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Originally Posted by agroller  He has not prescribed antibiotics yet. He wants to see how he does on this prescription food first. He suspects it is from the change in food. If the diarrhea doesn't stop within a couple days we go back for bloodwork. I have probiotics on my list to ask about when I go back! Thanks for your thoughts!! |
Sorry, I guess I'm more 'Old School'... you said this has been on going for a month now... IMHO (Vet Tech), this is becoming a chronic condition and I'd be in search of a vet to be a bit more aggressive (or push your vet to get more aggressive) at finding answers and getting my pup back on the road to a healthy state.
Blood work at least to get a baseline to work from and to rule out anything medical going on, possibly X-rays to get a picture of anything obvious in the gut.
Food experimentation should only be attempted in healthy dogs bc you'll not know if it's the food change or the illness causing the problem.
Also, illness in the gut takes time for the gut to recover and heal, and is best accomplished on a bland diet, easily digested.
Yorkies are good at hiding their illnesses, after owning them for 40 years I've learned it's better to use what's medically available to get to the core of the problem asap and to treat appropriately then to guess with these guys.