Blood in pups stool

mrsd211 · 01-19-2008, 10:10 PM

The vet said that it's very possible Pippa has a shunt and a GI disease...she's taking her meds and the vet will check back in next week. Has anyone heard of a dog having a shunt and not having the typical symptoms?

mrsd211 · 01-29-2008, 10:40 AM

Pippa seems to be doing much better! Her stools are almost normal most of the time, she still has occasional diarrhea, but has improved tremendously! She loves her homemade food (so does her sis, Maggie, who is pushing 10lbs. now!) Anyways, I took Pippa in to be weighed yesterday and she is 4lbs. 12oz. She's gained 4 oz.! We still don't know what exactly is wrong with her, but she seems to be improving on her new diet. She sleeps through the night and doesn't go 20 times a day. I also noticed her urine is more of a normal color, it looked a little dark to me before. I AM SO HAPPY that she is better. She plays a lot more now too. She'll actually initiate playing with Maggie, before she only played if Maggie wouldn't leave her alone. I know she may still be sick, but as long as she is going up, I think we'll hold off on more tests for now. As soon as I think things might be changing for the worse, she'll be back at the vets getting poked and tested. Hopefully it won't come to that.

lisa226 · 01-31-2008, 01:26 PM

I am so happy to hear that Pippa is doing better! That is so great. I hope that she continues doing well. She deserves it after all she has been through!

CerbiesMom · 01-31-2008, 04:19 PM

It's so hard dealing with a sick baby dog. But good for you for sicking with it. I adopted a sick dog, and my family thought I was crazy for spending so much money on him. At least here you have ppl who understand what you're going through. I'm glad she's feeling better.

ChrissyBz · 01-31-2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsd211

Pippa seems to be doing much better! Her stools are almost normal most of the time, she still has occasional diarrhea, but has improved tremendously! She loves her homemade food (so does her sis, Maggie, who is pushing 10lbs. now!) Anyways, I took Pippa in to be weighed yesterday and she is 4lbs. 12oz. She's gained 4 oz.! We still don't know what exactly is wrong with her, but she seems to be improving on her new diet. She sleeps through the night and doesn't go 20 times a day. I also noticed her urine is more of a normal color, it looked a little dark to me before. I AM SO HAPPY that she is better. She plays a lot more now too. She'll actually initiate playing with Maggie, before she only played if Maggie wouldn't leave her alone. I know she may still be sick, but as long as she is going up, I think we'll hold off on more tests for now. As soon as I think things might be changing for the worse, she'll be back at the vets getting poked and tested. Hopefully it won't come to that.

I am SO glad to hear this. I don't know HOW I missed this update before. Keep up the good work. If she continues to do well, I'd take her in any way to have blood work done to compare to her previous blood work and see if there's anything she may not be getting in the home cooked diet. That way you can adjust accordingly.

We were just talking about this in another thread.

http://www.dogforums.com/5-dog-food-...tml#post197606 (Those of you who feed raw, or homecook. Do you blood test?)

BD had some good advice for us home cookers.

mrsd211 · 01-31-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrissyBz

I am SO glad to hear this. I don't know HOW I missed this update before. Keep up the good work. If she continues to do well, I'd take her in any way to have blood work done to compare to her previous blood work and see if there's anything she may not be getting in the home cooked diet. That way you can adjust accordingly.

We were just talking about this in another thread.

http://www.dogforums.com/5-dog-food-...tml#post197606 (Those of you who feed raw, or homecook. Do you blood test?)

BD had some good advice for us home cookers.

That is a great idea! I had thought of doing it when she first started getting better, but thought I should wait a bit. She still has some runny poop, but it's sooooo much better then it was and I'm so happy that she's putting weight on. However, her tongue and gums are still pale, so I'm sure she's still anemic. But we're watching her and the vet wants to keep her on the antibiotic. I'll be taking her in sometime in Feb. just so the vet can look her over and stuff. Probably get her blood work done then.

Lisa~ How is Maggie doing?

lisa226 · 02-01-2008, 08:01 PM

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That is a great idea! I had thought of doing it when she first started getting better, but thought I should wait a bit. She still has some runny poop, but it's sooooo much better then it was and I'm so happy that she's putting weight on. However, her tongue and gums are still pale, so I'm sure she's still anemic. But we're watching her and the vet wants to keep her on the antibiotic. I'll be taking her in sometime in Feb. just so the vet can look her over and stuff. Probably get her blood work done then.

Lisa~ How is Maggie doing?

Thanks so much for asking about Maggie. She is doing okay...this past week she had more days than not where she had softer looking poop, and it appeared as if her tummy was hurting her because she walked around the yard a bit. She also seemed to have a little bit more gas than usual this week. The diarrhea has still not come back so I am really thankful about that. Yesterday and today, she seemed a little better, so hopefully she will have a better week.

I hope that Pippa continues feeling better. Thanks again for asking.

Lisa

mrsd211 · 03-25-2008, 04:27 PM

New Pippa update... since I've started making her food, she seems to be completely normal! She is FINALLY over 5 pounds! (5 lbs. 4 oz.) and we finally get to see her personality! I have pics below, kind of a before & after thing. Also, the mystery spots in her ears are gone! I hope you can see from the pictures, the weight she's put on! I am just ecstatic!!!

She was near death, I feel that if I hadn't changed her food when I did, she would not be with us.

Picture taken on 1/19/08:

Picture taken on 3/25/08:

5 s corral · 03-25-2008, 10:38 PM

Hi
I would try the dry to did they test her for parvo
if not i would do that
jamie

mrsd211 · 03-26-2008, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 5 s corral

Hi
I would try the dry to did they test her for parvo
if not i would do that
jamie

Yes, that was one of the first tests they did. She seems completely fine now! She has color in her tongue and gums, she's near her "ideal" weight. In January I weighed her and she was 3 lbs. 6oz., that was the lowest I saw her weight, she is now 5 lbs. 4 oz. I haven't seen diarrhea for a couple months now. And she finally seems to be housebroken!

We have given her very little treats and she's still had no problems. I'm starting to believe that all dog food has some common ingredient, because she stayed sick no matter what food I had her on, and I had her on vet prescribed food for months. She didn't start getting better until I started making her food. In fact, both of my dogs seem better, Maggie's weight has balanced out. I'm just so happy this whole ordeal seems to be behind her now!

ChrissyBz · 03-26-2008, 07:09 PM

Congratulations.

I'm so happy for you.