Vomit

Oh dear, it looks like we've got a sick member of the family today :(

When I got up this morning I went downstairs to let Rupert out. Now, I usually open his crate and give him a hug when I let him out, and this morning when I do that I notice that he's got a rather peculiar aroma about him. I can't quite place it but when I take a quick gander at his bed I realise what the smell is and it looks like rupert has been ill all over the place. Shucks. So I let him out and give him his breakfast, but it's not long before his breakfast as extracted itself from his tummy and landed itself on the carpet. So that's twice he's been ill and he's looking very sorry for himself indeed.

I decide to leave him alone for a while whilst I cleaned the house, but it's not long before the poor blighter has been ill again and really is looking worse for wear. So I decide that I should take him down to the vets to get him checked out and luckily they've got a free appointment just after 5.

So after he's been sick again (3 times now) it's time to go to the vet and the poor little sausage really isn't his perky self. The vet and I narrow the cause down to a stomach bug which he has probably caught from his dog training lesson since that's the only thing different in his life this week, and he gets a couple of jabs (some antibiotics and something to settle his stomach) and some hydration fluids which I've got to replace his water with. He also gets his temperature taken, and if I've ever seen an undignified look in a dog it was exactly at the moment the vet put the thermometer up his jaxy, he didn't like that much. I'm also told to give him a mashed up boiled egg later on this evening and to make an appointment for tomorrow so he can have a further check up to make sure he's recovering.

Back home and the throwing up has stopped but Rupert is still very quiet, but by 9 when it's time for me to give him his egg he's perked up considerably and thoroughly enjoys his dinner, I've never seen his dish so clean! So after he's eaten I put him to bed, but tonight he's not so happy to be alone and does a bit of whimpering before he settles to sleep. I guess it's because he's been out of sorts all day, so nothing to worry about on the grand scale of things. I just hope he's better by tomorrow.

Posted by Abi on the August 11, 2006 9:43 PM