In desperate need of advice

[borzoimom]

I agree bluebird. IF she changes everything at one, she wont be able to rule out which was the culprit if it works, or could cause stomach upset.. Just change one thing- like the food.

[dab_20]

It probably is the food. Some foods just don't agree with some dogs. I feed Molli and Sammy Nutro Ultra, and they do well on it. It just depends on the dog. Maybe try another food if she is still having problems? Or a vet appointment may be in order.

Don't feel bad about fasting her. I've fasted for a couple weeks when I got my tonsils (sp?) out and I didn't mind because I wasn't feeling well. 24 hours won't effect her at all.

Hope she feels better!

[crow_noir]

Even though i was on board for natural ingredients and raw foods i just couldn't get into the fasting thing. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. At age 13 though my Shepherd started loosing muscle mass. I was browing around online looking for soemthing for my own nutrition one day when i ran across a study done on humans to find out if fasting did anything for us. It doesn't. However it named numerous studies done on mammels, including dogs. There is plenty of evidence that certain chemical that repair the body are released ONLY when the animal is fasting. This doesn't kick in for many hours. ( A 36 hour fast would do more good than a 24 hour, but who of us could actually bring ourselves to do this to our poochies? ) (Of course this isn't reccommended for already malnourished dogs.) With in a month of me fasting King once a week he was showing vast improvement. In two months we were going on long walks again. I didn't believe in starvy day, but i sure am a beleiver after seeing the wonders that it can do.

Please see your vet first to make sure there aren't other underlying problems though.

I wanted to make a seperate post about this in Health, but since we were on the topic anyhow... .