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Old 11-23-2008, 03:40 PM   #2
marcerella02
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Oh poor guy. I always feel so bad for them when they have diarrhea.

Ok first- change his food- it could be the food- Eukanuba is Not a good food contrary to what your vet tells you or what they tell you at Petsmart. He needs to be on a higher quality food and it is probably the bi products in the Eukanuba that is causing the diarrhea. Right now I really like Natural Balance dog food- you can go to their website and see where they sell it near you.

When you change him over it needs to be SOOOO gradual- because he is having poop problems take about 10 days to switch him- each day adding more of the Natural Balance and less of the Eukanuba.

Also- since he was on antibiotics that is probably not helping. Antibiotics as you know kill bad bacteria- but they also kill good bacteria. He needs the good bacteria back in his system- a good easy way to do this is pro biotic yogurt- like Activia. Get plain or vanilla and give him a few teaspoons twice a day- i use fat free yogurt just make sure it is NOT sugar free because then they use artificial sweetners which are toxic to dogs.

Also to help him with his diarrhea give him PURE canned pumpkin. This should hlep firm up his poop while he is transition foods.

I would TOTALLY stop the boiled beef- it is way to high in fat- i would be doing boiled chicken breast and white rice until his poop is back to being good with the yogurt and pumpkin and then i'd slowly start introducing the new food with the old food.

hope that helps and he feels better soon!
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