What bad water can do

This past week Jules and I were in the garden and I sat down an urn that had green water in it. I was going to pour it out and before I got to it I looked and saw Jules drinking from it. I said "Stop!" and poured it out. I didn't think much of it until that evening. She started to have act funny. She did not eat all of her food, and later starting throwing up. Well 24 hours later she was losing it from both ends might I say. She did not seem to be getting any better. I took her in to the vet and they did a stool sample. She had a serious bacterial infection. They kept her for the day and gave her IV fluids, antiobiotics and anti-nausea medicine. She really went through the mill. The funny thing is she only drank just a small amount. She is much better now. Full energy back and eating EN food and still taking an antibiotic. $300.00 later. The vet says they see this quite often rains, although she had been spayed a week earlier and this might have weakened her immune system.

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I forgot to say that she had lost 5 pounds in 48 hours. Scary. She weighed in at 45 pounds where she was 50 a week earlier when she had been spayed.

Bless her heart! I'm so glad she's doing better!!

From my experience with previous dogs, no matter how much clean water is around, they seem to gravitate to wherever they can find a dirty puddle or some other "yucky" water to drink. You just can't be too careful with them.

I'm very glad your Jules is okay!! :wink:

Thanks Beaureguard's Mom. Hey...another North Carolina sheepie!

I have seen the effects of bad water as well, it was awful. Right after we moved to this house, my freezer began leaking water.(Old gross ice that started to melt because it had been unplugged during the move) The dogs were licking it up, and got horribly sick for a few days, and it was at the time I had surgery, so that made it even harder to deal with.
I'm glad your pup is ok, that is scary!

Hi Weezie,

How terrible for you and of course for Jules! I am sorry to hear that happened to you and glad he is now okay. Your post probably prevented many others from falling ill as it's something I would forget. I'm now going to check my yard for any stagnant water. (I have my fishpond covered.) Thanks for your post.

>>>Sends Belly rubs and hugs to Jules.

Marianne and the boys

Wow, i thought of you Willow when i read that post. Mopsey also drinks out of puddles and eats snow. I will now make sure that all the sitting water is poured out. Poor baby! I am so glad that she is better!

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