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breez005 · 04-25-2009, 06:50 AM

Here's the story ... Since I got him in Sept. he has been a very picky eater. I tried a variety of dog foods as well as people foods. I was successful in getting him to eat boiled chicken twice a day & having Ziwi Peak hard food available at all times. He slowly gained weight from 1.1lbs to 3.5lbs over the fall & winter. Throughout the fall & winter, his exercise was playing indoors with toys & he used potty pads for the bathroom. He always slept well & was a very energetic playful puppy. As spring came, we started to take him for walks & he liked going to the bathroom outside. He LOVES being outside & walking, sniffing stuff, & even running for short spurts. He always had normal consistency bowel movements each morning.

Then we went away on spring break. He stayed with my parents & was very well taken care of. They didn't give him any irregular foods. His bm was normal while we were away. When we returned, everything went bad. He began having diarrhea. The other aspects of his life (eating, sleeping, activity level, liveliness) remained normal. Originally we assumed it was stress/transition from our return. When we went on for a week, we called the vet. He said to withhold a meal when he had diarrhea to "let his stomach settle". We did this, but it persisted. One night he had diarrhea 5 times & vomited. We took him to the vet the next morning. He took a stool sample, did blood work, gave him a shot of penicillin, & gave him a 10 day antibiotic. The stool sample came back parasite free & the blood work was all normal. He said to feed him yogurt & boiled white fish & have his hard food available. I did this & for the 10 days he was on the antibiotic his bm slowly transitioned back to normal. He finished his meds last Saturday & since then he has slowly gone back to diarrhea. Throughout all these transitions all other life aspects have still remained normal. I called the vet yesterday & he said everytime he has a soft bm to withhold a meal. He just had a sensitive GI tract & as long as his behavior was normal, not to worry too much.

04-25-2009, 06:50 AM	#1
breez005 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 1	Diarrhea & Vomit for a month Here's the story ... Since I got him in Sept. he has been a very picky eater. I tried a variety of dog foods as well as people foods. I was successful in getting him to eat boiled chicken twice a day & having Ziwi Peak hard food available at all times. He slowly gained weight from 1.1lbs to 3.5lbs over the fall & winter. Throughout the fall & winter, his exercise was playing indoors with toys & he used potty pads for the bathroom. He always slept well & was a very energetic playful puppy. As spring came, we started to take him for walks & he liked going to the bathroom outside. He LOVES being outside & walking, sniffing stuff, & even running for short spurts. He always had normal consistency bowel movements each morning. Then we went away on spring break. He stayed with my parents & was very well taken care of. They didn't give him any irregular foods. His bm was normal while we were away. When we returned, everything went bad. He began having diarrhea. The other aspects of his life (eating, sleeping, activity level, liveliness) remained normal. Originally we assumed it was stress/transition from our return. When we went on for a week, we called the vet. He said to withhold a meal when he had diarrhea to "let his stomach settle". We did this, but it persisted. One night he had diarrhea 5 times & vomited. We took him to the vet the next morning. He took a stool sample, did blood work, gave him a shot of penicillin, & gave him a 10 day antibiotic. The stool sample came back parasite free & the blood work was all normal. He said to feed him yogurt & boiled white fish & have his hard food available. I did this & for the 10 days he was on the antibiotic his bm slowly transitioned back to normal. He finished his meds last Saturday & since then he has slowly gone back to diarrhea. Throughout all these transitions all other life aspects have still remained normal. I called the vet yesterday & he said everytime he has a soft bm to withhold a meal. He just had a sensitive GI tract & as long as his behavior was normal, not to worry too much.