I'm sorry this is pretty gross and I apologize for the yuckiness of the below picture: A few minutes ago, my husband saw this on the carpet, after hearing our dog scratching (trying to "bury" it). We weren't even sure what end it came out of at first, but determined now that it's some kind of bowel movement. He had just been out to the bathroom about an hour or so before and everything had looked fine and good...no diarrhea or anything. Then all of the sudden, this, which we have never seen before since we've had him.
He did vomit late Friday morning, but it seemed like he was fine after a bit. His tummy may have been upset somewhat, because he refused to eat even a pea, which he usually loves as a treat, but after a nap, he was still running around like a crazy man and wanting to eat again by that evening.
He is still wanting to play now and is acting normal. I called the vet and asked them when I should bring him in (emergency Sunday vet today or wait until tomorrow) and they didn't seem to have an opinion either way. I kept a sample of what he left on the carpet, but they said that by tomorrow it wouldn't be worth having.
My puppy did have some health problems in April, I posted about
here, (had 3 occasions where he ran fevers and then was fine after a run of Antibiotics but would get sick again with a fever and sometimes vomiting or diarrhea after being off the drugs for a few days). He had a full blood test done in Canada, the end of April where all the results were normal, except his white blood count, which was very high. We had him tested again about 2 weeks ago when we got back to TN and his white blood count was back to normal and the vet thought everything seemed fine.
So, anyone have any clue what this could be and if it's cause to run to the vet (again)? My husband thinks that we should wait and see if he gets worse, since he is acting fine. (In the past when he has been sick he has not wanted to do anything). We've had him to the vet a bunch of times in the past couple of months. He is on Orijen Reginal Red for food. I switched him over a month ago and we had been thinking that maybe this new food was helping him. (He was on Blue Buffalo before). I've transitioned him REALLY slowly and still add a tiny bit of the Blue Buffalo. He gets tiny, pin-head sized bits of cheese or peas if I am working on clicker training, a half of a bil-jac small dog training treat (less than a pea size) for going potty outside and occasionally my husband might give him a pea-sized bit of meat. I give him a tablespoon of yogurt about every day or two and also add a half of a capsule of fish oil on his food each day. My husband thinks we should cut out everything except his Orijen for several days or a week and see how he does and just watch him carefully to make sure he has no other symptoms or problems. I was so hopeful after his last blood test that he would be OK now after the month of illness. I love this little guy so much and it's emotionally draining and frustrating. He's a rescue, found as a stray wandering the streets of a rougher side of town, so I know nothing about his past. I've had him since February and estimate him to be just under a year old.