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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Thank you for your patience and information questions. Phil, is it? Thanks for all who have posted here, the pro's and con's of these type of alternative medicines and dog handling issues.
No, I'll not try the test until I know whether it's a valid test with worthy results that can lead to really helping a dog. Thanks for the information on the two vets - GTK. Good resources to check out. I'd particularly like to check out on their websites for info or links to research to find out if probiotics and coconut oil are harmful to dogs or MVD dogs in the long term, side-effects and try to weigh that vs. what help they might be giving Tibbe now, etc. I did use posts on YT and do a Google search on both before I started him on either of them and couldn't find anything that jumped out for MVD dogs. My vet okayed trying out both and then do an exam, bloodwork during his regular bi-annual check-up in June and again in December.
Right now, I'm learning more little by little as I can be online and enjoying my wired little terrier as he hasn't been for quite some time - well - and apparently, it's due to his 2 food additives (?); but of course, it could be coincidence - maybe that's the nature of IBS and MVD and food sensitivities - to take a sudden time-out and give the dog a real break and before long, it all returns in force. At least I don't think Tibbe is having a placebo effect - he doesn't even know he's getting them. But I'm going to continue to give the OTC additives to him until I have a reason to stop as he seems to be doing better than ever before with no other explanation his vets or I are aware of. We'll see how his June check-up goes. |
I haven't read anything about long term use of coconut oil and probiotics being harmful--at least I don't think that they are harmful for dogs without health issues. I hope that Tibbe's next round of test results are good, and that you can keep on doing what you've been doing to relieve his itching and food sensitivity!