I have started a new thread about my son's dog (chi, 9yrs old), because I have found out information that I didn't know was happening. The dog had an attack of pancreatitus about 7 weeks ago and is still not doing very well. The major complaint seems to be diarrhea and the lethargy and general not feeling good that goes with it.
However, I just found out that my son got this dog from someone that didn't want to deal with the dog's "pooping problems" anymore. So this dog has always had problems in this dept. Here is an email that I got from my son this morning...:
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Mom,
I agree, diet is important... even before she had the pancreatitus attack... she still had "irritable bowel syndrome" or whatever you want to call it, she had diarrhea ....never saw her poop even once in the last few years that are normal solid dog turds....
I don't think I've gotten 8 hours of sleep in the last 3 years... maybe for the days when she was at the vet and a few times when it was so bad she slept downstairs.... she'd be up 2 or 3 times every night to go out and poop... like every two or 3 hours... I'd be up at 11p(if I was in bed), up at 1-2am, then up at 4-5am... to help her make it outside to poop....
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I had no idea he was dealing with this sort of illness with his dog. I never dreamed he had this much patience to tell you the truth...LOL... Bless his heart!...
Now here is the email I got yesterday about how she is doing since the pancreatitus diagnosis...:
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mom,
well, we are still experimenting, and it's been up and down with Daisy... sometimes more solid poop, then later very liquidy... there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason....Did notice though after going thru the nightafter no food since like 7pm that her poop would be more solid in the early part of the day and then as we gave her the medicine, it seemed like by the afternoon her poop would be more liquidy by the evening... the other night was particularly bad... she could barely make it off our bed(she sleeps in our bed) before she had to poop... and she, yes, she decided by herself, she was going to stay downstairs that night....she pooped about 3 or 4 times during the night(pretty typical), but did not make it outside....the next day she felt awful... she would not get off the couch except to poop and didn't want to eat.... I wouldn't want to eat either if my rear end was on fire.... till I gave her a pregnezone mixed into one of her treats which she loves(milk bone treat)... then her appetite started coming back----the pregnezone gives her more appetite I was told by the vet.
Today we decided to try something different....
We just gave her the pregnezone and none of the anti inflamatory... so far, it seems to be having a good effect, it's after 6 and she just pooped and it was softserve--- that's good for her!
I think the anti inflammatory medicine was making it worse.... just a hypothesis at this point, but after tomorrow I will know a little better....
she is still on the halo and shredded sara lee chicken.... that seems to be ok, but I think I'd like to get her to eat some dry halo mixed with the wet to dry to reduce the moisture content in her poop, but I don't want to try too many things at the same time.
that's it for now!
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You can see how hard he is trying to figure this stuff out for himself...I don't think his vet is much help at all... Do any of you have ANY idea what is wrong with this dog? Are there any diseases that have chronic diarrhea as their symptoms? Is this just a dog that desperately needs a special diet? We really don't want to give up on this dog, so any ideas, suggestions, opinions would so much be appreciated...
Thank you sooo much for any replies....
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