We Moved & Now Dog Won't Poo - Page 2

[MomOBrien]

How is Ollie today? Did you talk to the vet on base for her opinion? I am hoping you got some answers with the Japanese interpreter. Try to stay positive, we are thinking about poor Ollie all of the time. I wish I could be there to give you some support!

[Saredances]

btw momobrien is my mother

Finally know what's going on with my pup. One of the Japanese guys that works with my husband was soo nice in staying late at work and going with us to the vet to translate. Now that I know what is going on and what the Japanese vet is doing I can finally relax. He said what's going on now doesn't have to do with the couch, but when he ate part of the couch it inflamed his large intestine and because he was eating raw meat, the bacteria infected the inflamed area and since I had kept feeding raw it just prevented the infection from healing. So he is on antibiotics to heal the infection and the inflammation. Also the vet thinks that he is allergic to one of the bacteria infecting him, so he is on a low allergen food, and going to the vet on base to test for allergies. I'm not sure if he can eat raw anymore which really bums me out. And I feel bad that I thought no one was helping me because it turns out that a lot were I just didn't know. Thanks everyone who has posted nice thoughts and helpful answers for me and my dog.
http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/z...ahOM327/Ollie/

[Starflower]

Glad to hear things were just lost in translation and that your dog is on the road to recovery. I've heard of dogs being allergic to beef. It will be interesting to find out Ollie's allergy panel.

Cute pictures!

[somegirl99]

I'm so glad to hear that you finally got some answers and it sounds like he is on his way to getting better!

My dog has been on a special prescription ultra-low allergen diet for a few years now and he is doing great on it, only downside is the cost.

Thanks for sharing the pictures, so cute!

[Oubliette8]

I'm confused, did he ever pass the part of the couch that he ate? Did they remove it? If its still in there, it needs to come out. Rectal bleeding can come from intestinal irritation, but if he's still obstructed, that'd be my first guess as to the culprit.

[Saredances]

we're not actually sure about that part so today I'm going to ask them to scope again to make sure =/

[Ola_]

Hmm, I don't know that I buy the idea that raw food has been preventing his tummy from healing. Either way, I don't think raw should be a problem in the future - once his digestive tract has healed it should have no issues with it. I know for my sensitive tummy dog raw is actually much easier to digest than kibble. Once you're ready you can ease into it slowly, like you would with a new-to-raw dog (single protein, easily digestible pieces, intro organ meat slowly, etc).

I hope today's visit gives you some good info, and lots of healing vibes for your pup!

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

How did your doggy get Saredances?

[Saredances]

he's been doing good so far. The vet has cut his medication down do a quarter of what it was and eliminated one of the medications, so just the one quarter now, which I think is the antibiotic. I'm still waiting to see how he is when the medication is done with and if we can go back to feeding raw. I gave him about a half tablespoon size of ground beef the other day while making hamburgers and no problems. He has two weeks of medication and then I think he will be off of it. Would it be okay to start giving a little bit of ground meat once a day or so? I was thinking no to bones? oh and yesterday I gave him his heartworm medication for the month, he had missed the previous months because of the vomiting and diarrhea, but yesterday he threw up half of the heartworm medicine. . .should I leave that as is or give him half of another one?

MCatLvrMom2A&X, thanks for asking =)

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

I think the ground meat will be fine. Nice and easy to digest. I dont think I would give him more hear worm med right now though.

[Oubliette8]

The heartworm medicine is NOT distributed evenly throughout the chewable. So you can't split them because the majority of the dose might be in one end. The medication is rather safe for most dogs and the dose in heartguard is very low. People have given many times the proper dosage and their dogs are fine. However, since he is not feeling well, I would probably wait. Ask the vet about it when he is feeling better. They may want to do another heartworm test, but if the lapse in treatment is short they may decide its safe just to start him back up on the next scheduled dose.

[Saredances]

so I had given my dog a little bit of ground beef half tablespoon about, and he was fine, did that again about two days later and again he was just fine. My husband left chicken in the fridge for two days and so I gave a little bit to my dog to see how he would do with that since he did just fine with the ground beef, and he was fine, so for the next four days in addition to the soft food and kibble I gave him a little bit of the chicken until it was gone, he was still doing great and I felt optimistic. We ran out of his canned food a couple days ago and I didn't have time to go get more, so I decided to do a little bit ground beef and just the kibble along with the antibiotic. He only had two servings of the beef, about half a cup or even a bit less, and last night he had diarrhea. I'm confused as to why the natural diet is causing issues after all this time and the processed dog food is fine. and also why the ground beef is causing issues when fed to him without the soft food? because even though it was just a small amount when the beef and chicken was fed along with the soft food he was fine. Will I ever be able to feed raw again?