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Feeding dogs with health problems / Dachshund with chronic diarrhoea
« Last post by pinkyp1968@aol.com on Yesterday at 19:10 »My bitch is 11 months old and have had her since 10 weeks of age. She came with Harringtons which she was apparently weaned onto but would absolutely not touch it ( left three days and daren't leave longer as so little). All my others are raw fed which I hoped to transition her too but given she was so frail, I moved her onto a sterilised raw which she ate. When she still had diarrhoea I wasn't too worried due to the new food but this has continued to date. She passes very soft stools that are not formed to sheer watery diarrhoea. There is lots of mucus and always a little red blood at the end.
She has been seen several times at the vet who says she isn't bothered by the blood!!!! Surely its not right to bleed when you poo.
Eventually I placed her onto raw (which i believe is low residue) which is what I kept seeing and she had a new delight in eating but the diarrhoea has stayed and in the same presentation. At first she was on Bella and Duke but their offal content is 10% and I have experience of some dogs needing less than this otherwise diarrhoea commences and wondered if this was the issue so she went on DIY raw so I could control this better. I have treated twice for Giardia as directed and all the environment measures taken but still it carries on.
This girl looks so healthy, really shiny coat, alert and does not appear unwell apart from the diarrhoea. To be honest, the only thing that worries me is that she is rather a quiet well behaved dog and has never behaved like a puppy but again the vet does not seem concerned at all.
The vets don't want me to feed raw and have advised Royal Canin Digestive care. I have been reluctant to change her food yet again but finally gave in and followed their advise. She very reluctantly eats it and I have to feed her in another room as all she wants is the raw that the others have. We are only a week into this and I am horrified at it's nutritional content but should I continue or have you any other opinions. I keep taking her back to the vets but they say she is fine and just is a dachshund but surely this isn't right. I don't feed her any treats at all as anything I have tried has made things worse.
She has been seen several times at the vet who says she isn't bothered by the blood!!!! Surely its not right to bleed when you poo.
Eventually I placed her onto raw (which i believe is low residue) which is what I kept seeing and she had a new delight in eating but the diarrhoea has stayed and in the same presentation. At first she was on Bella and Duke but their offal content is 10% and I have experience of some dogs needing less than this otherwise diarrhoea commences and wondered if this was the issue so she went on DIY raw so I could control this better. I have treated twice for Giardia as directed and all the environment measures taken but still it carries on.
This girl looks so healthy, really shiny coat, alert and does not appear unwell apart from the diarrhoea. To be honest, the only thing that worries me is that she is rather a quiet well behaved dog and has never behaved like a puppy but again the vet does not seem concerned at all.
The vets don't want me to feed raw and have advised Royal Canin Digestive care. I have been reluctant to change her food yet again but finally gave in and followed their advise. She very reluctantly eats it and I have to feed her in another room as all she wants is the raw that the others have. We are only a week into this and I am horrified at it's nutritional content but should I continue or have you any other opinions. I keep taking her back to the vets but they say she is fine and just is a dachshund but surely this isn't right. I don't feed her any treats at all as anything I have tried has made things worse.
