Bowl movement problem, help...

[mr.chiwawa]

I understand where you are comming from 100% i too have a chihuahua who is on the smaller end of the scale. And he too will find something to eat off the floor no matter how clean it is. And my little chi has the same problem somtimes what I do is give him a little of the science diet canned puppy food. It doesnt have any biprodcuts in it and its not too mosit but not too dry. Also sometimes they just need a little more water. As far as what your feeding him goes it could be the ingredents in the food, if they are bi products that can cause diffculty for a smaller chi or any chi to go potty. I feed mine an all natural diet. And honestly it doesnt cost anymore then the ones you buy an the petstores. I am going to include the link just in case you or anyone else is intrested. I would ask your vet if diet could have anything do it with it and if he.she have seen any other chi's or small dogs come in with the same or similar problems. I hope this helped somewhat and if you have any other questions feel free...chihuahuas can be tricky little things...
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[frawri]

OK I see what you mean. The vet he had been going too had been seeing him from early puppy hood. So she knew him quite well, she already knew what I was feeding him. And that he was very good about drinking his water daily. She knew his routine already so when I called in she said to try out what I did, and come see her the next day if it didn’t work. As for what I feed my dogs, it is called California Naturals, I feed them lamb and rice. And they have responded quite well to this. Their coats and skin are doing great on it, and up until a few days ago, Pippen was doing fine with his going to the bathroom. He has been doing a lot better these past two days but I am still going to take him in.
Thanks Mr.Chiwawa, for your helpful ideas. And Dragondawg thanks for you help. I am sorry that you seem to have the same problem with the dog eating things it shouldn’t. LOL But it seems you have the worse case. Pippen will at least leave my books alone. I still would like to know how I can go about seeing if he does have irritable bowl syndrome. Should I just ask my vet to look into that for me? Is the test expensive to do? Thanks again to all of you for helping me out in this. God bless

[frawri]

Opps forgot to ask about the green beans, do you think I could feed him those and just keep feeding it to him. Or is it like the pumpkin, I can only feed it for a little while. Other wise I have been told it will start to constipate him. Don’t ask me why I haven’t’ a clue. You wouldn’t think something that helps with constipation, would start to cause the problem after a while. But I don’t know the dog chemistry either, so anything can happen.