Should I ring the vet or just monitor?

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I woke up this morning to the most horrendous smell. Came downstairs to find my dog had done 4 diarrhea poos in the dining room - one of them looked like it maybe had blood in it but was hard to tell properly as the lighting in my dining room isn't the best.
He's since done another one (outside thankfully) with no sign of blood and hasn't eaten or drank anything as of yet this morning but seems ok within himself i.e playing with his toys, trying to jump up to the counter and is now lying at my feet as he normally does in the morning.
He had his normal food yesterday but I did give him a few small pieces of ham that were left over from my DS's sandwich and DP gave him some small pieces of a burger too so we're thinking maybe the burger was the problem - he has had some before with no issues though, and same with the ham.
So I'm wandering about a few things - 1. Should I ring the vet now or see how he is throughout the day today? 2. Should I take him for walks today? (Would usually go out around 9:30am for a hour or more then 2/3 shorter walks in the afternoon/evening but always has free rein over the garden all day) 3. Any tips/suggestions for how to get rid of the god awful smell that's made it's way into every room of the house despite closed doors!?

Do not give him food today - just fresh water for 24 hrs. Then things like scrambled egg for 12 hrs.
Ring vet and tell them, see what they say.

Ok thanks, I filled his bowl as usual this morning out of habit but he hasn't touched it so I'll just take it away. I'll ring the vet now.

Did the burger contain cereals? Dogs can often become allergic/intollerant to cereals and my sensitive trimmed dog gets the runs like that if he has anything with wheat in.

The biggest worry in this weather is dehydration.

Regards smell either go and buy some simple solution pet stain and odor remover or mix bio- washing powder with warm water and scrub the area. Either of those will neutralise the odor source. Then just air the house.

*tummed not trimmed - silly auto correct

My dog had horrific, stinking, diarrhoea once, in a carpeted room. I scrubbed and scrubbed the stain with all sorts of products. The only thing that worked in the end was the dr beckmans carpet stain remover. Sorry, i know that's not what you were asking.
I didn't take my ddog to the vet when he did it, just monitored him, starved him for the day then fed him boiled chicken and rice for 2 meals.
Make sure your dog has enough water through the day though as he may be a dit dehydrated after the diarrhoea.

No HouseOfHorrors the burgers were beef 99%, salt, ground black pepper - he has had them before the exact same ones (as my DP is fussy with meat) with no issue but I can't be sure how much of it he had as my DP gave it to him so it just could have been too much..
Haven't managed to get through to the vet yet but have done a quick search online instead and it seems as though the most common reason would be food related as opposed to anything more serious so am just going to keep an eye on him then when DP gets home a dinner we'll decide what to do then.
And thanks for the advice on the smell! I have some non bio so I'll get cracking on that now

Thanks YetAnotherNewName1000 that's what I'm planning too, starve and monitor.
Luckily its laminate in my dining room so going to try the non bio suggestion as I have that in - and if that doesn't work, well I've been asking DP for new flooring in that room for a while now anyway!

If he's fine within himself and not dehydrated or lethargic I wouldn't take him to the vets. I would just withdraw food (water only) and monitor him, but if he shows any sign of pain, then take him in.

Ours had diarrhoea recently - caused by him being a greedy pig and eating too much! He was fine 12 hours later.

Ours never does very well when we starve him after a poorly stomach. I now offer him a small amount of his usual food frequently during the day which tends to work much better to settle him (also means he won't start eating half the garden if he decides he's hungry).

Hope he's ok OP.

Did it smell really awful? Our ddog had colitis that made her poo slimey and blood streaked. It made me retch!

I'm an expert in this as I have a dog with tummy issues. Starve for 24hr and feed rice for a few days after til you notice he's getting better (scrambled egg and chicken ok too but I find the rice binds them up!)

Obvious caveat: if you notice he seems unwell, panting a lot, unsteady, lethargic etc take to vets.

Also: I made my dogs drink water when ill by tricking them. I put the slightest dash of milk in their water and all of a sudden they're interested and gulped it down.

It needs to be a bio rather than non bio as it's the enzymes in bio powder that breakdown the odor causing bacteria.

Products like beef and black pepper can irritate a dog's gastric lining, if the irritation is mild putting the dog on a bland diet will sort it out, if it's more developed then medication will be needed. A lot of dogs actually find beef hard to digest and it's a common irritant, as are greasy fried foods. If the dog continues to have problems particularly if the stools are strong-smelling or have any mucus, it could also be a range of other conditions such as Giardia, which again will need treatment (and are spread easily to humans).

Plain chicken and rice or plain pasta in small portions at intervals until the dog is okay or if the dog worsens the vet. Also don't cook rice, store it and then feed as can harbour dangerous bacteria. Kibble and most other dog foods are hard on the stomach so should not be fed to a dog with this kind of problem.

Also can use plain white fish, when mine have had this kind of problem have given plain, poached or grilled white fish such as cod/haddock. At a pinch, grilled fishfingers with the coating removed.

The advice to starve is now very dated. The current best practice is to feed through diarrhoea as normal food is what gets the guts back to normal the fastest.
If you starve then do light diet then normal diet the gut has to change on several occasions making recurrence more likely. In the clinic we never starve hospitalised animals with diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea with blood should be seen by a vet as when there is blood the mucosa is breached and there is significant risk of systemic infection.

We give ours plain scrambled eggs, sorts her out in no time.

Yes, I've never starved or restricted longer than 12 hours - and I've certainly never fed scrambled eggs/chicken and rice for several days afterwards. For one/two meals, yes, but not for 3/4 days.

An upset stomach as the result of too much food or eating something they shouldn't, needs to be treated differently to them being genuinely unwell (lethargic, unresponsive, more tired than usual, dehydrated).

Lonecatwithkitten Ah it's good to know that feeding is the right thing as we have found his normal wet food to be the best for our dog despite all the 'guidance' to starve them.