Did they take her temperature?  I would be worried about the lack of drinking also.  When dogs don't feel well, they stop drinking and can dehydrate rapidly.  I know Oscar did.  That's why I'm so concerned, because Oscar also wouldn't eat or drink and slept all the time.  I was scared for him.  But when the vet gave him subcutaneous fluids,  his fever went down and he was back to his old self in less than 2 hours.

What a week it has been. WARNING>>>>THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!   I really don't have too much time, but here is the update and I'd love to check back and find out about pumpkin.  Yesterday, I thought she was dying.  I got her to eat some yogurt and gave her water by syringe.  I called my vet and he said she only needed about 3 syringe's full of water to not dehydrate, so I did that.  During the night, I could hear her drinking water and that made me very happy.  But, her butt is so red and swollen from all of the scooting and then there was poop juice just leaking out of it.  She was trying to stay clean, but it was impossible.  This morning she had the juice(sorry this is so disgusting)  all over her and her bed and she was pitiful.  I decided maybe she needed some solid food so she could pass a real stool...hasn't gone since Wed....so I gave her chicken and rice and she wolfed it down.  Then I took her out and walked her all over the yard.  This is very hard for her because she is all hunched over and just sits down every couple of steps and tries to clean herself.  Finally she did a little poop.  It was the consistence of pudding and was a little more than 2 TBS....This seemed to help the pressure on her rectum a lot.  Now she is wanting to run around some, but with the poop leak...I really can't have her running around the house.  Plus I have 27 people coming over at 4pm for my Mom's B-Day.  I called the vet....he told the nurse to tell me to give her pumkin.  I ran to the G-store, but she is not having anything to do with the Pumpkin.  What is the purpose of the pumpkin?  Do I really need to force this?  I'm thinking about just locking her in my bathroom with newspaper everywhere and dealing with the pumpkin tomorrow.  She did eat and she is peeing and drinking.  He expressed her anal gland on Thursday and I tried to do it myself today but didn't get more than the constant drip that is already coming out.

The pumpkin is added fiber and will firm the stool.  If you can get it mixed with a little food, they will accept it better.  I give it to ours every meal.  Depending on the size of the dog, between 1 tsp and 1 tbsp.  I also give our 19 year old Prozyme.  It's digestive enzymes and it helps with the tummy upsets, too.   Will she eat yogurt?  A teaspoon of plain yogurt will probably counteract the lack of good tummy bacteria that the antibiotics are removing.  Also, I would put her on a chicken or ground beef/rice mixture.  Cook the chicken until done and add instant rice to the broth.  If you use ground beef, make sure it's very lean and soak all the grease out of it.  Mix it with cooked rice.  Give in very small meals.

That poor little girl!  She sounds pitiful.  Is there any blood in the drippy stuff?  Do you have any baby wipes?  Try gently wiping her back end with one of those.  And, don't laugh, but Preparation H Wipes are wonderful for a sore backside due to anal glands.  Just don't let her lick after you do it until it dries off.

I hope she feels better soon.

How is Tinkerbelle feeling tonight?

I agree with Patti on the Prep H wipes, but I think they make some with witch hazel which is natural and might not be as bad if she licks it.  Maybe you can mix pumpkin in with the stuff she is gobbling down?  Patti is a good resource for getting her to eat since she has some very special dogs who have needs like this.

Carol, don't know if this helps, but I have taken the med Metronidazole, and it caused severe diarehha(however it is spelled) in myself, I know this is gross, but hey I have Crohns disease, so there is no modesty here This med is a very powerful antibiotic and can make you feel really crappy....It can be hard on your stomache too....

I hope she feels better soon, I feel so awful for you and Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle is feeling much more like her old self today!!!  She finally got a few little poops out and that helped with the dripping

Anyway, she jumped on the bed last night to sleep with me and we cuddled all night.  Her hiney is still red and it hurts to go, but it looks so much better than yesterday.  She has her old energy back and is wagging  her tail again.  Poor baby has very burned red lips and hiney, but I'm sure those will heal when she gets all of this stuff out of her.  Her antibiotics are upsetting her tummy, so she is sad for a few hours after medicating.  Today is her last day of the really bad medicine and I think it's the one that's hardest on her tummy.  She'll be on the one for her bladder infection for another 12 days, so I hope it doesn't continue to upset her. 

I will try mixing the pumpkin in.  I gave her a big old blob on a plate yesterday and she had no part of it.  I thinking mixing a tsp in with her chicken will probably really help.  Thanks to everyone for all of your advice and getting me through this week.  I just couldn't get enough help from my vet, so you guys were great.  I thought he was a great vet when she was well, but when she was sick...I needed more.  Think I'll be looking for another vet...I kind of felt like he didn't have a lot of hope, so he just left me to deal with it.  I think he should have kept her and done all of the testing the first time I took her in and he couldn't find the obstruction...also, I think fluids would have been good for her to have. 

Tinkerbelle says thank you to everyone for all of the positive thoughts and prayers!

Carol

Tracy, I think I spell it wrong every time!  Yes, that is the medicine that she hates and I think it makes her tummy hurt.  Today is the last day on it!

When I need to force something, I used the syringe.

I'm so glad she's feeling better!

SO glad to hear she is doing better. Poor little thing. And the vet says this was all brought on from her getting into the Miracle Gro? If so I'll definitely rethink my gardening plans this Spring. Once she is better that poor girl needs a trip to the pet store for some spoiling!

Just something to throw out there.. I'm a vet tech. And I also own a picky rattie. I find that, desperate situations call for desperate measures. "Hills A/D" is a high calorie, extremely appealing canned food. Usually available through the vet. It runs about 1.38 a can. But it's something you can actually use to mix into the dry (or with the wet) you intend to feed her. And it will keep her from deteriorating until you get her to accept the food you have her on. Good luck

Glad to hear Tinkerbelle is feeling better. I hope she is 100% soon.  Sorry you both had to go through all of this. (I haven't been her much, so I missed this, sorry)

You might want to look into something to restore her stomach flora, like probiotic.  The antibiotics will also destroy the good bacteria in the digestive system.  It's made a difference for Cameo after she was on antibiotics.

It is good to here that Tinkerbelle is getting over this and eating and pooping.

I am a fan of Probiotics as well.  You could also put it in plain yogurt to put the good bacteria in her.  I give this as well and pumpkin and other goodies to mine as a treat a few times a week.  They love it!

I'm sooooo glad Tinkerbelle is feeling better!

A cool compress (washcloth with cool water) would probably feel pretty good back there.

Sami was so sensitive that she would have no part of me trying to get the compress near her rear end. So, I would pick Sami up with the compress in my hand so she could kind of sit on it in my arms. Or I would put a dry towel under the compress on the floor or couch and have her sit down on it.

It seemed to help a lot.