Help please

[juju]

The vet said if it was the food he would constantly have the runs. not periodically.So we are all baffled as to what it is.

[Bonny]

Has the veterinary taken any samples & tested them to see what could be causing the food to pass through your dog like it has been doing. Maybe there is an intestinal infection & it needs to be treated with medication. Maybe check with the people you got the pup from also to see if they have had any problems their own dogs. Just some suggestions. Good thoughts & prayers sent your way for your pup.

[juju]

when we had his poop tested about 6 months ago there was bacteria found, but as i explained in my other post test couldnt be done this time as he is on antibiotics for a water infection.

[Eastwood Great Danes]

The vet said if it was the food he would constantly have the runs. not periodically.So we are all baffled as to what it is.

The vet is wrong on that one. Dog food does not have the same sources of food in each batch/bag. In fact you don't have any idea what is in it or where it came from. Each batch may be simular, but its not the same chickens, the same corn, the same anything and dog food companies do not really know either. The dead/rejected for human consumption animals are taken to a rendering plant and cooked until the moisture is gone then turned into a powder and sold to dog food companies as 'meat'. The 'meat' now in powder form could have come from anywhere. Most likely diseased too. Not trying to gross you out, but if the meat in dog food was good enough for humans then humans would be eating it. That is a fact. What is in most if not all commercial dog foods is 'meat' that would be unacceptable/unfit for human consumption. So it CAN be the food and more then likely is in my opinion.

[juju]

we have to take charlie back to the vets saturday,so we shall take further steps to get some tests done.

[juju]

when we first had charlie we fed him pedigree chum, then nutro choice,and now james wellbeloved, do you think I should try another brand of food? If so do you have any suggestions.I appreciate any help.





thanks julie.

[Karen]

I would ask your vet, of course, but maybe try a lamb-and-rice food, which is supposed to be pretty non-allergenic for most dogs, switch over gradually, and then just stick to that food forever if it works. Switching foods around a lot isn't great for their tummies, either.

[juju]

thanks for the advice i am feeding charlie lamb&rice at present.