On Friday night, my beloved dog silently opened a drawer and got hold of his collagen treats. He devoured the lot. It gave him rampant diarrhoea and overnight he deposited it in his bed and all over the lounge carpet. I was asleep and didn't hear a thing!
He had no control over his bowels at all until yesterday (when he went to the door and I wasn't quite quick enough down the stairs to get him out in time).
This morning he managed to hold it overnight and waited until I could get him out of the flat (we don't have an attached garden). Small mercies!
So I have spent this entire heatwave scrubbing carpets on my hands and knees, showering and scrubbing his bum (he's fluffy - yay!), and, since Monday, dosing him with dog specific kaolin as advised by my wonderful vet who I called on Sunday (closed, I wanted the emergency number) as his poop was a bit bloody. She personally called me back and told me to get the kaolin delivered from Amazon as it would be cheaper than she could provide it for. I ordered it immediately, and they delivered it the following morning, which was truly a godsend.
This morning was the first time he hadn't pooped overnight.
My flat still smells like an abattoir desite using several bottles of enzymatic cleaner specifically for animal 'accidents'.
In a bid to salvage them, I have purchased a carpet cleaner. I'm not even attempting to use it until this heat has gone and I'm certain he has proper control of his sphincter! I'll probably have to rip them out, if I'm honest with myself.
I really hate this kind of heat anyway as my flat becomes a kiln (too many windows, each sun-facing) and I become red-faced, sweaty and (mostly) silently crotchetty at the best of times.
Multiply that by a million and that's been my week.
