[Dailydrool] Snoopy today

[Dale Rutz]

Hi all,

It's the frazzled and clueless momPerson here.  Snoopy appears to be on the 
mend, no doubt thanks to all the drool and well wishes from all of you.  THANK 
YOU SO MUCH for your kindness, caring and support.  There is NOTHING worse than 
having your baby sick.  They can't tell you what's going on and I was pretty 
scared.  I don't think we're out of the woods yet though so please keep the 
drool coming.

Yesterday Snoopy vomited only once, around 11.  He drank a whole bunch of water 
and it didn't sit well on his tummy and it came back up along with part of his 
breakfast from earlier.  That is when I called his vet.  Here is something that 
might help someone else so I will share it.  When I told my vet that the vomit 
had turned a yellow color I was told to give Snoopy pepcid (1 tablet for every 
25 lbs, I gave him 2 cause he is under 75 lbs).  It worked WONDERS.  You could 
see the look on his face change from pain to relief .... in SECONDS.  And he 
didn't vomit again.  He ate a very small dinner (less than 1/2 cup kibble) and 
stopped and looked at me like OUCH and I ran for the pepcid and gave him two and 
it worked again and he did NOT vomit.  Late in the evening he had a big drink 
and gave me the look once again and it worked a third time.  No vomit.  I 
googled the pepcid thing and there is posting that the yellow vomit is 
indicating excess stomach acid and the pepcid neutralizes it on the spot.  Hope 
it helps someone sometime.

So he ate yesterday .... but not a lot.  Maybe a cup of kibble over the whole 
day.  And he wouldn't take treats.  He did drink LOTS of water ... probably 
dehydrated after all the repeated vomiting the night before.  This morning he 
had some diarrhea ... small amount and only once.  Then he didn't seem to want 
his kibble so I got out some cooked rice and added it.  He ate about 1/3 of the 
kibble and all the rice.  My vet says he might need an easy to digest meal for a 
day or two so I got an old steak that had freezer burn out of the freezer and it 
is simmering on low in just enough water to cover it.  I will serve that tonight 
(1 part drained meat to 2 parts cooked white rice).

The good news is I offered cookies about an hour ago and all 3 dogs trotted into 
the kitchen and took one and ate it.  :-)  Go Snoopy!!  He's wagging when you 
say his name today.  He looks peaceful and contented snoozing on the couch 
behind me.  I'm hopeful.

Thanks again from the clueless momPerson with Snoopy (I had a REAL rough time 
the night before last) and Cyrus (he scared us good) and LuLu (he's still kinda 
sick)
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