My spouse and I have a wonderful dog named Mitzi. She is a 57-varieties mixed breed. When people ask me what she is, I say she is a genuine pedigreed Muttheimer. She is black with white paws and weighs 100 pounds. She may be the sweetest dog I have ever known.
But Mitzi has one problem. Since puppyhood, she has suffered from bouts of diarrhea. A few years back, I used metronidazole, which was prescribed by the veterinarian. One time, her diarrhea was so bad in the middle of the night that I rushed her to a vet clinic, where they gave her the same drug and charged me with $250. Then I learned I could buy it online without a prescription because it is used to treat bacteria in fish-tank fish. I passed along that advice and was chastised for advising a medical treatment for other people’s dogs.
So I now offer you a far better treatment. A few months ago, Mitzi got the ailment again. The metronidazole didn’t help her; it was completely ineffective. So I went online, read reviews of other products, and found something new. It is basically Kaopectate for dogs, called Pro-Pectalin. It has no drugs in it that require a prescription. It works like a charm. I grind it up, mix it with her food, and within a day, she was feeling herself again.
I wrote this in late March. I am in intensive care in the hospital now.
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We’re cheering for you!
Amen, I’m also cheering for Diane!
Amen!
Sending you only positive vibes, Diane.
Take care!
Our greyhound, Mia, since passed used to suffer as well. Canned pumpkin works wonders. Also a switch away from grains and chicken to turkey and potatoes.
Yes on the can pumpkin, and I hope you all are ok
Dogs are like children. They exude lots of joy and love, but when they are ill, lots of concern.
Diane, we sincerely hope you are on the mend and will have better days ahead.
Who would pick exude for a favorite word? Why not just use ooze or bleed or vibe? Radiate perhaps. Shines or sht idk, malignance? Exude… dude, find a new favorite word. You find a way to use it every time you type.
Dude… try being less offensive. Maybe you should find a new favorite blog to troll?
Adam, I think you’re on the wrong blog.
Got some suggestions then? See? All problems, no solutions, wonder why going extinct….
This morning a watched a dog eating a diaper out of the trash in the philippines. Maybe if you had a better connection to reality you wouldnt need lala land to escape it.
I have had several generations of Miniature Schnauzers, learned to give them intravenous feedings and more.
A lot of people are interested in your last line and pray you are on the mend in intensive care. I am among them.
Diane, I wish you well & send healing thoughts. We had a Rottweiller (Lucille) who had recovered from Parvo as a newborn puppy. It effected her intestines & she would have occasional bouts of diarrhea all over the house. Our veterinarian gave us a pink liquid medecine that looked & smelled like Pepto Bismol. Turns out it was Pepto Bismol so we kept a bottle and gave her the child’s dose when she experienced “the runs”. She was 90 lbs so she was the size of a small child. For smaller dogs I would be judicious when deciding on dosage. White rice also helped to stop up the runs. She liked rice much better than the Pepto but the Pepto worked much faster.
We currently have a Jack Russel terrier (aka, JRTerrorist) and he eats mice, chipmonks, dirt, plastic, jewelry, whatever, etc. I’ve given him pumpkin to prevent blockages. Pumpkin moves their bowels so they can expel foreign objects. We love him dearly but he’s a handful even at age 13yrs.
One of our friends is a professor of veterinarian medicine who told us that almost (not al) all meds for dogs are the same as for humans. I’m not suggesting that anyone give their dogs any human prescription or over the counter meds. I’ve found that if your vet writes a prescription for the animal it can be filled at a drugstore at a much lower price. That’s all my dog advice for today. 🙂
Love the last sentence.
Only hope it’s not true.
So appreciate your blog & all the news it brings. As a former teacher & administrator (mostly working overseas) I despair at what’s happening to our education system -(and equally applicable to schools in the UK where I now live).
Thank you for offering words of hope and support to all those still teaching.
If only enough voices were raised to call these crooks to account.
Apologies – it sounds from comments you really are in intensive care.
I assumed you’d been sprinkling the medicine on your own meals.
