Tia has had the runs on and off (but mostly on) for a few days now. It's really smelly, rather liquidy, and I'm not sure what to do. A friend suggested that I feed her boiled rice and chicken to firm her stools....but I'm more interested in knowing how she became this way and how to stop it. She is active, eats regularly (with a couple of bouts of finicky-ness!)..she's on Canidae. We went to the dog park a couple of times. Once she got curious about a pond and got close enough to sniff it. I pulled on her lead (gently but firmly) and she lost her footing and got part of her face wet. Do you think she may have got some disease or parasite from licking her face that had dirty water on it? I did a search on Giardia...but I'm not sure if this is it. I'll probably bring her to the vet on Monday if the diarrhea continues this weekend. How would a vet check for giardia? or for whatever else she may have?
Sorry for all the questions...her regular vets office isn't open until monday. Except for the runs, she's ok, so I'm not sure how concerned I should be.