As some of you know I have a 14 year old collie x who suffers with colitis.  She has been fine so far but the other night I gave her a bit of cooked chicken (from the roast we had) and started her on the Omega 3 (which stinks!!).  Well, yesterday she was poorly again in that she had the runs that were a bit blood stained.
Is this more likely to be the Omega 3, bearing in mind she has only had it for 2 days, or the chicken.  She is fine with raw chicken but I wondered if it less well tolerated when cooked?

I have stopped both for now until I suss out which one was the culprit :D.  Other than the loose motions she is fine.

My friend has a dog with Colitis and she avoids cooked  meats especially chicken as it does not agree with her dog, sorry I can't help anymore x

Nope that's great.  It just seemed a bit of a coincidence that after the cooked chicken she was a bit poorly, and she has never had any problems with fish so I doubted it could be that.  Looks like thats another thing on the list of goodies she can't have :rolleyes: (think I need to start writing it down LOL!)

The only thing that stabilised my Lab who suffered in ND Lite :)

If we ran out we would feed rice and tuna or chicken cooked and she didn't tolerate this.

Does something happen to chicken when it is cooked to make it less 'digestible' - if someone could let me know the correct term that would be great, but hopefully you understand what I mean ;)

Cooking would reduce the fat and water content,break the muscle fibres down and also get rid of bacteria.

So would that make it more likely to set off colitis?  I am no expert in food science, as you can probably tell .
Looking back I think this chicken problem may have happened before hmmmm the plot thickens.

My Dobe with colitis can't tolerate fish oil supplements yet is ok with fish (fresh, tinned or cooked..all fine). Results in cow pats stuck together with mucus and dotted with blood. I recently tried him with plain salmon oil and got the same thing, only this time he threw up a couple of times as well and started bringing up bile which I read can happen if something is too rich. Glucosamine and chondroitin have the same effect so it seems that any marine based supplements are a no no. He is ok with vitamin E oil and starflower oil.

The only time one of my dogs had colitis was with raw chicken wings so I would never feed raw meat again.    

She's okay with raw - it's the cooked that seems to have made her poorly.
Nothing is ever simple with them is it :rolleyes:???

I used to give mine cooked chicken all the time until they went raw fed. Now, if I give Maddie cooked chicken, it gives her the runs :rolleyes: don't know why, it just does. 

That sounds like Tammy!!!  She used to be able to eat cooked meat but since she has had raw it appears she can't tolerate it any more .  Unless it is just a coincidence.
Looks like raw chicken only for her now.  She'll still be pleased she can have that though - and her teeth have come on a treat since having the raw wings.  I'm definitely converted.

Strange isn't it? Though it is only one of my girls that this happens to (all same breed)
Must admit the only time my girls get cooked chicken is if some is left on the carcass from dinner. I'm careful not to give her any of the fat/skin though :) and she doesn't get quite as much as the other two ;)

Cooked chicken (other than boiled) - particularly if with skin on will have any of mine running to the loo ;)

I only feed the smallest scraps of cooked as treats or left overs.  Better to stick with raw.

The make-up of all food is altered by whatever processes we put it through hence why some dogs cannot for eg eat a dry complete diet of chicken & rice yet could eat fresh chicken and rice etc etc

Phew - at least I haven't gone mad then.  There was no skin and it was only a little bit but as said before another one to add to the list!!  Her dry food has chicken in it though and she seems great with this.  She must just be a delicate little 'lady' :D

Yes of course, I forgot I used to boil her chicken :rolleyes: seems ages ago now.

Oops - feel guilty that I have made her poorly when I was only trying to give her a treat .  The other one with girder guts is fine :rolleyes: