My 7 year old yorkie has had diarrah and vomiting on and off since he was 8 weeks old. We have always given him boiled chicken as was recommended by the breeder mixed in with his hard dog food for one meal. We also gave him little pieces of very lean ham for the other meal so we could get him to eat the kibble which is better for his teeth instead of soft food..Over the years we kept switching to various brands of kibble thinking that this was his problem. Once a month he got a little lean hamburger mixed with his heartguard. Recently he got sick with the diarrah and vomiting for over a week that was worse than ever before and was not getting any better so I decided to stop the ham and give him chicken twice a day. He was getting worse so pet store recommended a new vet that seemed to be very good at listening to the whole story. So we switched vets.. New vet listened to his history and told me he wanted to do blood work to be sure there was nothing else wrong with him, but he was sure he could not tolerate the protien in chicken. told me not to give him the hamburger either, only the once a month so I could get his heart guard medicine in him. He could still have the ham which is pork and that is all right for him. Although chicken and cottage cheese are the usual recipe for doggy diarrah it is not for a dog that has this condition. He took food away for 24 hours and the next day he stopped with the diaraha and vomiting ,it has been over 8 weeks and he has not had either again. This is the first time since I had him that he poops normal. What a relief this is. Maybe this might help someone else . It is worth a try as we tried changing the kibble all the time, and the culprit was the chicken. Vet said we were doing the right thing by switching to Nature Balance duck and potato kibble but then throwing it all off with the chicken. Never realized how many dog products contain chicken. Now I read the lables very carefully on treats as well. |