Snow's First Week at Home and her struggles with diarrhea

Day 2 (26.11.06) - It was sunday and we had to go to church. Left her alone in the house again, and came back around noon to start playing with her.

We discovered that she only wants to 'pooh' on newspaper or clothes. She has 'done' it (without us realising it) on the kitchen's rubber mat, on the floor mat upstairs, and on the newspaper near her cage.

Day 3 (27.11.06) - It's monday, and I had to go to work. Came back during lunch time. Was told that she already did her business on the newspaper in the toilet. Housebreaking was on the way!

Day 4 (28.11.06) - I went home again during lunch time. Housebreaking success! She did it in the same spot.

Bought her a water bottle and some little bones (chewy rawhide).

Evening - she managed to escape through the meshwire on our grill and ran out to the porch! Thank God she did not run out to the main road. I must put something on the door soon.

She stayed at home with my younger sis while we were away for bible class at night. Was told that she behaved, and did her business at the right place.

At night, we noticed she started getting sleepy around 11.00pm, pushed her into the cage and encouraged her to stay there. She finally slept without whining this time..

Day 5 (29.11.06) - Today I am determined to leave her alone till evening. Hope and pray that she is ok, and not too hungry. Hope she can drink water on her own. I am quite happy that she is almost 90% potty trained now, just 5 days after entering the new loving home for her.

Never realised that welcoming a puppy home is so exhausting, but it really takes my mind away from my work pressure.

Day 6 (30.11.06) - Snow, please don't die!
I really want to see Snow to grow up as a full-grown dog. Yesterday it was noticable that she was suffering from some diarrhea. She keep having to go to the pooh-site. Her stool was watery, and the fact that she did not eat anything the whole day made her stool really clear without any solid item. But thank God that I bought Pedigree can food yesterday, and her appetite was really great upon opening the can. She ate and begged for more, i ended up giving her 3 servings.

But then, she still have diarrhea throughout the night. At night, it was noticable that she is not as active as usual, and she keep sleeping and inactive. Was really worried about her. Last at night at 1.00am, she kept screaming from her cage. We let her out and turned out that she had a 'rush' to go to the pooh-site again.

This morning, her diarrhea continued..I waited till 9.00am but the vet was not open yet. Went to work, and back home again around noon. Brought her to Mayo, and the vet examined her stool, took her temperature, felt her body( not sure what it was for - just some analysis method i guess) and finally took her weigh. She is 5.1kg. Doctor said she was ok, there was not traces of worms or virus in her feces. But it was obvious that she had some respiratory infection as she has some greenish stuffs on her nose.

Poor Snow was given another Deworm pill down her throat. She got prescriptions for 2 weeks for diarrhea and running nose. But i have problem giving her the pill! She just won't open her mouth for me after the terrible experience in the vet.

Snow was still weak (or sleepy) back at home. She refused to eat, but she does drink a lot of water. Finally i decided to cook some rice and mixed with the next Premium can food, and she ate, only out of my hand..i managed to make her eat part of the pill mixed with the rice too.