She slept through the night. She even slept through my boarding Welshie barking for 90 minutes straight starting at 6 am. When I finally got up I saw that Terra was rolled over onto her back as usual. I took the Welshie out first, dealt with her frantic greeting, and put her outside. Meanwhile Terra woke up and also starting barking, which I thought was in response to the other dog, but just before I got back to her she let loose her bladder inside her crate.
She got a chicken wing and thigh for breakfast, a large amount of ground chicken, and her supplements. I have chicken livers and beef kidneys defrosting in the fridge. I can start her on a balanced prey model diet as soon as they defrost.
She went back into her crate as the client dog with separation anxiety and rude greetings was back for another four hour stint. She barked here and there, but not often and not for long. The last hour was completely quiet. When the owners came to pick him up and there was a lot of activity, Terra woke up and gave the same frantic barking as from this morning right before she peed. I went into the bedroom and found that she had pooped in her crate and it was also on her shoulder and neck. It was already cold, and looked like it has originally been solid poop. I think what happened was that she had pooped early on, and then gave up on complaining, and ended up rolling on top of it when she did her cute sleeping on her back thing. And when there was activity in the kitchen and she woke up, she was upset about the poop. In any case, more bedding went into the wash, crate and floor were cleaned up, and puppy and myself got baths.
Everything was calm for a few hours. Then she had diarrhea around 6 pm. I had a training appointment at 7 pm and took her with me so that I could get her out more frequently. She peed right before the appointment, then slept in the car the entire time. I walked her around the block afterwards and three more fountains of liquidy diarrhea came out of her butt.
Came home, more diarrhea, and scraped a sample for the vet off my floor.
On the bright side, she was perky, playful, and drinking a lot of water. She tried very hard to invite the Welshie to play with her by bouncing around and barking. (Welshie ignored her as she was only concerned with greeting me.)
I went to bed crossing my fingers that Terra would bark again and wake me up if she needed to poop during the night...
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