Get better soon. ❤️❤️❤️
I am sorry you are ill! Please get well soon!
Get well soon!
May I interrupt and play substitute blogger with an update? Here’s a must-read for parents and teachers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/health/pandemic-middle-school-mental-health.html?action=click&module=Science%20%20Technology&pgtype=Homepage
Thanks for the post. I have seen young people bounce back from so many disasters. We should keep in mind that most of them are resilient, and we should be ready to help the ones that are troubled.
Yes, thank you. The young are not just okay; they are always inspiring. All it takes to make them strong is a little liberalism, liberalism being defined as the expectation that people are inherently good and that, therefore, progress will be made in the long run. This is what I am teaching next week: “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward”, by Gwendolyn Brooks. I recite it daily on waking.
Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
“Even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night.”
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.
Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.
Great tip! Best wishes on a speedy recovery from your surgery. God’s peace.
Over the decades, ever since I decided to stop eating fast food and drinking too much booze and became a vegan health nut back in 1982, I have learned that there’s a lot of natural stuff out there we can buy without a prescription that does wonders.
I have also discovered that the drug industry bad mouths all of those natural cures to scare people away from trying them. It’s all about profits. The hell with our health and well-being.
Writing a column in intensive care? Not surprised by your stamina! Get well soon
Hoping you are recovering well, Diane. Much love to you and yours.
Yes.
Yes, indeed!
Tips for non-dog-lovers: there are treatments for your condition.
Lol. As a dog lover, I cannot understand the contrary view. My grandfather, an old sheep farmer, was not fond of dogs, however. He would have not approved of our Susie.
Typo
What is the treatment for diarrhea of the mouth from the trolls?
The effective ones of those are, alas, all rather extreme.
Treatment?
Shit your mouth?
Oops i meant shut
Typo
I don’t go for lobotomies. Give me a cat any day. Plus, once you point their noses to the litter box once, they figure it out for life. And they don’t run away. At least that’s what my cats authorized me to write. Excuse me while I attend to the summons to feed them.
When that kitten so cutely rolls over on its back and plays with the ball of twine, she is practicing the ancient feline technique of disemboweling an opponent.
Don’t get me started on cats. Aka familiars.
So, here’s the thing. Why are many dog lovers cat haters? Odd. I know of no cat lovers who are dog haters. Perhaps they’re out there. But for most of us, dogs are just not our thang.
Pederasts have a superiority complex. Have since rome. Big dog lovers.
Pederasts really like dogs. Comes from a false superiority complex. Pederasts are honosexual supremacists yasee.
You are in my thoughts and prays.
Praying for you Diane.
I love that you posted today about your dog while in intensive care. I look forward to reading your blog and I love you! Healing hugs are coming your way from Colorado.
Thank you for the dog tips. I hope you are well very soon.
I hope you are on the mend and feeling better soon. I appreciate your insight and thoughts so much.
I hope you are soon home with your sweet Mitzi. Thanks for the dog tips and all you do for public education!
I’m sending you many wishes for a speedy recovery. ❤️
Norovirus just leaves you feeling like a completely used toilet paper roll for a couple days. The pepto bismol didnt do sht. Neither did the metrondinisanol(blah, fkn crazy ass word). You just eliminate norovirus in a couple days and get ready to catch it again unless you disinfect absolutely everything in your home. Dogs are retarded wolves and filthy poop eating floor lickers. The catch it repeatedly. Strays are the biggest vector followed only by south american catholic invaders.
Sounds like norovirus. You can catch it over and over and over. It was brought to north america by catholic illegal immigrants. I was intentionally infected by it once by an illegal immigrant who was uncontrolably upset after listening to the monty python song, “every soerm is sacred.”
Btw, long since checkmate on the point the border crisis is a catholic backed invasion.
The original kaopectate was kaolin [clay] and pectin [a thickener in jam]. Big pharmacy chains carry a generic house brand of the kaolin pectin product if one wants to buy the product immediately instead of having to wait days for online delivery. Sounds like what you bought online has the same ingredients.
Best wishes for a safe recovery!