[Doglover61]

Hi...I am hoping someone is going through with I am going through...I have a small Yorkie mix dog who has had a history of sensitivity to foods and prone too diarrhea....I have tried so many different foods from kibble..canned..homemade..raw..and will have a couple solid poops and then diarrhea...well about two months ago he absolutely loves to swim and swam in a lake that I guess was contaminated with ecoli and bacteria and got Giardia so was prescribed antibiotics and powder to sprinkle on his food...well it never went away so got another round and that never helped because he is still getting the diarrhea...I am frustrated with the vet I have so went to a new one yesterday and he felt his belly and said it was swollen as well as his lymph nodes...he is running tests but said he thinks he has Irritable bowel disease.. he said it is food related...said he is not a fan of ground beef or chicken so said to give him yogurt..white rice and gravy...well my spoiled dog will not eat it...he said he will eat when hungry but I feel so sad and bad for him...anyone's dog have this...suggestions. ..recipes. ..any advice would be so grateful. ...it is going to kill me because he loves treats and bones. ..Thank you.

 

[storyist]

Run this by your vet. You certainly don't want to go changing things constantly.

One of my Rotties had a lot of digestive problems in her last years. My vet told me she'd seen dogs like her do better on really low fat diets, and the Honest Kitchen Zeal was one that often worked. It did work for my dog. She was on it her last 2 years, and it cost a fortune for a Rottweiler. For a small dog it would be much more reasonable, but still more expensive than a lot of foods. And of course the dog has to be willing to eat it, and it has to be good for the individual dog's particular condition. It's fish based and a dehydrated mix that you add water to.

Definitely talk to you vet about Zeal or anything else before trying, and since your dog is picky, get the smallest package of anything you can in case he won't eat it.