My old yorkie has colitis I usually feed her mince cooked with fat drained off, tatties and veg, she's not good with chicken, tripe and I nearly killed her the other week with a tiny bit liver.  It would be handy to have a convience tinned food for when we are away in the caravan. I tried chappie and that was no good.  The vet advised hills prescription diet ID.  I gave her a tiny bit with her dinner and found out ID stands for instant Diarrhoea. Any ideas for me to try.
Laura

My terrier who suffered from this condition very badly did well on Beta but then she also did well on Chappie so this might not be the right choice for yours.  Unfortunately I think it is a case of trial and error :)

Have you thought about getting some tinned sardines in sunflower oil, or tuna? drain all oil out first, then mash up. Otherwise it MIGHT be worth buying a tin in tomato sauce? or sild or other such tiny fish, they are all pretty cheap and easy to store!...feed her bones and all as they are so soft they won't hurt her. Poor wee thing...it must be a struggle?

Hi thankyou for your answers
the beta's a dried food and although she will eat dried food now and then I have to have something she will readily eat because if she does not eat before noon, then she can't as the acid starts and she then goes on to make huffing noises with pain and just sits and hangs her head.  She won't eat tinned sardines or salmon although she will eat fresh fish grilled such as trout and salmon. Even things like cold cooked meats are useless as they upset her as well.  I've tried chappie, caesar, natures menu, bakers, hills, shops own, pedigree and pal.  When she's ill it's like a slaughterhouse in the kitchen.  About a fortnight ago I thought she was going to die but she perked up. 
Laura

Butchers tripe seems to be another tinned food well tolerated.

Nature Diet Lite is a very good food for a dog with Colitis :)

Min my Lab who suffered terribly was nearly at the stage where we were considering putting her to sleep because she had lost so much weight, she was skin and bones :( because all the diets we tried never even touched the condition. However we started with NDL and it was such an amazing turn around She lived a happy life until she was nearly 15 ;)

Lucy
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Hi Lucy
i'm going to try this and see how we get on.  I know what you mean with the PTS but then when she perks up again you feel guilty for thinking about  it. 
thankyou

Are you trying the new foods one at a tiime or are you mixing a little of the new food with your home cooked food, and increasing the amount over a few days?

Hi Val
What I do is start with a teaspoon mixed in with her food and increase gradual but we never get to the stage of only feeding the tinned food.  I   have  gaps in between trying things as well.  The reason I asked was the last attack was so bad and she was strange afterwards.  She would pee on the floor and look for praise, she became scared of her stainless steel foodbowl so I bought a bright pink one and she liked that and at times she sort of forgets how to walk and she becomes very uncoordinated and freaks out with fright.
Laura

Bless. :)

Hi Laura
I'm sorry to read of your poor old girl's problems.  You haven't recently started her on any sort of medication have you?  I only ask as these strange symptoms you have just mentioned sound a bit familiar.
Carina

Hi Carina
thankyou for your concern.  I haven't started her on any new tablets, she's getting better though as the toileting is back to near normal and i've been thinking about the walking thing and I think it's happening because she is getting so nervous.  When she's walking and I think if she gets anxious her legs are going funny like a baby deer, then she hunkers down with them spread out and is frightened to get up.  I just usually pick her up and pop her on the couch and she gets over it.  She's nearly jumping out her skin at the least thing and she now can't bear to be on her own. if she gets carried about all day she's alot happier.
Laura

Denes is supposed to be very natural & gentle on the stomach and they do some senior food in cans too.

Thankyou  ChristineW
I hadn't seen this one before i'll put this on my to try list.
Laura

Hi Laura,

I actually cheated & Googled dog food & colitis to see what links came up but I notice that the Senior Maintenance actually specifies suitable for colitis.    You should look through the herbal remedies etc. too, they have a Probiotic powder.

I had a dog that would suffer colitus for the whole of his life if I fed him food with wheat in it, or the heavily processed foods. It was a trial and error with him, I knew when the food didnt suit because of what came out the rear end...we ended up where he could eat Eukanuba regular adult with no problems at all. Treats were a no no, because I didnt want to upset him having found something I could rely on. Then, on opening a new bag of Euk, he started with the bloody, runny poos again. I really couldn't understand it, then a friend suggested I check the ingredients and low and behold there was wheat added, which Euk had always said they would never add. So, I changed him onto Arden Grange classic adult, this seeming to be the closest to the 'old' Euk, and this suited him till his life ended at 11 yrs. I just wonder if this would help the OPs dog, or be a consideration to try? I know what works for one will not suit or work for another, but my boy was really bad except on Arden Grange. If he stole something, or ate our leftovers, it would start, you always knew when he had been stealing! I hope the health bit can be sorted, its awful when you want to help your dog and can't :)