Hey everyone! New member here. I've had my Doberman since he was 7 weeks old. He's had the runs pretty much every day and has always had horrible gas since the day I brought him home. First the vets thought he had
Parvo when he went in for his first shots and I told them of his explosive diarrhea. Thank god it wasn't parvo but they suggested a fecal test. We did 3 of them a few weeks apart and they found nothing. The last one being the most comprehensive fecal test they could do. The Diarrhea continued and I finally went to a specialist a few weeks later. They did 2 additional fecal tests @ about $300 each and found nothing at all. He's basically had all tests done and the next step was to sedate him and do an endoscopy and colonoscopy. I have not done this yet because I thought it could be his food.
I originally started him on great life no grain buffalo and then put him on chicken and rice at the specialists suggestion. He was on that for over a month and still had horrible diarrhea. I decided to try a different great life and switched to chicken no grain and still the same issues. He's now on blue buffalo chicken and brown rice but just started that about 2days ago.
I have no idea what to do at this point. I can keep switching his food but this is a nightmare! Can you imagine house training a puppy with explosive diarrhea? Luckily he's potty trained now but this issue still needs to be addressed. I'm hoping maybe some of you have Been down the same road and can suggest some alternate methods/foods I should try. He's currently 10 months and 77 pounds and still steadily gaining weight but I'd love to see some solid poops out of this guy. I have 2 other dogs as well so I'd prefer to feed them all the same thing. The other two are mutts and seemingly bulletproof! All my purebred dogs have had issue after issue it's absolutely ludicrous at this point! Thanks for your time any advice/input is greatly appreciated.
Parvo when he went in for his first shots and I told them of his explosive diarrhea. Thank god it wasn't parvo but they suggested a fecal test. We did 3 of them a few weeks apart and they found nothing. The last one being the most comprehensive fecal test they could do. The Diarrhea continued and I finally went to a specialist a few weeks later. They did 2 additional fecal tests @ about $300 each and found nothing at all. He's basically had all tests done and the next step was to sedate him and do an endoscopy and colonoscopy. I have not done this yet because I thought it could be his food.
I originally started him on great life no grain buffalo and then put him on chicken and rice at the specialists suggestion. He was on that for over a month and still had horrible diarrhea. I decided to try a different great life and switched to chicken no grain and still the same issues. He's now on blue buffalo chicken and brown rice but just started that about 2days ago.
I have no idea what to do at this point. I can keep switching his food but this is a nightmare! Can you imagine house training a puppy with explosive diarrhea? Luckily he's potty trained now but this issue still needs to be addressed. I'm hoping maybe some of you have Been down the same road and can suggest some alternate methods/foods I should try. He's currently 10 months and 77 pounds and still steadily gaining weight but I'd love to see some solid poops out of this guy. I have 2 other dogs as well so I'd prefer to feed them all the same thing. The other two are mutts and seemingly bulletproof! All my purebred dogs have had issue after issue it's absolutely ludicrous at this point! Thanks for your time any advice/input is greatly appreciated.