Hi there, as you all know i was rescueing a female sibe husky, she is so skinny, uneducated but very loving, the reason for me to post is that she is shi**ing dark water with a slight green tinge.
The lady that i rescued her from needs shooting, she didn't have any food for her (i asked for a little bit so i could change her diet over slowly), i then asked for her food bowls as i hadn't got them yet, (i did have one but nice to have a spare so one can be washed) after looking at me strangly she had a look in the house and garden to be told that she didn't know where they were and that Echo kept running off with them, and she had already bought her 5 in as many months. I am telling you all of this so that you can understand what start she had in life. I have booked her in at the vets tomorrow morning but wanted your advise aswell.

Sounds like terrible diarrhoea. If you're seeing the vet tomorrow, don't feed her until then -the stomach needs a rest for 24 hours in cases like this. Make sure she has water though. I'm sure the vet will give plenty of advice and probably medication as well, but when you do start to feed her you will need to feed gentle food such as boiled chicken and rice and not introduce normal dog food until the stomach has settled. Good luck, sounds like it's a lucky dog to have got away from where she was!!

It is terrible, so terrible the only way i can get rid of it is with the hosepipe LOL. Hosepipe has been running through my house all day,
She will be happy in her forever home with Oki and the family, bless her she is trying to be happy and playful.
I don't think that she has ever been looked after properly, shut away and forgot about until she howled to loud

I'm afraid I have no practical advice to offer as Marianne has basically covered it and you've said you're booked in at the vet already so good luck in getting her runny tum sorted out.

However, I just wanted to wish you well with Echo. Sounds like she found you not a moment too soon. My boy (Lab X Chow) came from similar circumstances (locked out 24/7, under nourished, untrained, unsocialised etc) and one year on he is healthy, happy, laid back and just wonderful to be with. It wasn't an easy year by any means and he still has a bit to go but it's been worth every moment of frustration and despair (and there have been a lot !!) ;)

Keep us posted on her progress :)

The poor thing has probably got worms and a Giardia infection + Ulceration inside.Why oh why do people let their dogs get into this state,and I agree wholeheartedly>"They need shooting,the lot of them"
I bet when these owners are poorly in themselves,they are the 1st to visit their own GP!!!

I would make sure the water is boiled & cooled & add a teaspoon per pint of glucose or sugar & a very very small pinch of salt If she hasn't had proper food her tummy will not be able to cope, when she's on the road to recovery natural live yoghurt is good but not until the runs have stopped

Some people want shooting for the way they treat their dogs :(

Thankyou for all your kind comments, will do the water thing, and keep you posted
Thanks again
Danielle, Oki and Echo

Rehydration fluid

8 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 litre water (boiled)

http://rehydrate.org/solutions/homemade.htm#recipes

Sorry MM but the mixture will not really work unless at the right strength ;)

However that is a human mix isn't it & from speaking to one of my vets at dog training tonight Bicarb should be in there too, the salt level looks a bit high & from what my vet told me the levels required vary from species to species & too much sugar means the fluid stays in the stomach & the sugar/water don't get absorbed fast enough

I always have some hyperdrug canine recovery salts in as well as Dicanilyte

The mixture was apparently developed and tested on dogs before being given to humans ;) if we're going to be really honest, the mixture requirements also change depending on the reason for the diarrhoea, the duration of the illness prior to treatment, and the state of the small intestine/colon ;)  It also depends on the length of time the solution is given.  Looking on the net, the commercial rehydration salts (lectade etc.) are sold as suitable for dogs, cats, horses, birds, and small animals, this is the same packet/bottle of solution ;)  They usually contain Glucose, salt, potassium and glycine (an amino acid), but no bicarbonate of soda.  Too much salt would prevent the mixture being absorbed, the sugar helps the mixture permeate the intestinal lining, this is why the solution contains glucose/sugars :) But if there is too little salt it can exacerbate the excretion of potassium in the stools, low potassium is very dangerous, the heart cannot function properly if potassium levels are too low :(

However, I have nursed a seriously ill dog through parvovirus (including bloody diarrhoea, and fitting) without the need for intravenous treatment, the only difference was that I added the mixture to boiled chicken carcasses.  In fact any dog with diarrhoea I have given it to has perked up remarkably quickly (within 30 mins) and has done exceedingly well.  Of course if you have the luxury of having lectade and such handy then use them, but in an emergency it can save a life ;)

After having a GSD who pooped blood for some unknown reason back in the 70's I've always had something in the 1st aid box, thinking of putting some in the car 1st aid box just incase

I forgot to ask Carole(the vet) why the bicarb doh maybe to counter acidosis(sp)