Thank you so much for your responses! I didn't know about the acidophilus capsules! I didn't know about that. I once gave him yoghurt but I bought water buffalo yoghurt by mistake (I'm vegan and don't eat dairy, so I wasn't really sure if it made a difference so picked the first one I saw) - er, yeahhhh - that didn't work too well, he got an upset tummy. Maybe plain yoghurt is better, I'll try that. However, so far he's been ok... he got his first dosage of Clavamox last night after dinner and when I took him out this morning he pooped normally. I was expecting all sorts of weird stuff, but no... I'll monitor the situation though... out of interest, can you just buy acedophilus capsules anywhere?
Also - Batmom, you mentioned Metamucil wafers to help with loose stool.. I'm confused, isn't Metamucil something people take to help with constipation?
I didn't have to take Merlin out as much last night - just once at 2am, DH took him down - and he slept soundly in his crate most of the night. I am back at work today, but I have decided to go let him out at 10am and then lunchtime as usual, just to break it up for him a bit more. Then tomorrow we'll go back to normal. Yesterday afternoon he was already showing less urgency in his need to go out and pee all the time - even before we started on the Clavamox. I think it may be due to the fact that I encouraged him to drink a lot and went out with him as much as he needed to the night before and yesterday morning - maybe that helped to start flushing things out a bit. He still peed some blood this morning though. It's early days...
What upset me is that everyone is telling me that my dog is a burden (because he has separation anxiety and he's anxious.... because we've been to the vet several times this year... etc) and my boss even said to me this morning, "Well I know one thing for sure - I won't ever be adopting a greyhound! They're so fragile and needy all the time!"... Of course I set the record straight, but I was SO put off. Just because Merlin has SA it doesn't mean that all greys have it. And from what I have heard, UTIs are quite common in dogs. But now people at work who know nothing of greyhounds are starting to think that greys are just "too much hassle". They have the right to think what they want, of course, but I find it rather offensive and it's certainly not true. Sometimes people can be so shallow. Sorry this turned into a rant, I'm just a bit upset. probably the lack of sleep making me emotional