Less dopey, more calm, but still not eating much

Well, we managed to get Jazz to eat some chicken and rice in small portions yesterday afternoon and evening, partly by hand feeding. This morning, he wouldn't eat anything, so we tried force feeding him the tinned stuff from the vet with the syringe, but he brought it back up again, together with some of yesterday's undigested rice. He's also had very runny diarrhea.

Today he's seemed calm rather than dopey, and the weakness in his hind legs seems to have mostly gone, but there's something about his eyes at times that has made me think we may not have him for much longer. At least there's no sign of yesterday's bewildered, drugged look.

The weather was lovely - warm without being too hot, so we took him for a gentle walk at one of our favourite spots by the river at Remenham, where he paddled in the river, and we all laid on the grass for a while and watched the world go by.

Later, we played with his ball in the park for a short while. He was eager to play, but predictably very laid back about chasing the ball.

He has eaten some more chicken and rice since this morning, again with some hand-feeding and encouragement, but nothing like enough for a dog of his size.

I'll take him back to see Fiona tomorrow.