Goldy Update #4

[gategrrl]

- and it turned out that the Guy had called only minutes before. Goldy seemed to respond to the amoxicillin. The vet asked one of us to come into the office and try to feed him some real meat; if he ate some, then he could come home.

Around 6pm, Guy called me on the cell phone and told me that Goldy had eaten a couple small bits of meat, but that he wasn't back to his usual self but *was* perkier than before. And he also brought Goldy home. The vet told him to feed him only meat (Goldy's hope and joy at mealtimes) but he only ate a couple of bits before retiring to lie down. :-(

We got home around 9pm and yay! Goldy was at the front door greeting us as usual, only a bit stiffer and restrained, and then he and Mermaid and her friend (whom he adores) snuggled happily on the rug for a while, all cuddled into a heap of girl and dog. His expression was blissful.

The vet didn't know what was causing the intestinal bleeding (well, the bleeding could have come from any organ, really, just ending up in the intestine). He suggested it might be a reaction to the change in dogfood (I usually feed him high quality Nutra-stuff from the pet shop, not the kibble crap from the grocery store that Guy bought him when we were at Morro Bay). That might be. But I've never heard of that kind of reaction to changed food. He's been eating the grocery store kibble for about two-three weeks. Hmm.

Comments

[ladycrim.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear he's on the mend!

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear he is better :)

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

He might be extra sensitive to changes in the food, as they are suggesting. *sends huggles to dog*

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

It's a huge relief. He's still feeling under the weather, but he doesn't seem to be in as actual *pain* as he was yesterday.

I didn't realize until yesterday how much I missed not having him come to the door to greet us (his self-appointed job), or when he lies down under my computer desk, or follows me into the bedroom to keep me company when I go to bed (he moves around the house after I fall asleep).

He's getting many hugs and strokes today. Oh yes.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Whatever was wrong with him, he's getting better.

We're starting to think that perhaps his habit of eating (avert your eyes if you don't want to deal with grossness) used pull-ups may have caught up with him. I don't think it was the change of food. I think the two pull-ups he got to earlier in the week, that I TOTALLY forgot about, may have caused a bad reaction, or blocked him up temporarily. Those things are nasty bags of chemicals.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Like I told Moonshayde -- you know what? He likes to eat used pull-ups (little kid sized diapers, essentially). He hadn't had any for a long while but then my son put some where he could reach them, and he got to two of them on the same morning. It completely slipped my mind that he'd eaten those, and I think those are much more toxic than the dog food change!

Thank you so much for your good vibes coming through, Jennixen, I appreciate it very much. VERY much. :-)

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

*tries not to laugh*

Umm, yeah, that might be bad for his stomach. Stupid dog. *giggles*

You know I care too much about animals and I appreciate people who like animals because I know those people have a lot of empathy in their hearts. :)) *hugs*

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Oooh, poor doggie. :-( I've never heard of a pet having such a serious (seeming) reaction from changing the food, but you never know. I hope that's all it was.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Diapers? OMG, yeah, that could do it. Poor baby!

Give him an extra hug from me. I'm so glad he's definitely mending.

[therentgirls.livejournal.com]

Poor pup. Glad to hear he's doing a bit better.
~V~