Vet or wait and see??

[Sirrahsim]

I don't know anything about dog health so please educate me!!
This morning when I went to get Ginger out of her crate I found her crate and herself coverd in diarrhea. She always lets us know if she needs to go out when she is in her crate so I don't know what happened. Is it like with a ahuman and I just need to give her lots of fluids, or do I need to get her to the vet??

[Jods]

Well I would clean her up and wait and see. but if you feel you should go to the vet by all means go! If you decide to wait and see. make sure she is drinking and eating ok and when you put her out see how she acts outside if shes still having runs or is fine now etc etc.... Poor baby girl hope she feels better soon

[4 Dog Mother]

How is she acting? If she is acting really lethargic and won't eat or drink, I would call the vet. Otherwise I would clean her up, try to get her to drink some water or lick some ice cubes because just like people she can become dehydrated. I would probably hold off on the food a little bit to see how she does. If she goes outside and still has diahrea, I would probably fix her some rice or something bland for her stomach. She could have a bug,or eaten something she shouldn't have. Let us know how she is doing!

[Sirrahsim]

I got her cleaned up and scrubbed down her crate as soon as I got up and discovered what had happened. I let her out in the yard for a while and she was running and jumping and acting like a goof ball. Now that she is back inside in her crate she is laying there looking at me with the most pitiful face. She only ate about 1/3 of her kibble but she is enjoying her ice cubes a little so hopefully everything will be ok. Poor girl

[pitc9]

Maybe she got into something yesterday and just couldn't hold it.

The poor thing!
Keep her food portions small today and make sure she drinks water.

[lute]

If she keeps this up and doesn't eat much I would definately take her for a vet visit.