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LovemyLilly · 03-09-2012, 07:17 AM

Hi all. This is my first time posting so I apologize if this is long but I'd like you all to have the whole history. I have a 2 year old Yorkie named Lilly (she'll be 2 on Wednesday actually) and for the past 6 months she has been having chronic GI problems. She has always had seasonal allergies along with reverse sneezing but those problems have been addressed and it seems are ok.

When we got her it was near impossible to find a food she liked. After a long search we settled on Beneful (trust me I know how crappy it is). We never had an issue with her bowels when she was on the Beneful. In October I switched her to Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice as I did research and found it to have much better ingredients and she actually liked it. Starting in about November/December she began vomiting and having diahrrea along with trembling. We took her to the emergency vet and our regular vet and after many tests and a lot of $$ they determined it was colitis. She was given Flagyl and Amoxicillin along with Benebec. She seemed to recover very nicely. Along with the antibiotics the vet switched her to Iams Low Residue food (this was a little over a month ago that she switched the food and Lilly seemed to do great with it) but last night she had three bouts of diahrrea along with some vomiting. She's currently at the vet as we speak and they're running a GI panel for bacteria and other issues, but if that comes back negative then next week we will have to go back for tests for her liver function and down the road possibly a biopsy of her intestines. The first time we had this issue with the bowel problems she was lethargic, didn't want to eat or drink, however now, she's sprightly, alert but is having these GI issues along with a little dehydration. The vet also informed me that she's lost roughly a pound since November (partially due to the switch from the Blue Buffalo food to the Low Residue but they want to monitor it).

I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has had GI issues with their Yorkies as I have and what your experiences have been. I feel so bad for her and so helpless at the same time. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

03-09-2012, 07:17 AM	#1
LovemyLilly Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Posts: 15	Constant GI Problems Hi all. This is my first time posting so I apologize if this is long but I'd like you all to have the whole history. I have a 2 year old Yorkie named Lilly (she'll be 2 on Wednesday actually) and for the past 6 months she has been having chronic GI problems. She has always had seasonal allergies along with reverse sneezing but those problems have been addressed and it seems are ok. When we got her it was near impossible to find a food she liked. After a long search we settled on Beneful (trust me I know how crappy it is). We never had an issue with her bowels when she was on the Beneful. In October I switched her to Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice as I did research and found it to have much better ingredients and she actually liked it. Starting in about November/December she began vomiting and having diahrrea along with trembling. We took her to the emergency vet and our regular vet and after many tests and a lot of $$ they determined it was colitis. She was given Flagyl and Amoxicillin along with Benebec. She seemed to recover very nicely. Along with the antibiotics the vet switched her to Iams Low Residue food (this was a little over a month ago that she switched the food and Lilly seemed to do great with it) but last night she had three bouts of diahrrea along with some vomiting. She's currently at the vet as we speak and they're running a GI panel for bacteria and other issues, but if that comes back negative then next week we will have to go back for tests for her liver function and down the road possibly a biopsy of her intestines. The first time we had this issue with the bowel problems she was lethargic, didn't want to eat or drink, however now, she's sprightly, alert but is having these GI issues along with a little dehydration. The vet also informed me that she's lost roughly a pound since November (partially due to the switch from the Blue Buffalo food to the Low Residue but they want to monitor it). I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has had GI issues with their Yorkies as I have and what your experiences have been. I feel so bad for her and so helpless at the same time. Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.