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magicgenie · 11-30-2008, 11:44 AM

Please let me start by saying this is not one of my dogs I'm asking about. An elderly relative phoned for advice caring for her older Yorkie--approx. 7 years old that has had bouts of diarrhea about every two weeks for the past 3 months. They live in a remote rural place and all they seem to have is one very young vet who so far has found in a stool specimen "an unfamiliar bacteria." She was treated with Flagyl, worming medicine and I/B diet and did fine until all the meds were finished and same pattern has returned: Three days no poop, one day normal poop, one day diarrhea, three days no poop, etc. Right now the dog is on a diet of home cooked chicken and rice. Does anything sound familiar to anyone? I'd like to call my aunt with a list of things the vet should do and look for. Thanks.

dwerten · 11-30-2008, 05:07 PM

the two things i think are very important to get this dog on is pumpkin and probiotics to get a healthy digestive system going -- the pumpkin is a natural fiber which helps with diarhea and constipation -- and probiotics help with bacteria to get more good bacteria to fight off bad -- when the antibiotics are stopped the bad bacteria comes back with a vengeance so since the dog is not healthy the infection comes back and why you should be doing antibiotic then 2 hrs later probiotic and when the dog is off the antibiotics double the dose of probiotic for a week and cut back to normal dose of probiotic after that and see how that works.

11-30-2008, 11:44 AM	#1
magicgenie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: England Posts: 819	older yorkie-intermittent diarrhea Please let me start by saying this is not one of my dogs I'm asking about. An elderly relative phoned for advice caring for her older Yorkie--approx. 7 years old that has had bouts of diarrhea about every two weeks for the past 3 months. They live in a remote rural place and all they seem to have is one very young vet who so far has found in a stool specimen "an unfamiliar bacteria." She was treated with Flagyl, worming medicine and I/B diet and did fine until all the meds were finished and same pattern has returned: Three days no poop, one day normal poop, one day diarrhea, three days no poop, etc. Right now the dog is on a diet of home cooked chicken and rice. Does anything sound familiar to anyone? I'd like to call my aunt with a list of things the vet should do and look for. Thanks.

11-30-2008, 05:07 PM	#2
dwerten BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 11,073	the two things i think are very important to get this dog on is pumpkin and probiotics to get a healthy digestive system going -- the pumpkin is a natural fiber which helps with diarhea and constipation -- and probiotics help with bacteria to get more good bacteria to fight off bad -- when the antibiotics are stopped the bad bacteria comes back with a vengeance so since the dog is not healthy the infection comes back and why you should be doing antibiotic then 2 hrs later probiotic and when the dog is off the antibiotics double the dose of probiotic for a week and cut back to normal dose of probiotic after that and see how that works.