Originally Posted by sferrini (Post 2879179)

Oh, she was only probed once and when they did that her anal sacs, that were filled cleaned out. But yes, I am wondering why they can't just tell me why all of sudden this is happening. She seemed to be doing better last night and this morning I gave her homemade chicken with pumpkin and some green beans and she swelled up AGAIN. I am waiting for them to call me back. I have been giving her the myicol every hour as suggested and as I said it seemed to be working but now this morning.

this is breaking my heart. I just want her to be back to normal like she was last week before all this started.

thank you

Originally Posted by Ladymom (Post 2879352)

This sounds like more than simple constipation or a food allergy to me, although green beans and other veggies can be hard for them to digest. Dogs don't have the necessary enzyme to break down vegetables like we do.

I would think it might be time for an abdominal ultrasound.

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie (Post 2878527)

This sounds very awful to deal with. I hope she gets better and is able to eat without bloating up soon.

Not to sound rude at all, but is your vet really doing anything to help her other than continually probing her to poop? I mean I don't know much about dogs and their digestive systems, but constantly probing and cleaning the anal sacs sounds like it's doing more harm than good. and why can't the vet figure out what's causing her to bloat up to begin with, shouldn't he be smart enough to know what to feed her and what's actually causing the bloat instead of letting you come in every day for manual poop probing?? maybe i'm not reading this right or something... but personally i'd see a new vet that could fix this problem and not just keep forcing her to poop over and over.

also i feed a home made diet that was formulated by my aunt's mom whose hobby is dog nutrition...maybe you could see a nutritionist and have them formulate a diet just for your dog without the allergens and that would be balanced and healthy. it might not always be the turkey, (probably is) but it could be something else in the kibble that's making her sick.

if you want my Raw recipe i'll gladly share it, but it looks like your dog is allergic to some of the ingredients so i don't think it will help..

good luck on all this..hope you find out what to feed and stop her bloating soon and hope she feels better real soon

Originally Posted by dwerten (Post 2881327)

ok well if this is working stick to it but if you are still having to supplement with mylicon then something may still not be running right but you will not know until you start cutting back on that. What about lactulose as that makes dogs go as well just curious if they ever mentioned that

Originally Posted by dwerten (Post 2881328)

also with a dog with constipation i would feed a wet food not dry as it is easier to digest

Originally Posted by dwerten (Post 2881329)

I agree with this here and sadly vets do not know alot about nutrition :(

Originally Posted by dwerten (Post 2881330)

No turkey No poultry as sounds like poultry could be your trigger - I have read turkey is not good for dogs either and may be making her gassy. I would recommend feeding her canned natural balance venison and sweet potato or Fish and sweet potato - NO WHITE POTATO as it is inflammatory - NO inflammatory foods so google inflammatory foods. Go VERY BASIC. Just feed her the canned food and NO TREATS right now you need to get back to basics --Here is the deal with pumpkin it is used for constipation and for diarhea so too much can do the reverese affect so you have to be cautious of that - I gave too much along with brown rice and my girl had diarhea so the brown rice went through her whole along with having orange pudding poops.