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It was quite shocking how quickly Merlin deteriorated - he had nasty diarrhea over night and this morning, and although he seemed bright and fine in himself I took him in to our vet at 09:00, since we'd had such a fright with Poppy two weeks ago. The vet and I both thought he would be ok without...

Poppy is back on antibiotics as well - it's the third episode of bad diarrhea for her in two months. The vet suspects giardia... So the plan is to get them both over this bout of diarrhea and send in poo samples for checking.

I'm really worried about them.

Oh boy - Merlin is really unwell, pouring fluid and blood from his bottom, so bad that I had to take him to the emergency vet this afternoon. He is on antibiotics and although he doesn't want to eat, he is drinking. And now Poppy has got bloody diarrhea too. I'm not messing around with this -...

I really feel for you Alison, and hope Red continues to improve. We are also having a terrible time with our dogs with HGE.

I'm sorry to hear Red still isn't really feeling her best. Fingers crossed she turns a corner soon.

What a lovely boy! Looks like you are a good team already!

Big hugs for you and Red. I hope this is just a blip and she is ok.

I'm glad the eye seems to have cleared up, and hope Red gets her energy back soon. xx

Wishing the lovely Good Girl Joy a most happy birthday!

So glad Red is better! Ugh, the giving treats thing... and then when you say no thank you, they act all insulted and upset.

Sounds wonderful!

How's Stanley doing?? I hope no ill effects?

I'm very relieved to hear that Kipper and Red are both doing better! Poppy is doing much better as well.

I have a small jewelry box with some of my children's baby teeth in it ... and some of the dogs' baby teeth too!! :giggl: (Bit weird I know...) Hopefully Stanley feels the positive vibes on the forum and continues to sleep longer!!

I sometimes wonder if that's why some old dogs are surrendered to animal shelters, because their owners just can't afford the constant costs that having an older dog entails. Poppy costs us around 300 pounds in vet bills alone each month at present. She cannot be insured due to her epilepsy. Of...

She is a bit quiet (understandably) but better than yesterday, and the diarrhea has stopped. She's getting lots of love and cuddles, and gentle trips down the garden. This afternoon we're going to take her over the road into the woods for a good sniff around; that will chirp her up a bit.

This is so true - you won't remember the not sleeping stuff and you'll tell everyone what an angel of a pup he was and how he slept through the night no problems!

Six weeks later and Poppy is unwell again. She had diarrhea on Thursday, though she seemed ok in herself, but this morning we came down to a huge pile of diarrhea and blood (in the bathroom, bless her!). Our vet is not normally open on a Saturday, but I called her mobile and she said to bring...

Oh gosh Alison I've just read this - what an awful time you've been through! I am so relieved to hear that Red is doing better now. Poppy is also unwell and is on antibiotics. :(