Bear's tummy troubles

Oberon

Oberon

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Canberra, Australia
Natalie said:
I should also add, as maybe it's related, Bear doesn't smell great. He has a glossy thick coat, but it's a bit pongy, sort of like sour milk or strong cheese. Just quite musky, whereas Monty smells lovely. .
He's not itchy but will often jump around to bite a patch on his rear legs (it's not fleas). This would also be a potential food intolerance issue, I think?
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Diet. Our first Lab was like this. We switched to a home cooked diet (mix of cooked and raw). Problem solved. Not sure exactly what the problem was but it was something to do with commercial kibble.
 
Natalie

Natalie

Oberon said:
Diet. Our first Lab was like this. We switched to a home cooked diet (mix of cooked and raw). Problem solved. Not sure exactly what the problem was but it was something to do with commercial kibble.
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I'm hoping this will be the same for Bear. Don't suppose you remember how long it took for the smell to change / disappear?
 
edzbird

edzbird

Location
Isle of Man
Dog! Diet is such a minefield for dogs who have sensitive stomachs. We knew fairly early Meg couldn't eat beef....we were giving cooked beef as treats & tinned food containing "meat". Switched the wet food to salmon & potato and duck & rice (same as the kibble). Stopped the treats - bum better. Re-added the beef treats - bum loose. So switched her to chicken treats. Seemed OK, for many months. Lately bum became loose again. Switched chicken treats to turkey (but limited quantity) - bum fine. Chicken MIGHT be OK - it MIGHT be down to quantity (or stress), but anyone who's had this type of trouble will understand I'm reluctant to re-add chicken. For now.

All this loose bum was in parallel to vomiting - which turned out to be something different!

Plus Pets at Home have stopped doing Duck & Rice wet food - agggh!! We switched to turkey & rice. No loose bum. Phew!
 
snowbunny

snowbunny

Location
Andorra and Spain
If and when the time comes to add calcium, you don’t need strange supplements with dodgy ingredients. I use either Now brand calcium citrate, which is very easily digested or, when I can’t get that like now with Covid, I grind egg shells to a powder and add that to their food.
 
Natalie

Natalie

snowbunny said:
If and when the time comes to add calcium, you don’t need strange supplements with dodgy ingredients. I use either Now brand calcium citrate, which is very easily digested or, when I can’t get that like now with Covid, I grind egg shells to a powder and add that to their food.
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I'm probably going to look at the eggshells if I continue this - I used this one for Monty - although it's recently been re-branded as Beef Bones, my tub from last year is called 'meat and bone meal' - probably due to people asking what's in it! It was fine for Monts with his rock hard digestion, but not so suitable now.

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Today has been good - more good poos, no wind, and oddly, a generally calm dog this morning considering he didn't get a walk first thing, but 15 mins training in the garden with Monty. I don't think he gets anywhere near enough sleep, he's mostly a cat napper but this morning he seemed more settled for longer.
 
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