Our trip was wonderful and I should have photos up on Areaphotos.com very soon for anyone who is interested. Guinness behaved quite well while at the babysitters and is quite happy to be home (as are mom and dad). Thank goodness we talked our mother-in-law into making the hour and fifteen minute drive here to Fargo to drop off Guinness. I just don’t think my wife and I could make the round trip after the jet lag.
Happy to be home, Guinness is testing his limits with mom and dad, but we’re just too tired to put up with his shenanigans and are quite happy when he finally just lies down in his usual spot and takes a long nap. He is eating like a mad man now and we are a bit concerned with his diet at the babysitters. They bought two different dog foods for him even after we sent more than enough with. (They were concerned he wasn’t eating enough) I’m concerned with what three types of dog food will do to our poor little guy’s tummy!
We found out quite soon enough! Two days after we came home and Guinness started eating his regular food in regular amounts and times, he got a very, very bad case of the runs. I am SOOO happy that Guinness is very well potty trained! (He goes to the door and rings the bell every time). But he is also ringing that bell about 6 times a day.
Wednesday came and my wife had time to take Guinness to the vet. Wouldn’t you know it; our regular vet was all booked up. So we took him into the vet at Southpoint (or something like that). $80 and some prescription dog food later, we found out that Guinness had a bacterial infection in his intestines because there was not enough "movement" for the past two weeks. We now have the very fun task of feeding him 5 to 6 times day and pills twice a day to fight this sucker off. (I think he is feeling much better as he has had this prescription food since last Thursday) He still sleeps a lot which is not out of the norm, but he is still not quite at active as he usually is. I just hope by the time these pills and food run out that he is feeling better and we can go back to ONE kind of dog food. Coincidently, if anyone is interested, Guinness gets Science Diet Puppy. It is supposed to be good for his tummy and good for dogs that may develop skin problems.
