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Originally Posted by annamalyssa

You are alwys such a great help and very informative. Here are the ingredients for the Innova Puppy :

Turkey, Chicken, Chicken Meal, Ground Barley, Ground Brown, Rice, Cottage Cheese, Tomatoes, Hemp Oil, Chicken Fat, Flaxseed, Whole Steamed Potatoes, Herring, Whole Raw Apples, Whole Raw Carrots, Alfalfa sprouts, Whole Eggs, Garlic, Dicalcium Phosphate, dl-Alpha Tocopherol, Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate), Probiotics & Vitamins/Minerals


I think it's IBD as well. Do I need the vet to test him for this when we go in or do they rely on symptoms to make a decision? If I do need to have him tested do I just tell her I want him tested for IBD or is there something specific I need to request. What do I feed him if is IBD anything certain? Right now I have Pumpkin and Rice tomorrow I am going to go out and get the Stuff you had recommended earlier.

There is also Potato in the Innova so it could be both. As far as IBD goes, does it just come on suddenly or could the vomiting etc. he's had in the past been episodes as well? thanks again for all your help!

there really is no test other than scoping the intestines but that has its risks - ims said they are seeing dogs with ibd testing high on spec cpli test with no pancreatic symptoms so you can do spec cpli test but honestly i would get on a different diet as the turkey, chicken and white potato i think are doing him in. You may want to try natural balance venison and sweet potato as it is limited ingredient food - my boy is on purina ha as he was pretty severe. Now surprising he can handle chicken and rice foods so you could try newman's own organic and you can get from whole foods or target and i think walmart sells it as he ate my maltese food as i screwed up and he did ok on it and did not get sick which is rare as he gets sick fast on anything but i would probably try the venison and sweet potato for 12 weeks and see how he does as sweet potato is not inflammatory like white potato as it is from a different night shade family and if he does not do well on that i would do a diet with rice in it and give the newman's own a shot as well even if it has chicken as it is a high grain diet which may work for him.