Hey guys, I posted about my dog in this section several months ago when he was going through a really rough time of GI symptoms.
Long story short, he's doing much better (though nobody knows why) - he's eating and drinking, energetic, poops are good, no vomiting. EXCEPT for 24-48 hours of being sick with 10 or 11 days of being fine in between. He will stop eating, throw up a couple times (bile w/flecks of semi congealed blood) and be lethargic. It's very strange. I keep a journal of details about his food, exercise, poops, attitude, the weather... I cannot tie anything in to a 12-day cycle. Then, he gets over it and goes right back to his food and water. Usually, during the last few episodes of this, he has not had any diarrhea.
Could just be that he has some weird version of IBD? He's seen 3 vets including an internal medicine specialist who did ultrasounds; had extensive blood work (twice), fecal tests, Addison's test, urinalysis, insect-borne disease test, been treated with Metronidazole, Panacur, and Baytril, and nobody can really find anything medically wrong with him other than a slightly inflamed large intestine lining.
Anyway... @Thecowboysgirl I know your dog also seems to have "cycles" of feeling sick - I'm wondering if this is what's going on here. I think I'm going to try a new food - Nature's Variety Instinct and see if I can find a limited ingredient diet in case it is a food intolerance. Currently he eats Fromm Heartland Gold, mostly. He is also having a skin issue - red dots on his belly/armpits but doesn't seem itchy. I am thinking that is relevant, somehow. We have not done allergy testing.
He won't eat Sojos, Grandma Lucy's, THK, Stella and Chewy's... He's an EXTREMELY picky eater and I'm still in the process of figuring out what to feed him. He eats a probiotic/plant enzyme, and coconut oil. The occasional chunk of cheese, a scrambled egg, chicken breast here and there. 100% raw meat isn't possible right now due to freezer and money constraints but I'm open to ideas! I was so disappointed when he turned his nose up at every flavor of THK. :crying: We are supposed to be receiving samples of Ziwipeak at some point but who knows if they really sent them.
Thoughts, anyone? What would you do? It's so hard to troubleshoot to see if anything fixes the problem because it would involve waiting 2 weeks to see if he goes through the same cycle again. Sorry for the long-winded post but I really am at a loss at this point. My brain is totally fried with all the research I've done, and my bank account is empty after spending multiple thousands of $ trying to get some answers! I feel so helpless when he is sick.
Long story short, he's doing much better (though nobody knows why) - he's eating and drinking, energetic, poops are good, no vomiting. EXCEPT for 24-48 hours of being sick with 10 or 11 days of being fine in between. He will stop eating, throw up a couple times (bile w/flecks of semi congealed blood) and be lethargic. It's very strange. I keep a journal of details about his food, exercise, poops, attitude, the weather... I cannot tie anything in to a 12-day cycle. Then, he gets over it and goes right back to his food and water. Usually, during the last few episodes of this, he has not had any diarrhea.
Could just be that he has some weird version of IBD? He's seen 3 vets including an internal medicine specialist who did ultrasounds; had extensive blood work (twice), fecal tests, Addison's test, urinalysis, insect-borne disease test, been treated with Metronidazole, Panacur, and Baytril, and nobody can really find anything medically wrong with him other than a slightly inflamed large intestine lining.
Anyway... @Thecowboysgirl I know your dog also seems to have "cycles" of feeling sick - I'm wondering if this is what's going on here. I think I'm going to try a new food - Nature's Variety Instinct and see if I can find a limited ingredient diet in case it is a food intolerance. Currently he eats Fromm Heartland Gold, mostly. He is also having a skin issue - red dots on his belly/armpits but doesn't seem itchy. I am thinking that is relevant, somehow. We have not done allergy testing.
He won't eat Sojos, Grandma Lucy's, THK, Stella and Chewy's... He's an EXTREMELY picky eater and I'm still in the process of figuring out what to feed him. He eats a probiotic/plant enzyme, and coconut oil. The occasional chunk of cheese, a scrambled egg, chicken breast here and there. 100% raw meat isn't possible right now due to freezer and money constraints but I'm open to ideas! I was so disappointed when he turned his nose up at every flavor of THK. :crying: We are supposed to be receiving samples of Ziwipeak at some point but who knows if they really sent them.
Thoughts, anyone? What would you do? It's so hard to troubleshoot to see if anything fixes the problem because it would involve waiting 2 weeks to see if he goes through the same cycle again. Sorry for the long-winded post but I really am at a loss at this point. My brain is totally fried with all the research I've done, and my bank account is empty after spending multiple thousands of $ trying to get some answers! I feel so helpless when he is sick.