My puppy is now just over a year old and just last week again I took her in because she was refusing to eat and LOTS of blood in her stool. I about panicked as it was the 2nd time this happened. Fecal sample came back negative for giardia. THAT he definitely wanted to test for the issues she was having. He listened to the rumbling in her intestines and said she definitely has an intestinal infection, caused by what? NO ONE seems to know......I have her on Batryl once per day and he put her on 1mg Pred. Within 24 hours her stool was normal (otherwise it was extremely loose with LOTS of blood). She started eating probably 6-8 hrs after her first dose of the pred. She wouldn't even drink water before that and later in the day after the vet visit she did. ALSO, from day one of us having her she has gotten sick, so the final conclusion is that she has food allergies. I have her on Royal Canin (Venison & Potato). She cannot have any chicken, pork or beef dog foods. It was a long haul getting to this point. I had numerous blood work done on her and ruled out lots of things. The vet said some dogs have such sensitive stomachs and always have to be on meds which is not good of course. But hopefully for mine, the strict diet will help. I also give her 1/2 tsp. ORGANIC pumpkin with 1/4 tsp. DDS Plus Pro-Biotic 30 min before eating.
GOOD luck with that little darlin and hope my input may be of some help. |