Thank you all for your replies. This was helpful in giving me some things to think about and watch for. I did check his anal glands and they don't seem to be hard. We got back from Canada about 3.5 weeks ago. I don't think he has been under any stress recently. He's pretty wound up most of the time, but he is a Yorkie puppy, so I guess it's expected that he would be that way! I am home with him every day and he is not alone very often at all. He was actually fine up until last Friday. I took him to the vet right after we got back and he was great then. Blood test was normal.
I've been watching him really closely for the past few days and he seemed to be doing pretty well Monday and Tuesday. However, today, I think he has something wrong with him again as his tummy seems to be bothering him a lot. We had a nap and after we got up, I could hear his gut making a lot of gurgling type noises. I took him outside to go potty and he ran to the longest grass he could find and started chowing down as fast as he could. I could hardly get him to come in at all. He also pooped again for the second time today and normally he only goes twice a day and about 10 hours apart. This was about 3 hours later.
I don't know what to do for him. He is refusing food now and is taking water very, very sparingly. Is there something I could give him to help settle his stomach?
Is this typical for dogs if they were to have colitis? And is colitis related to IBS?
It seems like he is fine for days or even 2-3 weeks and then he will have an episode where he has some digestive thing happen (whether it be he vomits, has diarrhea, or something else like this gurgling tummy today). He might seem out of it for an hour or two and then be fine. As long as he doesn't have a fever, he's seems to get over it fairly quickly, if temporarily.
The only thing I've been giving him to eat is his Orijen and I've given him a few peas as treats when training. (I hoped the peas would be OK, since I noticed it's one of the top ingredients in Orijen...he really isn't a fan of dry dog food). I have been giving him about a tablespoon of yogurt/day, since my vet recommended that to me before and also add a little fish oil to his food once/day. |