Oh....here we go....Mojo for Danny, please
My little man started minor vomiting yesterday afternoon after being given a small Old Mother Hubbard biscuit (their normal 4:00 treat to tide them over till dinner at 6:00). He'd been "off" all day and had refused his Denamarin around 3:00. He loves his Denamarin.
Two biscuit puddles and then a foam puddle.
I didn't try giving him dinner but he did come into the kitchen.
This morning? Didn't even want to come into the kitchen....when coaxed, he refused food/cookies. Wasn't drinking any water.
Refused the second breakfast meal/cookies....did agree to lick a little sardine oil off my fingers but refused to eat even the smallest piece.
His poops yesterday (2) were normal, as was one this morning. Later in the morning he had something that was 90% liquid per Bob. And gas. Oh, the gas...
At first, I thought it was the taurine I started them on early last month (to go along with their grain-free kibble)...he's gurgled ever since I started it be that was the extent of the change. I think. Come to find out (yesterday), taurine can cause intestinal upset and gas. (According to one review I read, the gas is the worst the reviewer had ever experienced/smelled...yep....that would account for Dan's discomfort and our toxic house air.)
So I'm thinking taurine. Until the diarrhea and the fact that Dan can't seem to get comfortable lying down. Then I remembered they had lamb ears last Saturday morning. Hmmm....those things are digestible and not greasy...but could he have an obstruction? Oh, crap.
The one thing I'm avoiding dwelling on is his elevated (over 6 years time now) ALT levels. Ultrasound clear. No symptoms until maybe yesterday.
This is a dog that is seriously sensitive and scared of anything that "affects" him. Leash touches his leg on a walk, I get the stink-eye. Sunnie's leash ends up under his tail? He comes to a full stop. Full stop, also, if he steps on anything. Yelps during play sometimes if he hits Sunnie or vice versa...not even hard. I can't imagine Dan in recovery from even a biopsy surgery much less...gasp....surgery for an obstruction.
His appointment with a non-regular vet at our clinic...ours is booked...is at 2:00. We leave in 1/2 hour. Bob better be able to pick him up without scrunching him and hurting him (hard to do with Bob's gut)...I can't pick him up anymore. Sheesh....the pup's only 37 lbs....stupid back.
Please, please, please....just enough mojo to not need some kind of surgery. Antibiotics would be lovely (yikes...not metronidazole...never again metronidazole for this dog). If they think liver, I'm now ready to contemplate steroids. Anything but surgery.
I'll let you know what the vet says. I wish our regular vet was available...the one we're seeing is probably fine but young (i.e., not as much experience) and sounds tentative/speaks in questions (you know what I mean). If you're the one in charge and telling me facts, please don't sound like you're asking my permission to be talking. That doesn't inspire confidence one bit.