So wow am I ever overwhelmed. I left my pom Pooter at a sitter over Easter weekend while we spent time with the family at a hotel in the city and picked up the new yorkie Tikka.
**THIS IS JUST BACKGROUND INFO SKIP TO READ ABOUT TIKKA's PROBLEM**
I was VERY strict with telling the sitter, also a friend, that Pooter is NOT allowed to have any table scraps, treats, bones, etc. Just his OWN food and water. So none the less... I got on facebook over the weekend and she had posted pictures of Pooter eating out of her dog's bowl, chewing on a MASSIVE treat filled bone, and told me she fed him her dogs food as treats because he just loved it! And continued on to show me the brand... Ol' Roy. UUUUGH! So now he is home for the past 5 days has had diarrhea and has to stay in his kennel due to his sensitive stomach that was obviously ignored. This was the first and last time I will leave him with a sitter if I can help it!! Pooter hasn't been this sick since Xmas when the mother in law wouldn't stop feeding his table scraps after I repeatedly told her what the consequences would be for her carpet lol
TIKKA's Problem...
She came home with us Sunday, as I've posted in training... she is potty trained to go out in a fenced yard to wander as she pleases, unfortunately our apartment's fenced in yard has a lot of walk way entrances for her to escape so she has to go on a leash like Pooter. But she so far has NOT gone potty outside on her leash, instead she goes by the door when we come inside.
Last night she had diarrhea too [for the first four days her poop was solid and quite dry]! I got up at about 3am to the smell of it... it was at the front door. Luckily my husband's nose isn't as strong and he's a sound sleeper lol. Then again she did it at about 8am. I managed to catch her this time and take her outside. So far I have shampooed my carpets 5 times in 4 days!
Do you think this could be stress from a new home and having Pooter being nervous as he's stomach is sick and her not understanding to go out on a leash yet and so she gets nervous. Or could it be her food? She came with her vet records and on it, it says this for her meal plan:
Eating: Science Diet Small Bites 4
Drinking: Tap Water ONLY
At our home she's getting Acana Small Breed [NOT found in walmart or any commercial chain it is a vet bought food also sold in some specialty stores it's ingredients are found here:
Champion Petfoods | ACANA | Products - Puppy Small Breed
Acana is the ONLY food Pooter has been on that doesn't give him diarrhea. So I would think Tikka would be fine too as it's a good food for sensitive dogs. Although they never mentioned Tikka being sensitive and she seems to be a trained begger lol so I'm assuming they fed her from the table...which we do NOT. Every once in a while maybe a tiny snip of raw steak but that's like maybe once a week
It's been VERY nerve wracking having to watch them both so closely and cleaning up two sets of diarreah and her pee on top of it. Lol any ideas guys?
Also... Acana has a new Grain Free food coming out... would that be a good one? Right now their food is 60% meat [free range chicken and salmon], 20% veggie&fruit, 20% steelcut grain and brown rice. all natural ingredients.