bathroom problem

shirleys487

we have a great pyrenees that is having experiencing going problems, we have spent a lot of money trying to rectify the situation to no avail, we have tried different foods, mineral oil, stool softeners, you name it we have tried it. our vet, Dr. billings, who we have complete confidence in, has ran all kinds of test including a "barium x-ray?????" and they have checked him for blockage. what happens is he will all of a sudden cry out and then go to the bathroom almost uncontrollably and his poop is dry and chalky /and or regular looking but very very firm, he cries like a baby and its like it "surprises" him when it hits him, he has never had any internal injuries that we are aware of unless if one of our goats did something to him, but all his medical reports, test, and x-rays look great. any advice or recommendations will be much appreciated

Nagem

Dry and chalky sounds like too much calcium. What kind of diet is your dog on?

merrow

what do u feed ?


it sounds that ur feeding a raw diet i feed my boy a diet of bones and meat
and he has also started to find it hard to go he is a small lhasa apso he also yelps when he gose so now either b4 or after bones i give him 2 capsuals of oil which is about 600mg all together but sometimes i give him about a table spoon of oil if he has had loads of bones and its helped now but u have to give them oil, but this is because of the food i feed teddy so if ur not fedding natral im not sure what to say but now i make sue he has oil every day


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Nagem

If you are in fact feeding raw, cut back on the bones. Bones should roughly make up 10-15% of your dogs diet. As I said before, chalky stool sounds like too much calcium.
If you are not feeding raw than I am at a loss.