Hi all, hope you're all well? The photos of the new puppies Ali look amazing - makes me want a play mate for Dodger even more.
Poor Dodger however is a week into his second week of diarrhea in the past couple of months. Bless him, at first he was going out constantly with little bits, now it's less frequent, but there's a lot of very soft stools.
We've changed vets, and they seem lovely. We've been twice in the last week as they're keeping an eye on him closely. We've been told to put him on a bland diet, although he's mostly refusing to eat anything other than bits of chicken, scrambled egg or white fish. Rice - not interested just snuffles it out of the way. They suggested some pasta which he did seem to eat once covered in the yummy bits, but a week on he's not interested any more.
He's had an antibiotic injection and they've sent off a stool sample for checking - so we're now watching him closely and waiting for the results.
Worried though as to what it could be that upsets his tummy. We feed him Skinners Duck & Rice which we've had from the beginning. To go with it we have Wainrights Lamb or Turkey. He doesn't eat lots of treats and doesn't tend to eat anything than the odd leaf in the back garden occasionally.
When we go on walks he doesn't pick anything up - lots of sniffing at things but that's it and he stays within eyesight pretty much all the time. It's only when attempting to chase the birds he goes a little further - but then returns instantly all excited so no time there for any munching on something naughty.
So hoping knowing how much more experienced you all are whether there are any suggestions. Could it be the biscuit - would it be worth changing to a different one? Could it be the meat - should we change it or reduce or stop it? Could it be something that he's picked up from other dogs?
Any suggestions would be really welcome as it is constantly worrying us.
He seems mostly his usual bouncy self. Bit more clingy and is whining quite a lot more than normal for seemingly no reason. He's finding it more difficult to settle, lots of fidgeting too. He's also weeing in his crate sometimes during the night which he hadn't done in ages.
We've tried fasting him for 12 hours - but that's about his maximum. More than that and he just whines and refuses to settle or sleep.
We weighed him last week and he's a healthy 30kg, so thankfully he hasn't lost any weight during this time of being poorly - but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and huge thanks in advance
