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gaijingirl · 03-17-2012, 08:01 PM

I do give the probiotic VSL#3 once per day. He gets Denamarin and he is also on 50mg of Tylosin (2x per day). The vet he was seeing at UT wanted us to try to wean him off the Tylosin, which he was originally put on for Clostridium overgrowth, but he started having bloody stools when we got the dose lower, so he's been back on that now. It's been about 1.5 years on that.

He's never really shown HE symptoms....He used to get these really bad pain-induced fevers when he was off antibiotics and then he would sometimes stagger around when he was trying to walk, but it was more just weakness from pain, I think. He hasn't had a fever since July 2011 and it was probably August of 2010 since he has had any extreme pain that would cause him stagger around.

He was on L/d for over a year and initially did better with that, but still had a lot of loose stools. We were instructed to add Metamucil to his diet, but it really didn't have much of a positive effect. In February, we put him on w/d for a month and that definitely cleared up the colitis he was having. But, he also became quite lethargic on it and was pooping about 6 times per day, which seemed a bit excessive. He also wasn't exactly thrilled about the w/d...ate it, but with much less enthusiasm then the L/d. Just within the last couple of weeks I started giving him The Honest Kitchen (Force) and he seems to be doing alright with it. Has got a lot more energy back and really, really likes it too. But, I do notice that sometimes, but not always, things come out a little bit like they went in, like he is not absorbing everything. In the mornings, this doesn't seem to be as noticeable, but during the day when he has eaten several times, it does. Which is why I wondered if he was not able to absorb everything from eating too often. He had the same problem on L/d.
But, its true what Ellie May said about free feeding dogs not necessarily having loose stools so maybe this idea of eating too often is not true.
I don't think he is over eating. He has always had a good body condition and I keep track of how much he gets in treats and subtract that from what he should be getting in food. (I make his treats by baking his food).

03-17-2012, 08:01 PM	#5
gaijingirl YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 283	I do give the probiotic VSL#3 once per day. He gets Denamarin and he is also on 50mg of Tylosin (2x per day). The vet he was seeing at UT wanted us to try to wean him off the Tylosin, which he was originally put on for Clostridium overgrowth, but he started having bloody stools when we got the dose lower, so he's been back on that now. It's been about 1.5 years on that. He's never really shown HE symptoms....He used to get these really bad pain-induced fevers when he was off antibiotics and then he would sometimes stagger around when he was trying to walk, but it was more just weakness from pain, I think. He hasn't had a fever since July 2011 and it was probably August of 2010 since he has had any extreme pain that would cause him stagger around. He was on L/d for over a year and initially did better with that, but still had a lot of loose stools. We were instructed to add Metamucil to his diet, but it really didn't have much of a positive effect. In February, we put him on w/d for a month and that definitely cleared up the colitis he was having. But, he also became quite lethargic on it and was pooping about 6 times per day, which seemed a bit excessive. He also wasn't exactly thrilled about the w/d...ate it, but with much less enthusiasm then the L/d. Just within the last couple of weeks I started giving him The Honest Kitchen (Force) and he seems to be doing alright with it. Has got a lot more energy back and really, really likes it too. But, I do notice that sometimes, but not always, things come out a little bit like they went in, like he is not absorbing everything. In the mornings, this doesn't seem to be as noticeable, but during the day when he has eaten several times, it does. Which is why I wondered if he was not able to absorb everything from eating too often. He had the same problem on L/d. But, its true what Ellie May said about free feeding dogs not necessarily having loose stools so maybe this idea of eating too often is not true. I don't think he is over eating. He has always had a good body condition and I keep track of how much he gets in treats and subtract that from what he should be getting in food. (I make his treats by baking his food). __________________ Dogs are proof that God loves us.