Ali the puppies look so wonderfully lovely - although looking at Dodger now, hard to believe he was ever that small. I have photos to prove it, but sometimes I wonder how he got so big so quickly.
On Dodger, pleased to say he's well on his way to being back to normal. Thank you so much Ali for all your help, suggestions, support and soothing words.
After a week and a half on chicken, rice, pasta, scrambled eggs and various other very bland things, we've gradually reintroduced his normal biscuit into his diet and his poo has finally returned to solid. He's been on a pre-biotic for the past few days and that seems to have helped.
All his test results so far have come back normal, just waiting on two others, although both of those are highly contagious so don't think they are likely to show anything. Especially as he's back to normal now.
Having discussed all the options with Ali and the vet we think it's most likely that he's got an allergy to something - possibly wheat. So we've gone back to our normal biscuit for the moment which is wheat free and cut out everything which could cause him a problem.
Today I have given him a little of the Nature Diet Sensitive meat, as convincing him to eat just biscuit every day is proving difficult. So I added a little and mashed it in well, so it coated the biscuit and he can't separate it so has to eat it all, and did.
Long term we're considering swapping him onto Skinner's Sensitive - there's 3 options of salmon, chicken or lamb. All gluten free and designed for dogs with allergies, however we're going to investigate with the vet whether there's a test he can have to check to see what he may be allergic to. Does anyone know if this sort of test exists for dogs?
He seems very much happier in himself though. A lot more settled, not itching as much and had some a good sleep last night and today. We went for a short walk today as well, which he loved. Bounding in and out of the sea in a bid to try and catch the birds. He's not any good at even getting close to them, but it's hilarious watching him try.
Will keep you posted on how he gets on over the next few weeks. As he got better last time, then a few weeks later he was back to liquisquits again, so hopefully this time we'll work out the cause and help to stop it.
