Assuming it's "just" diarrhoea (and not something more sinister) dried pumpkin works wonders. Get it from your pet store (or online) and sprinkle a bit on the dog's food. You can also use the canned stuff that's meant for pie-making, but make sure it doesn't have sugar or other additives. I find the dried stuff is best and good to keep in the house, just in case!

On tuesday my 22 month old Lhasa Apso started being sick and developed mucousy diarrhoea a few hours later. I took her to the vet that evening and she was put on a drip as she was dehydrated.

Despite receiving overnight care at the vets including antibiotics and a blood plasma transfusion, she died less than 24 hrs later from suspected parvo even though she is fully innoculated. We hope to get the test results back this week, but please don't automatically assume that a tummy bug is just that

Aww I'm sorry to hear that, there are strains of parvovirus that can't be vaccinated for, but they are rare.

I think the important thing here is knowing your pet. My two have had dodgy tummies the last few days but are not in anyway lethargic or anything but thier usual selves. I noted it was when I'd given some different food, and since stopping on that they've been fine (back to chappie!). But when my jr x was little and had diahorrea and was lethargic he was straight down the vets. Knowing your pet is key here, 99% of the time it is a tummy bug, but if your worried at all, it's worth a pop into the vets,

I agree. Dodgy tums accompanied by lethargy,any sign of abdominal pain or a difference in the dog's general behaviour need to be looked at by a vet.

Sorry again for your loss. hope the test results give you some answers anyway.

Yes, there’s definitely something going around. One of my dogs had diarrhoea and sickness during in the middle of the night, only trouble is she sleeps on our bed.

Bless her; she felt really bad about it, and it took lots of soft talking, and cuddles, and a wash, to make her feel better. Still, we got everything cleaned up - bed, garden and Molly - pretty quickly and we all snuggled down again about 3.am.

Molly seems fine (& firm) now and thoroughly enjoyed her walk as usual today, bounding around our local pasture in her usual mad manner. My other dog Sacha wasn’t affected, but Molly is quite a sensitive dog.

We could never hurt her feelings by making her to sleep on the floor now, so we have learned to take the good with the bad .

We didn't starve her, we just let her decide what she wanted to eat.

Hope your dog gets better soon, and try not to worry .