UPDATE #2 on " Honey...Dinner will be late....Murphy ate the meatloaf!!!!"

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

As earlier posted we did get thru the first night with no problems, a little soft but formed stool, but during the next 72 hours we have had vomiting and diarrhea both. The diarrhea started the next day, feb 18th, which was thurs and the vomiting started Sat. night and again a few hours ago. He is going to the vet in the am, is otherwise looking and acting normal. There is no obvious blood in the stool but it is mucousy. Poor baby. Not sure if it's from the meat, or he contacted something from the dog park, or caught bacterial colitis from Marley, who we live with. My guess is the later of the 3. So we'll know more tomorrow. Marley's vet put him on Flagyl and i/d. I will do the Flagyl, but will make my own chicken and rice meals for him.

So, who knows if the meatloaf incident is related, but I will keep you all posted.

We got thru the night ok, he was a bit lazy and laid around a lot before bed,(guess digesting 1 1/2 pds of raw meat will do that to a body) no BM all evening, till about midnight when he hopped off the bed and sat by the bedroom door, (on the towel). Ofcourse I was aware of his every move and we went outside. He had 2 bowel movements (soft, but formed, looked like some meatloaf!!!) and peed and then hopped back into bed and didn't move the rest of the night. Just ate breakfast and is his jolly old self this morning. Now onto training whenever that nose gets within 2 feet of the counters or stove!!!!

Thanks for your posts, glad we could provide a chuckle to some.....(and you know who you are .....April). ;o)

Yup, Dinner was on the stove, meatloaf all made, raw, waiting to go in the oven. Mom went to computer to check on her Doodlekisses post's while oven pre-heated...and, gee....it's awfully quiet in the den....where's Murphy? "Marley, have you seen Murphy?" Worried look from Marley tells me I better go check. Sure enough.....Murphy comes around the corner of the kitchen, hears me gasp and starts crawling on the floor and looking back at me under his eyebrows like'...."Uh-oh, guess that wasn't MY dinner". Then he let's out a horrific BELCH!!!!! Now tell me, how could you NOT laugh at that?

One and a half pounds of lean ground beef, thank goodness there were no onions in it. It really is hard to be mad at him and I'm not, He's a DOG and it's dinner time. What does bother me is that 1) He ALWAYS waits till I say "OK" to go eat and obviously he didn't get the "OK" this time. and 2) He had really bad diarrhea last night ( on the carpet downstairs) and again this morning and I was going to give him rice, baked potato and chicken for dinner to help settle his tummy. ( No pumpkin to be found around here)

Needless to say, he's had a bad day.

[Linda,Yankee & Finn]

OOOOH, Murphy had a good dinner but will pay for it later. Can't get mad at them, I've tried.

[April Cliber]

LOL, I'm sorry but that is TOO FUNNY! Give him some pepto bismol or Immodium now, it should help. Just make sure you don't have the stuff that contains salicylates.

[Debbie Penny]

I sure hope that Murphy doesn't get too much of tummy ache. He ate like a king tonight LOL... wondering what the rest of the family had to revert to... pancakes sounds good. LOL.

[Frannie & Callie]

He really did, and it's a good thing! Callie has been SO naughty before that I have a moment of anger, but then I look at that sweet little furry face and all my "mad" just evaporates. The night she counter surfed and ate a whole costco-sized bag (new) of Stacy's Pita Chips (my fave) we spent lots and lots of time on potty breaks too, so I feel for you!

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Yes, Frannie. He did make them adorable didn't He?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

What was so wierd was how he cowarded when I gasped and said "MURPHY"
He looked so scared and yes, guilty, but I felt sorry for him to be so anxious. He's hardly ever needed to be scolded and has NEVER been hit...so what was he afraid of? He even had an accident on the carpet last night that I found this morning. I knew better than to scold him even for THAT! My kids say he gets away with more than they ever did.....;) oh well, will be going out a lot to potty tonight, and I'm hoping it stays down, cus it was really good meat!!!

[Frannie & Callie]

This is why G-d made them so cute!!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

If only an upset tummy would teach them!
Poor Murphy and poor you!

[Holly Doodle]

That is too funny! It is hard to get mad when they look so darn cute! Hopefully it doesn't upset his tummy more though..