We rushed Coke off to the vet tonight but we're still not exactly sure what is wrong. On April 4 I left for a week long trip in Florida, DH caring for the animals. He said all week Coke had diarrhea off and on. Once he pooped in the house and once in his crate while DH had to leave to take a certification test. When I got home, he didn't poop for over a day. That was this morning yet so I went home at lunch. He seemed fine and he pooped a normal poop for me. DH came home 4 hours later and Coke had pooped diarrhea twice in his crate and was very upset, frothing at the mouth. We thought maybe he has whips since a month ago we helped a rescue pull a dog from a shelter and she was positive for whips. I gave both my dogs Interceptor that day and again on Sunday night. I called the vet immediately when I got home and they got us in. I took in two fecal samples for a float but it was negative for anything. The vet asked about food and I said I had accidentally changed their formula about 2.5 weeks ago. They eat Canidae and were on the Lamb and Rice, but I bought a bag of Canidae ALS b/c I thought that's what they were on. The vet gave us medicine, something starting with M and he has to take it twice a day for a week and eat boiled ground beef and white rice for three days. I'm glad it's not whips but I wish I knew exactly what it was. We stopped at the pet store on the way home and I got a new bag of Canidae Lamb and Rice. There was a guy at the store that actually knew what he was talking about (I hope) and he said most dogs are sensitive to turkey but lamb is easier for them. Sure enough, Canidae ALS contains turkey as the second ingredient. I was considering trying California Natural b/c it's a very simple food but the guy convinced me to give the Canidae Lamb and Rice another try after the bland elim diet. Today I've only fed Coke about 1.5 cups of the bland mix plus his pill. I hope it works b/c I feel terrible he's pooping all over himself and the crate. We considered keeping him in the basement, but I'd have to move all the cat stuff and decided against it b/c there's too many bad things down there he could ingest (namely our sump pump which is now at the ground level mark and contains a gross black liquid, also all my cleaning supplies, cat food, cat litter...).
I hope Coke feels better tomorrow. I'll try to sneak home mid-afternoon since he was fine over lunch but messed himself between noon - 4pm....I also feel bad keeping him in that crate when he's sick, but I was convinced it was whips and it would be dangerous to have his feces in the carpet around the house since whip eggs are nearly impossible to kill. He needs to be crated to keep it contained in case it is a parasitic infection.