I have a 10 week old lab female. She has had soupy stools for almost three weeks now. After I had her for a week I slowly changed her food over to Natural by Royal Canin. It's a holistic dog food. That is when she got worse. Since I have put her on a white rice and fresh chicken diet and it did firm up some. However when I attempt to add the dog food to her meal so I can gradually change her back she gets the poops again. I have tried with several different brands of food but get the same results.The vet has checked her out and says there is no reason why this should occur. If I stick to cooking her rice and chicken everyday she seems to be fairly regular and much firmer stool. Am I going to have to cook for her everyday forever? I'm afraid she is not getting the proper vitamins and nutrition from the chicken and rice only and my vet sure doesn't seem to help.He treated her for girardia and that didn't do it and he doesn't seem very confident about anything. Has anyone else had this type of problem or are there any suggestions? I'm stumped.

If you are sure there is nothing actually wrong with your pup, you could try Naturediet. It has all natural ingredients incl. chicken and rice (there are different varieties) and they do a puppy food, I have seen it recommended for dogs with colitis, and my dogs have never been healthier.

I hope your pup gets better soon, maybe worth checking with your breeder to check her littermates

Hayley

Hayley,
I am not sure yet about nothing being wrong. I am taking her to a new vet tomorrow for a second opinion. I appreciate your suggestion about the food. Is it a good one. So many are chicken parts and not really healthy it's scary. Will this colitis make them have the poops? My vet should have caught that shouldn't he? He certainly hasn't had any suggestions or been much help. A friend told me to feed her the chicken and rice for a few days and when I brought it up to the vet he says Oh yeah that's a good procedure to try and see if it is the food or an illness.

Hi Terry,

So sorry to hear you're having problems with your pup.

Your vet sounds a proper p**t though.....it's good that you're getting a second opinion.

I'm with Hayley, I've heard that naturediet is very good, although I've never used it myself, and also, Arden Grange is good, I use this for my pups and older dogs and have never had any problems.

I hope all goes well, and the new vet is more help than your previous one.

Take care, and good luck

Lisa

Hi Terry

I'm no expert on colitis but that and a few other intestinal problems (not all serious) can cause problems toileting, does she sometimes have difficulty pooing? I think that is also a classic sign.

Naturediet is great (and not too pricey)has a good % of meat, along with ground up bone, rice and other good bits. My Lab Cross used to have occasional toilet problems but he is great now he is on Naturediet as long as we are careful with his treats. Is your pup getting any chewies or chewing on anything in the garden or house that could be causing the problem?

Good Luck at the Vets today, let us know how you get on, he/she may well ask for a sample :(

Hayley

We use Naturediet and it's great. You can even heat it in the microwave if your pup prefers it warm.

We changed to ND after looking at their web-site where it lists all the nasties that go into more widely manufactured dog food. Everything that goes into ND has been certified fit for human consumption so your dog is eating genuinely un-modified nutritous food. You can actually see the chunks of carrot and rice in it.

Cost wise it's ok too. A pack costs between 50-60p and lasts Molly 1-2 days (She's only a Westie though and has it mixed with a little bit of Burns as she likes the added crunch) so you might need more than that.

when we got Mol she had an upset tum aswell and the vet gave her antibiotics saying she'd prob eaten something in the garden. she was fine afterwards. I think a second opinion is def the way to go. Good luck!

Sometimes after a pup (or adult) has had the runs and antibiotics and the runs etc an overgrowth of flora can grow in the gut which causes a lot of air in the stools and a specific drug is needed to get rid of this.

I can't remember what it is but one of my pups had this problem a few years ago after she poisoned herself by eating the damp proof course (don't ask!). As soon as the vet twigged what the final problem was he gave the correct tablets and she was right very quickly.

Christine

Hi I also have 10 week old lab bitch puppy and for the first 2 weeks she had diarrhoea and bloody stools. the vet gave me antibiotics,but the bloody stools continued I was advised to cut down the amount of chicken and started adding baby food to the rice,and a spoonful of live yoghurt. After a few days the bloody stools had gone,and i introduced her gradually to Burns complete,as there are no additives,and she seems to have a sensitive tummy. This week she is totally on the Burns now,and her stools are firm and normal,and she is fine.Try cutting down the chicken and get a couple of jars of baby food for babies of 4 months and gradually add afew pieces of whatever food you are going to put her on i did it over the course of a week,and as I say,she is fine now.Hope this helps