Oh wow, how scary.

I'm glad he's doing better though!

Glad to hear he's doing a bit better. What an awesome vet you have

I'm late, but very glad to hear that Rudy is feeling a little better. I will keep him (and you too, Connie)in my thoughts.

I just called the vet clinic and they said yes, I can come get him tonight. Yay! The girl at the desk said that Rudy was way more alert this morning than he was when she left last night, and he is responding very well to the supportive care. I bet he will be glad to get home -- Rudy loves his house and yard and doesn't like going places. He's a stray who, once he got a home, settled in and put down ROOTS!

We will be glad to get him back home. My petsitter called me at work to find out how he is doing and she said it's not the same without him there.

(My petsitter once told me that Rudy let her know that he is her dog and will run away with her one day, but I broke it to her gently that Rudy will say that to ANYONE for a treat. )

I am so glad to hear that Rudy is doing much better!

I'm so sorry I was not around earlier to voice my support and well wishes, but I'm really glad to know Rudy has rallied and is feeling better. What a scary situation and what a fantastic vet you have!

Hurray for a great vet and petsitter, and I'm glad that Rudy can come home! Sending superfast recovery vibes!!

Homeward bound thoughts for Rudy-Dude!

Same here. The vet couldn't attribute it to anything that Rudy had eaten or been exposed to, and he said that he has another dog hospitalized with the same thing (only worse -- this dog is vomiting blood too, and is younger than Rudy, so it's hit him harder) and he is guessing that a rotavirus is responsible. http://bakerinstitute.vet.cornell.edu/cahrc/CRV.htm

It's probably a sign that Rudy's immune system could use some boosting, or that's a conclusion I draw from it.

Hi all -

My Sunshine - GSD - now at the Bridge - had HGE in 2001 - Sunny died in 9/05 from cancer - just did not want you to think it was from HGE. However, we lost our rescue GSD, Riley on 3/21/01 to a stroke - the HGE occurred about one month later but I have always thought it was due to the stress of the loss of Riley who was such an incredible girl and was Sunny's best friend. Sunny lost 7 pounds and never really gained the weight back but she did well on a strict diet (one of the prescription diets). It was touch and go and she was in intensive care for two days. We never did find an exact cause for the HGE.

Mary Lou, Murphy and Allie

Awww, poor guy. Glad to hear he's doing better...I'm sure he'll be happy to be back home!

I picked him up at the vet clinic and left $645 to fill the spot he vacated.

They gave him *two liters* of fluid, and two anti-vomiting shots, and two potassium chloride injections, and they took blood and trimmed his nails and injected antibiotics -- he was living high, wide and fancy! They had two other dogs in the clinic with the same thing and they both went home tonight too.

Rudy is still pretty tired and I imagine fairly weak. He's peeing a lot, all that fluid has to go somewhere. He can have plain yogurt with raw honey, and rice cooked in chicken broth, for a few days and he can't have regular food until the end of the week. He ate 3/4 of a can of ID at the clinic, and kept it down. After he ate yogurt tonight, he went to the other dogs' dishes and investigated.

Wowza. The last 24 hours have been quite an experience for the Rudester!

(Oh, and they shaved his butt. In case he has diarrhea again. That was very thoughtful of the vet techs, and R's huge tail hides the fact that he can feel the breeze on his bum.)

I'm so glad he's back home with you. Since two other dog at the clinic had the same thing maybe it was just a flu bug and nothing to serious. Take care and rest up Rudy.

I'm just getting caught up on this. I'm so glad Rudy is home and doing better.

Yikes! Glad he's doing better and hope he continues to recover.

so glad to hear he's home now, hope he's feeling much better very soon!

Gah! Just saw this, so I'm glad to see that Rudy is doing better!

So glad he is back home with you. What a scary experience. Hope he feels better really soon!

Glad to hear Rudy is home. I am sure he will be feeling much better soon. I think Allie was on a liquid supplement for one day and then on ID canned and then tranisitioned to one of the super bland prescription kibbles.

To me, HGE is one of the most frightening experience I have had with my dogs.

Woof Woof to Rudy from Allie and Murphy

Mary Lou

I'm so glad he is home with you. Having sick dogs is the worst because by the time you know they are sick - they are really sick.

Feel better Rudy Dude - wet kisses from the LA Cocker Wrecking Crew.

I JUST now saw this! Poor Rudy. I'm so glad he's home and doing better. We had a scary episode with this in my senior bichon years ago. Not fun!

Kisses to Rudy.

Hope he had a good night.

He had a very quiet night, which I hope means that he slept soundly. He still seems pretty tired.

He ate some plain oatmeal for breakfast and went for his usual walk and then sacked out again. He has gone out to pee quite a bit, so I guess he's re-hydrated.

At the vet clinic when I picked him up, I met the owner of the other dog who was in with the same complaint. We both said we had never seen anything like that, it just hit the dog like a ton of bricks, and it was my first time -- and hers too -- seeing diarrhea that was pure blood. Truly a terrifying sight, as those of you who have seen it can attest.

Yep, it's pretty awful. We introduced a 2nd dog to the household and nearly killed Rush! Boy did I feel like a bad Mommy that time! Luckily, the owner was heartbroken and was delighted things didn't work out with his girl and got her back. I'm pretty obsessed with poops as it is, but lethargy has me outside with the magnifying glass because of my experiences with HGE. That sounds like the usual course I experienced, comes on super fast and with us moved very quickly from diarrhea to pure blood (like within hours). SO SCARY!!!

Really glad that Rudy is on the mend. Don't scare Mom like that again Mister!!!

Poor Rudy, hope he's on the mend and feels better soon!

How is Rudy feeling today?

He is well on the way to a full recovery, it looks like! He's still a bit weak, but everything else appears normal. He had a yummy dinner of white rice cooked in chicken broth, which he consumed eagerly, and then he had some tapioca pudding before he went to bed. We've got that 'bland food' thing covered!

He hasn't pooped yet but he hasn't had anything to poop, and he also hasn't had any diarrhea, so that's excellent.

Thanks for asking! He should be back on regular food by the weekend.

Glad he's feeling better but with you looking after him, how could he not?

Yea, Rudy.....yummers on tapioca pudding!

Lots of pets for Rudy and hugs for you!

I hope I never have to see HGE, that sounds like a total freakout....I'm so glad Rudy is feeling so much better.

Will you come and cook for me, too?