Update: 9 wk Wirehaired Pointing Griffon and Emergency clinic

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First week home with my WPG, and a lot has happened.
The Good:
She is incredibly intelligent. Though we haven't mastered the concept of restroom outside, (she's only 9 weeks after all) she has grasped the idea. Anytime she has an urge, a single whine and a sprint towards the door ensues. She will either warn early enough and make it outside in time, or she will go right in front of the door, which is a great feat because it is a hell of a lot easier cleaning urine off of a finished concrete floor than it is off a rug. To this day, she has yet to take a crap anywhere inside (knock on wood).

Crating at night went from countless hours of whining at random points in the middle of the night, to 5 minutes of distress, followed by a comatose like sleep.

Walks are no longer chasing events. She usually sticks right by my side. If she gets on a scent, I encourage her to check it out. When she is 20 yards out or so, I blow a whistle, yell her name once or twice, and she comes barreling back. However, her 20yard sense of freedom led to last nights events.

Around 8pm she was showing signs of anxiety and uneasiness. Lots of pacing, lots of face-to-face contact, but showed signs of being ashamed in a way. (not sure how else to explain it) Tail down, lots of licking of the lips, ears down, head down, etc. Eventually on whim, I let her outside to use the restroom. While outside she experienced 3 separate cases of diarrhea within 10min time. Came back in and instead of heading to her water and food, she laid down. She proceeded to vomit. At this point I was a bit concerned. Its one thing if she was vomiting or had diarrhea separately, but both at the same time, refusing food or water, in a 9week pup is another. over the course of the next 3 hours she vomited 4 more times and still experienced diarrhea. Decided to give the LSU Vet Clinic a call off of Skip B. Vet on duty said to bring her in. Tested her for parvo just to rule it out, (she has her 2nd round of shots, a booster, and dewormer) results were negative. She then vomited in front of the vet, and I requested a blood test be taken. Thinking maybe she found a pill lying around outside (Live in a college apt. complex and its finals). Blood test showed no abnormalities. Requested X-rays be taken. The films showed a substantial size mass in her intestine. Since unsure if it was upper or lower, the vet administered air into her rectum. The results showed the mass was in her small intestine. The shape and color of the mass in the film was inconsistent with that of bone. (bone is mineralized and will appear a strong white with obvious edges) The mass was off-white and had subtle edges. It dawned on me that my knucklehead of a dog has some fascination with mulch. They ensisted she stay over night, and was attached to IVs to replace her fluids (showed 5% dehydration), given anti-nausea and anti-diarrheals, and concluded this was likely, and stressed that she be transported to a hospital for two reasons. One, the mass doesn't move and needs to be surgically removed. Two, it does move and whine does, the edges perforate the intestinal wall and emergency surgery was needed. This morning another set of films were taken. Over the phone the vet stated that the substantial mass was no longer anywhere in her intestinal track. The only indication that there was a mass at all, was a small and soft mass in her colon, Which now meant two entirely different things. One, her body began breaking down the mass (I thought organic materials like mulch, grass, etc. couldn't be processed). Two, her body had broken down the mass and had passed it through the colon.

As of now, she is to remain in the hospital attached to IVs until the evening. They will attempt to feed her and hope she defecates so that a sample can be assessed. One more set of films will be taken to ensure her GI track is clear, intact, and not irritated.