Originally Posted by rox626

Do you think she has HGE?
http://www.vetinfo.com/dencyclopedia/dehge.html

Originally Posted by chelbuddy

Hi Snickers Mom - I'm so sorry to hear your pup is not well, but happy to hear she seems to be getting better - my puppy has been having a similar trouble - Initially, diarrhea that was diagnosed with a fresh stool sample as very definitely Giardia, treated and then diarrhea again. We thought it was the Giardia back again, they told me I didn't have him on antibiotics long enough and they prescribed Panacur - which kept him on the diarrhea train for a while longer. Then he got REALLY sick - 106 fever, dehydrated. Spent the day at the vets getting fluids, then home where I worried and worried - kept him hydrated giving him chicken soup and cottage cheese and yogurt while he was on another antibiotic.

Now he is better, but is so prone to stress and soft stool - every time I try to give him his old food, which he did fine on for so long! He gets diarrhea. So I'm keeping him on Rice and Chicken Soup and plain Yogurt and some small bites of boiled chicken and lamb.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one having the problem - It is very scary when you don't know what's going on!

I keep Buddy pretty well confined so thankfully I haven't had troubles with the carpet. Even with diarrhea he uses his Wizdog or the extra pad I keep in the bathroom.

Anyway - Sorry to hear of your trouble - and I thought I had it bad!!! Hugs!

Originally Posted by barbg402

Poor baby, I hope she is better soon. Does the bloody diarrhea have a strong foul smell to it? If so, could be a lite case of parvo. Parvo eats away at the lining of the intestines.
Don't let anybody fool you, having vaccination for Parvo does not always prevent it. Juice died from it, he was up-to date with all vaccinations.
Hope your baby is better soon!

Originally Posted by dianne

I would watch the rice as Ive done quite a bit of reading on nutrition for dogs and rice is a no no for dogs.

Originally Posted by Breezeaway

If you feed your pets lots of white rice for example, you will end up giving them diabetes. In fact, if you're asking a veterinarian who has been practicing for twenty or thirty years, they will tell you that they have recently seen a skyrocketing increase in the number of cases of diabetes in dogs. That's due to changes in the nutritional makeup of cheaper dog food products today that are using a lot of white rice as a filler (because white rice is cheap and makes the dog foods more profitable). But just as in human beings, white rice causes diabetes

Originally Posted by snickers mom

wow thats really interesting... snickers vet had her switch to the chicken and rice diet for awhile and usually i feed her Nutro which i thought was a good food but its lamb and rice...

Originally Posted by Breezeaway

If you feed your pets lots of white rice for example, you will end up giving them diabetes. In fact, if you're asking a veterinarian who has been practicing for twenty or thirty years, they will tell you that they have recently seen a skyrocketing increase in the number of cases of diabetes in dogs. That's due to changes in the nutritional makeup of cheaper dog food products today that are using a lot of white rice as a filler (because white rice is cheap and makes the dog foods more profitable). But just as in human beings, white rice causes diabetes