. The vets said if it hadn't cleared up in 2-3 days to bring her back as something else could be wrong and they will need to do further testing. What should I do? They charged me £90 at the vets the other day and it hasn't cleared up. She hasn't had an accident in the house since Tuesday. Do I give her another few days to see if it clears up and if its the back end of a bug or do I take her back to the vets? Does anyone know what this could be a sign of?

Hello.   It might help a little if I explain a bit about diarrhoea patients.  From looking at the poo, you can tell roughly whereabouts in the alimentory tract it may have originated, sometimes whether there are obvious parasites or blood in it.  However, you cannot usually tell what caused it - and frustratingly this is vital information in knowing how easily it's going to clear up.  Your vet will also have been able to tell some blatant and more subtle things about how painful and how well hydrated / well  perfused with blood the patient was.  This took them years of training to appreciate and is useful, because if a dog is about to become very ill, your vet can provide iv fluids and / or instigate investigations before that happens.  In this case, it sounds as though your dog was coping really well with the diarrhoea (whatever caused it), so your vet had time to try symptomatic treatment ie give some products that might reduce the severity of the signs / reduce the impact of the diarrhoea, in which time your dog might have shaken off the cause of it eg if they ate something that didnt agree with them, or if they were suddenly very stressed, or had a few worms pass through, or whatever.  Often, the cause of the diarrhoea in the body will be short lived or clear up with a wormer and the body will then recover without needing to waste your money on extensive tests.   Unfortunately, perhaps one in ten cases (I dont know the exact numbers and suspect that it varies) will either a) not recover with symptomatic treatment (severe cases) and will end up needing fluids and more investigation after all.  Or b)  get better a little bit and then recurr, or remain mild.  These are known as chronic cases - where there is some rumbling underlying cause eg pancrearitis, liver disease, inflamed guts etc.  that doesnt become severe, but continues to affect the patient.    I'll post this reply then come back to your dog.....

It sounds as though your dog still has diarrhoea.  At this point, vets generally ask to check the patient again in case they are by now showing the early signs of dehydration ie rehydration sachets or thay drip are needed after all.  Or if the problem is showing signs of becoming chronic, in which case they might start ruling out the causes of chronic diseases in dogs eg chronic pancreatitis, liver disease, worms if not yet ruled out (actually relatively few cases of worms get bad enough these days), inflammatory conditions etc.     This is why most vets will say 'if not better in X days, please come back.'  Obviously I can't see your dog so cannot judge them clincally and for this reason, would always reccommend reseeing your vet as they suggested.   Wishing you both the best of luck.

To effectively treat diarrhea syndrome in dogs, it is necessary to determine the cause of the disease, understand how the disease occurs and the symptoms of the disease. It is necessary to detect early x trench run and promptly as well as combine treatment of causes and symptoms and supplement water and electrolytes for the animal, and at the same time have appropriate care and feeding regimes, supplementing vitamins and minerals. essential minerals.