Thursday, July 06, 2006

sick as a dog

I'm not sure where this saying comes from, but my Ash is currently sick. Starting yesterday he has had constipation and diarrhea. He hasn't been eating or drinking as much as usual and he wants to go outside to go to the bathroom frequently, though he never gets out more than a squirt or two of a slimy brown/green substance. Well, he ate sometime yesterday and at some other time dumped a big poo-puddle on the new rug that is under the baby's crib. Very unlike him. he also was constantly waking Andrea and I all last night to take him out so he could try to poo (unsuccessfully). The only thing I can think of is that maybe the pork bone he ate at the park on the 4th might have created some sort of blockage or just not agreed with him. or maybe he ate something else off the ground that his tummy didn't like. He has been eating grass every chance he gets, it seems. Consensus on the internet is: Dogs eat grass but no one knows why.
Andrea checked him a while ago and his nose was hot and dry (dog fever indicator). He seemed to be plenty energetic when we went for our morning skate around the park, but Andrea says that he's done nothing by lie around all day. Well, he has an appointment tomorrow morning. We'll see what the verdict it.

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