My girl has been really poorly. Vomiting, bloody poos, and generally feeling very sorry for herself with apparent belly pain. Took her to vet on Sunday as I was so worried. She was given a jab to stop the vomiting. She's back on Zantac and pro-kolin. I'm giving her just fish and introducing rice now. For a Border Terrier its a strange thing for her to have a dodgy gut but then she is such a scavenger. Does anyone know if pro-kolin should be given on an empty stomach ?
I'd appreciate your keeping your fingers crossed she gets better soon. I just hate seeing her so poorly.

I gave it initially on a empty stomach with no ill affects.
Also have on hand ...Slippery Elm powder ...sold at health food store or Amazon.....calms the digestion and stops it immediately when he has a relapse.....also stops the intestinal pain associated with colitis..... 1 teaspoon per day (mine is a small dog, 20lbs,  Shih Tzu).....,mixed with food for one week....works for me everytime.

Thank you pipsmom.
She's much better now thank goodness. I wonder if mauka honey would help when she gets an attack ?

I don't know about honey but have great success giving Pip a microwaved sweet potato, he loves them too....slow digestion down and calms his intestines when they become looser than I would like.

Interesting because for the past week, I've been battling to get my hound back on track.   His vet is now calling this colitis too.   Two weeks ago he went in for his Lepto booster (he's on a 3 yearly schedule for boosters) and was booked in for a dental 8 days later.   This was done, but not until late in the day - he went in at 9 am but wasn't worked on until 4 pm and discharged shortly before 7 pm.   He is a sensitive boy and heaven knows how he was being kept in there for that long - I don't know at what point he received the pre-surgery sedation.    He was moaning and groaning afterwards and that was treated with pain relief which was odd because his dental was a simple clean and polish.   He had his anal glands checked at the same time (full but not abnormal).  His area of discomfort pointed to these glands.

Then he started vomiting (half-digested food) and finally went to repeated diarrhoea with some blood.   He was given Zantak and pro-kolin too and I switched him from the suggested rice and chicken (after 24 hours starving), which didn't do anything other than show undigested rice in his pooh.   So I got some Hills I/D in (he's responded well to this during a previous tummy upset).   He's been on the Hills for 4 days now plus the pro kolin and has finished the Zantak.   On Thursday my vet recommended some bran too - and I got some natural yogurt in.    All the time he's been hungry.   After one evening when he was out producing rubbish roughly every hour, this morning he has FINALLY produced a normal stool and is back to only having a BM roughly 3 times a day, as before.   Yeah!

Why all this happened I don't know, but this boy came to us at 4 months (he's now 6 years) with Giardia so whether this flared (stress from what happened the day of the dental?) idk.   I am awaiting the result of a fecal check.

ps    As he didn't much like the Pro-kolin, I squirted the required amount onto his food and that he tucked into.    Is there something doing the rounds?????

At risk of being shot down on this subject again I would suggest it's probably the Lepto, especially if it was the L4 - it's apparently even on the watch list now.

I already went there (lepto 4) but he was given lepto 2 - as he has all along.   Thanks for the idea (for me?)

Sorry Mamabas - yes it was for you - I forget to use names.   I'm glad he's settling down now.  It could well be all the stress, especially hanging round plus the anaesthetic.

> I'm glad he's settling down now.  It could well be all the stress, especially hanging round plus the anaesthetic.

Perhaps I spoke too soon - this morning he got up, had his breakfast fine, and did a 'normal' stool - yeah.   Then he let out two really LOUD yowls which had me running to find out what was going on.   I checked him over - nothing although his gums did seem to be a little paler than 'normal' (whatever that is with this boy!).    He does have a low-grade murmur, so did he have some kind of heart spasm?   When he went out for his normal walk I had my husband take the mobile with him in case he (either of them!) collapsed.  All was well ad it's not 1 pm, and all seems to be fine.   I swear this dog will be the death of me.   I'm getting paranoid (if I wasn't already but he's do unlike any of my home-breds).   I've gone from one possibility with him, to another since his dental because I just don't know what's going on - it's not funny.

His vet was fine about giving him a g/a (re the murmur) and there's been no coughing or anything else I'd expect with a heart problem so...... what!!! 

Sorry, OP, to hijack this thread - hope your girl is recovering!

Pip's mum - I, too hope your dog is recovered.  (Your name makes me smile as I'm also a Pip's mum)
MamaBas - really sorry to hear of your boy howling   They are such a worry and, as you've not bred him I bet you don't feel as confident understanding his heath.  The pale gums are  a bit of a worry, especially with his heart condition, but if he's been ok on a walk I hope he just needs a bit of time to recover. 

If you feed  raw, green tripe is almost always the one for poorly tums though not all dogs can tolerate either lamb or beef tripe and don't know how to get any other in UK.  Another thing for poorly tums, and to build them up is bone broth - like chicken soup for us lol.

Yeah , I know - I'm trying to teach my grannies to suck eggs again.  I just feel for you