[Yorkiemom1]

There are a couple of us on here that come completely unspooled when we read about a poster having a baby that has had diarrhea for "a couple of days", "almost a week", "on and off for about 2 weeks"....and then some add vomiting to the mix....""diarrhea and vomiting for 2 days", "vomiting and diarrhea for a whole week", "vomiting and diarrhea for a week or so".....Diarrhea in a small dog for over 24 hours is great cause for concern and is a trip to the vet without fail.......add vomiting to that, and you are collecting "coffin nails"....these babies dehydrate soooooooo fast, and when it is coming from BOTH ends, it is happing at warp speed....and they are not only loosing fluids, they are beginning to expoerience unbalanced electrolytes....'lytes control your entire body, and your heart can stop if things get messed up there!. You just can not sit on diarrhea for a couple of days....you cant sit on diarrhea AND vomiting for more than 12 hours....you may very well lose your baby! HGE can strike within hours and it is a very real emergent situation! I am so happy your baby is going to be OK....it could have EASILY been you come home to a deceased baby.... PLEASE people!!!! Seek vet treatment for diarrhea that is over a day long...you leave for work and Fluffy has had a diarrhea stool, and she is still having diarrhea when you get home, take her in.... If you come home from work and she is having diarrhea, plan on calling in the next day and taking her to the vet in the am...this is just regular diarrhea....if there is ANY hint of blood, go ASAP!! If she is also vomiting, go ASAP!! You can get meds to stop both occurances and the pup can get sub Q fluids for the dehydration....