Whats a good diet for pups with diarrhea?

[Scoobstersmom]

Ummm...sorry - that's 6-7 months, 4 pounds (not four months! LOL)

Diana and Scooby

[Amethyst]

CANINE digestive enzymes are probably needed. Just a suggestion: do some reading online about it and then go with the one you think best. I am doing this myself right now. I did not know about this until I watched a Utube video by Dr. Karen Becker. Very important for all of our sweet babies because they are domesticated.

Instant mashed potatoes can also help some dogs with diarrhea. I have used them and the pumpkin puree and they worked.

I'm also reading "The Whole Pet Diet" by Andi Brown and so far am liking it very much. There is much information and knowledge in it and I'm very glad I bought it.

Wishing you and your darling Yorkie good health.

[mimimomo]

Any updates?

Originally Posted by Scoobstersmom

Jenny, I noticed you mentioned giardia in the previous post. We have recently acquired a small pup - probably poodle mix - six months and around 4 months, that was diagnosed with giardia right after we got her. Since she is so small the vet broke the dose of panacur up so she would have six doses - six days - instead of three. I've never had a pup with anything like this. Do you know anything about it? Will she be okay? We're to take another stool sample in one week after she finished the meds, so a few more days, but we're really worried about her. She did not have any symptoms when she was diagnosed. It was a routine stool check.

Diana and Scooby

Just seeing this, how's your pup doing? I have no experience w/giardia, but recurring diarrhea is to blame & some pets do not show any syptoms. Giardia | Don't Let This Parasite Ruin Your Pet's Health

[Scoobstersmom]

Originally Posted by mimimomo

Any updates?


Just seeing this, how's your pup doing? I have no experience w/giardia, but recurring diarrhea is to blame & some pets do not show any syptoms. Giardia | Don't Let This Parasite Ruin Your Pet's Health

Hi. Thanks for asking. Dropped off a stool sample Tuesday and got the results today. The vet said the results came back with no cysts visible in the sample, but on another test they did she still tested positive, which sort of was a "false positive" but that she might always test positive? That there might be a few of these little creatures left in her intestines or something that we can't get rid of? It didn't make sense at all to me. I said, just do whatever you have to do to get RID of them. She said, there's no way to get rid of them?? Huh? When I got frustrated, she finally suggested that we give her probiotics for a few weeks and then test another sample. But I am also frustrated because she's also pressing to get the pup spayed and pull some retained baby teeth right away. Okay, I get that. She does need to be spayed and the teeth need to come out and she's the right age. But she's also a very tiny little pup, not even four pounds, and shouldn't she be healthy before she has surgery? Does this whatever it is that might be in her intestines mean that she's not healthy enough for surgery? FWIW, this is a little rescue pup - not yorkie but probably mostly or all toy poodle - and we don't have much background on her and are only guessing her age to be around 7 months because she's had all her permanent teeth for the month we've had her.

Diana and Scooby
If anyone knows anything about this Giardia stuff, could you fill me in?

[tom_kkh]

my westie, from day 1 we got him, he is always giving soft loose poo, diarrhea?

we tried almost all the brands in the market and nothing works except taste of the wild and Fromm.

even tried, digestive enzyme, pre-biotic and pro-biotic paste/supplements of most trusted brands.

In the end we realized that the dog is not receptive to high protein diets. any kibbles/treats having above 30% protein in the content, his poo goes loose.

hope it helps.