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06-10-2009, 11:00 AM | #1 |
Dainty Dawgs Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Reno
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| Help needed! My son rescued a dog and she has had an up and down hill battle with her digestive track...Some days she will have good bowl movements and other days it will flow right thru her and she just acts like she does not feel well! Very sad!!! Could any of you suggest a food that is easy on the stomach and hopefully will not cause the loose stools. Something that he can purchase from our local pet store as we would like to start her on it right away. He has given her Iams as this is what she was on when he got her... She is feeling good today and we want to keep her that way. |
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06-10-2009, 11:34 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Have you had a fecal test done and bloodwork? That would be my first thought. If the vet thinks it's IBS or something, then it really becomes a matter of finding out if your dog is sensitive to certain ingredients. What is she eating now? Did she ever have giardia, that you know of, as a pup (which can damage the sm. intestine, in puppies)?
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06-10-2009, 11:51 AM | #3 | |
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I have noticed that this food has given her excessive gas as well as the upset bowels...However, Today she is as perky as she ever has been! | |
06-10-2009, 04:01 PM | #4 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I don't know what you can buy at the store, but I always give them boiled chicken and white rice. I use those boil of rice bags. It usually takes a day or two to work, and then you start adding her food in with it till she's eating her food and no rice and chicken. Did you have her checked for worms? What kind of pup is it?
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06-10-2009, 04:33 PM | #5 |
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| Besides the chicken and rice (which seems to usually work), you could also call the closest vet. They normally carry dog food (usually Hill's Science Diet/Prescription Diet) and they have a brand made specifically as a prescription diet for digestive system trouble. I looked it up -- it is Hill's Prescription Diet i/d for digestive problems. Comes in canned and dry.
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