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10-26-2017, 10:38 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Torrance
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| Regurgitating/Blue dog food/ Help Penny had been eating blue dog food since she was a puppy. She is now 4 1/2 years old. She started developing G.I. issues a few weeks ago. She has not eaten blue dog food for two weeks now. The first time we took her to the vet because she was pacing at night and needed to be let out to urinate. We thought it was a bladder infection. This was the second time she had been treated for a bladder infection the first time was a little over a year ago. She was given anabiotic's. She did seem to get a little better after this. But then began regurgitating after being given the anabiotic. Her symptoms returned but this time she had blood in her stool and diarrhea. We took her to the vet immediately. The vet said the first anabiotic might've been too strong. We fed her chicken and rice and things got better very quickly. It was at this visit I told the vet she was being fed blue dog food. The vet said that might've not be the best food to give her. The vet recommended giving her chicken and rice for a week. The vet did recommend some other types of dog food, but now I just don't trust dry dog food. She had been fed just dry food and I left it out and she ate when she wanted. I have switched her over to a raw food diet after a week of chicken and rice. I did introduce the raw diet over a few days mixing it with chicken and rice. She does not seem to be adjusting to just the raw diet food. Yesterday when my mother came over she got excited and then regurgitated food. Today someone knocked at the door she got excited and regurgitated food. I do not think she is vomiting. She does not seem to have any other symptoms beyond the regurgitation right now. She goes for walks and acts normal. Her nose is wet and cool and her eyes look normal. I am trying to find something to feed her. I would make her dog food from scratch but I'm not sure what exactly to give her? I don't think just feeding her chicken and rice would be the best thing but have no idea what else to do. |
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10-26-2017, 11:48 AM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Well I'm with the vet about Blue Buffalo it causes GI upset it lots and lots of dogs so I would throw that out but I would not go straight to raw because if she is already having issues it just doesn't seem like a safe switch to me. Did the vet offer any prescription foods to try and see if that calmed things down?
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10-26-2017, 02:11 PM | #3 |
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| The vet just said to feed her chicken and rice for seven days. And not use the blue dog food again. I didn't really like her other suggestions for dog food. Nothing prescription was suggested. |
10-26-2017, 06:59 PM | #4 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| What did the vet suggest?
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10-27-2017, 09:05 PM | #5 | |
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Look at the credentials of the people who are giving out advice! Most vets know a lot more about nutrition than people give them credit for. I listen to my vets....they have never steered me wrong. I have had pups with serious medical conditions live far past their expectations and I thank my wonderful vets for that! Many of the self proclaimed experts advise foods based on ingredients only and they don't give any credence at all to who is packaging the foods. I have seen so many recalls due to bad packaging. I have also seen some so called 5 star foods on recall lists! I feed my dogs Hill's Ideal Balance....the ones who are not on prescription foods that is. I do have multiples because I also foster. I never have issues with that food. I know people who use Royal Canin for Yorkshire Terriers and their pups do very well. Those are two very reputable companies. You do have to find what works best for your pup. I am wondering what Taylor asked...what foods did your vet suggest? Here is a link to a site that is run by a vet nutritionist www.petdiets.com ... if you go to the FAQs you can see she has an extensive library of information. You can also ask her a question and she will answer you. You had mentioned that you would home cook....she can formulate a diet for your pup. I think it is around $25. There are free diets at: www.balanceit.com When you home cook you do need to add supplements. Both of those sites explain that.
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10-28-2017, 01:57 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Torrance
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| The vet said a few. When she said Pedigree I tuned off to all the other suggestions- Thank you for the link. I will look at it. I did go to the library and get a few books. I am having trouble trusting packaged food. |
10-28-2017, 04:17 AM | #7 | |
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With your trust issues and your willingness to cook, you might want to try home cooking. I have done it for medical reasons and it was great for the pups. One of them had lymphangectasia and IBD and I cooked for her for 6 years until she passed in March of this year from lymphoma....so the other two conditions were well managed with home cooking. I did use a vet nutritionist for her diet.
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11-02-2017, 03:37 AM | #8 |
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11-02-2017, 05:52 PM | #9 |
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| Blue Buffalo is famous for giving dogs GI issues- I've seen it time and time again with my pet sitting clients. I think what works for one dog obviously won't work for another. A few clients feed the pre-made raw (primal, stella & chewy's, etc) and their dogs look fantastic! But there is many other factors besides food - exercise, lifestyle, grooming, etc, as well. Not to mention the big one - genetics! Sometimes it just boils down to that. Chicken and rice is likely best to settle her tummy for a week and then you can discover what works for her. I would check out limited ingredient simple diets or homecooking as well.
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11-13-2017, 08:00 AM | #11 |
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| Mine would never eat Blue buffalo they smelled and walked away
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11-13-2017, 10:00 AM | #12 |
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| LOL smart pups!
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