Starring Dr Nathaniel Sterling In…..The Doggy Diarrhea Dilemma!

Are you ready to take on the role of a veterinarian and solve the mystery? Veterinarians do sleuthing (mystery solving) everyday and this is your chance. When you finish this lesson, you should have the skills to sleuth doggy diarrhea cases and be able to:

• Identify whether one bout of diarrhea is a large volume or small.
• Recognize if there is blood in the diarrhea, and describe the color.
• Classify common observations related to diarrhea and whether they would be associated with large intestine or small intestine diarrhea.
• Be able to summarize some possible causes of diarrhea and how it works.

Lesson

Activities

Try your hand at the activities embedded within the story!

Activity 1 – Memory Game. Match the color of diarrhea to the possible cause.

Activity 2 – Answer the question, based on color, does Apollo have Parvovirus?

Activity 3 – Based on the x-ray, do you see a key in Apollo’s body?

Activity 4 – Sorting game. Sort the items either into the category Good to eat or Bad to eat for dogs.

Activity 5 – Based on the image of diarrhea in the park, answer the question regarding which part of the intestine it is coming from, small or large?

Assessment

After working through the story, try your hand at this short quiz!

Further exploration

Here are some helpful links if you want to learn more!

People Food Dogs Can Eat and Can’t Eat – American Kennel Club