Tonight we tried giving Lacey Chicken,white rice and chicken broth with some pumpkin plus 1/2 tsp of FloralZymesLp Probiotics.Tonight bowels are getting better and firming up so we’ll keep her on this for awhile.This is a lesson for me to learn if I see any dog in the future when I feed raw with skin on the meat having diarrhea the first thing to do is to give chicken,with rice,chicken broth,some pumpkin and some type of probiotics for dogs and then take off the skin off the meat that they can’t handle if it’s chicken,turkey,pork..chronic diarrhea with the chicken skin,pork skin whatever take it off that particular meat.That last part was just a note to myself for future reference!
Edit:May 11 2011:I attempted to try give Lacey a few small pieces of Chicken & Brown Rice treats and to my surprise she actually held her poop for longer than10-30 minutes.Before the trip when I tried to give her chicken she’d poop out chronic diarrhea even a small piece but today she was able to hold it for a long period of time.I decided to take her on a short walk to see if she will poop because I was very curious to see her response & how her body would react..It was good a little soft nothing severe. So…now….we’re giving her small amounts of chicken whether it’s treats,table food chicken,can food then maybe eventually dry food chicken and perhaps eventually raw chicken without the skin…I’d love to get her on raw but one thing we need to be sure is that chicken overall(in all forms)will not be an issue for her…I am just amazed at the fact she can hold her bowels longer than 10-30 minutes without having chronic diarrhea…Check back to see how she is doing..Tonight she had Merrick’s Grammy’s Pot Pie which is chicken flavored.I gave her maybe 1T..she was hungry even with people food but I allowed her to eat other treats(not chicken)..I’d give her more chicken can food but I don’t want to push our luck!
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Lacey’s recovery from dental cleaning
Lacey is doing wonderfully with her recovery.She continues to remain active,is taking water,accepting can food though getting her to eat the can food with probiotics is not that simple but once she sees there is people food waiting for her she takes it with no problems!She’s running around the house,jumping,playing,continuing to do tricks for treats,comes for treats with prompting,taking her meds like a good girl,going on walks..Still whimpers/moans/cries every so often but defiantly getting better as the days go on..However she has not taken a bowel movement since the 25th so we’re keeping a close eye on that.She’s licking her front paws where the vet/vet tech shaved her legs so that they can put in the iv and whatnot.Her fur’s growing back quickly!She got a new leash and new id dog tag today.She’s a trooper and doing great!
Lacey’s Dental Cleaning January 25 2011
Today Lacey got her first dental..Overall she did good.She breathed on her own but after she woke up she was disoriented a bit.When we went to get her the vet tech placed her in my arms and she moaned/cried a bit then she was ok.She already recognized her name.Dr Kaya sent us home with OraVet Home Care kit but we are not going to use it.It’s like a gel medicated with medical ingredients from Pfizer Animal Health that you are to put on the dog’s gums once a week.Instead we will be using PetzLife Oral Gel along with daily usage nightly we’re going to try put the gel on a q-tip once a week and apply it to the gums to see if there’s any difference.If that does not work we’re looking into other products(natural dental products)such as a spray,gel,raw meaty bones or whatever else there may be.So far we’ve tried toothbrushing with dog toothpaste,we tried Jones Natural Chews which helped her to be able to crunch biscuit like treats however she doesn’t chew it daily,tried with the petzlife oral gel,dental chews…
Dr Kaya gave us some antibiotics for Lacey but with her past history on antibiotics w/ her UTI she developed yeast infections,staph and these were times we didn’t give probiotics so this time I called VCA to be sure that was correct.It was and so we picked up FloralZymes from Naturally Pet.We’re going to give 1/2 tsp with each meal for the time she’s taking antibitotics.We may just continue that if she does well.We try not to get additional supplements unless it’s needed.
http://www.craftycreatures.com/healthypets/supplements/pf_florazyme_lp.html
The Antibiotic she was given is called ClinTabs 25 mg 1 tablet every 12 hours for 2 weeks straight on a full tummy.So that means she has to eat two meals a day which she’s not used to.She’s used to eating once a day but we are about to get a little more strict with her feeding schedule and cutting her back by half so that’s 1/16 cup a meal twice daily.
We also picked up a new bag of Orijen Adult(80-20),a bag of Acana Pacifica and a bag of Acana Wild Prairie.We still need to pick up a bag of Orijen Puppy,Orijen Reigonal Red and Orijen 6Fish(all 80-20) next time we go in a few months.
