So we were gone for about six hours today, the longest I'd ever left the dogs alone by themselves. Charlie has N-E-V-E-R had an accident in the house before.

Last night we fed him AND Jamie 1/2 cup of cooked white rice with their kibble. It's not out of the norm; we give them cooked rice with their kibble about once a week, every now and then. Charlie has been on a rice formula (lamb meal & rice) his entire life, so I know his body was OK with rice. Oh and like I said I've fed him rice before and he has handled it OK in the past.

I come home today, and there is diarrhea everywhere. All over the floor, on blankets, in the kitchen. I put him outside and he walked around like he had to poo for like fifteen minutes straight, but nothing came out. I'd assumed it had something to do with the rice I gave him the night before.

When I went outside to check on him, he had blood all over his butt. I rinsed him off with the hose (as he had some poo in his fur as well) and went back inside to scrub at the carpets with boiling water. I walk back outside again and there is MORE blood on his butt!! So I rinsed it off, AGAIN. I check him frequently and see no more blood.

But I was just wondering if this is a bigger problem, or if he was just bleeding because of "explosive diarrhea"?? And if the rice was the culprit of this??? Because as I've said, he's been on a rice formula his entire life and has had no problems with it, and I've fed him cooked rice before in the past and he has had no problems. I can't think of anything else I gave him in the last day or so that could have made him do this (no table scraps, etc).

Jamie is just fine, no diarrhea, firm stools, no upset stomach, etc.