Meg Food

[edzbird]

She's difficult. Can't eat beef - it gives her very soft stool. She eats Wainwrights duck & rice, and salmon & potato wet food. She has this with Skinners duck & rice kibble. We often have vomiting episodes. They occur hours after she's eaten usually. She'll often eat it twice over then give up. Then she goes onto bland white fish. Last time white fish & oats, then back on to her wet food. She doesn't vomit on this. Last week she stole a spicy roast potato & vomited half an hour later.

She can go a week or several weeks on Skinners without vomiting. I'm 99% sure she's not scavenging (apart from the potato).

When she's on the wet food alone she's not vomiting but she gets constipated, producing very hard, pebble-like poo, often very pale, so I don't think she can continue on this. OH had on a suggestion, what was she on at the ManxSPCA. I checked... Chappie Chicken kibble. Chappie is fairly low fat, I'm wondering if it's fat causing her to vomit? Anyway, I've bough a small bag of Chappie and she's had a little throughout the day today, so far so good. BUT, she's OK for a few days when re-introducing Skinners so this may mean nothing. She'll get more Chappie tomorrow. Fingers crossed we can get over this.

When she's sick she's never off colour. Always full of beans and keen at meal times. She loses body fat so quickly and all ribs will be visible in 3 or 4 days.

I'm just rambling through this, mainly to get it in my head..but if anyone has any thoughts..I've looked at Collie & Dalmatian digestive problems but nothing springs out.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Can you just leave her on the chappie? I do think you need to discuss her with a vet. It keeps happening and you need to find out what's going on.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Pale stools and dark urine are a sign of gallbladder dysfunction so might fit? I guess low fat is worth persevering with?

 

[Cath]

So sorry to read this Sue. I think it may be time to have a word with the ver like @SwampDonkey said.

 

[Atemas]

My SIL feeds her 2 dogs (different breeds) on Chappie and swears by it. Hope it does the trick for Meg. It’s stressful when they have digestive problems

 

[FayRose]

Our previous lab BJ, who was epileptic coped on tinned Chappie with a small amount if kibble (JW Anything else and he would have vomiting bouts as well.
He suffered awful digestive problems because of his epilepsy meds and this food was the only thing he could digest.

Good luck with getting Meg sorted, it's awful to see them lose weight when you're trying your utmost to get it right.

 

[FayRose]

I don't know why that face with dark glasses is appearing in my post, I enter JWB in brackets and that's what comes up

 

[Cath]

I don't know why that face with dark glasses is appearing in my post, I enter JWB in brackets and that's what comes up

 

[kateincornwall]

I`m wondering if it might some sort of malabsorption type of issue ? I always keep a couple of tins of wet Chappie food in the cupboard for upset tums , it seems to sort them out pretty quickly x

 

[Stacia]

Pale stools and dark urine are a sign of gallbladder dysfunction so might fit? I guess low fat is worth persevering with?

And pancreas problems.

 

[Stacia]

I had problems with Rourke vomiting when young, the one food he can tolerate is Arden Grange Lamb and Rice, with a little Forthglade wet food on top. The Forthglade is mainly for me as I am sure he would eat AG L&R plain! Not me to eat I hasten to add! Just thought it might give him a change of taste.

 

[Aitch]

Have you thought about cooking for her? It's so easy to do and can be made up in large batches and frozen. This means that you know exactly what is in it so you can tailor it for her.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Poor Meg, digestive issues are the pits.

Barring other medical issues which may be causing her problem, here are some ideas...

Not saying this is the case with Meg, but potatoes can be a problem for some dogs. Both Brogan and now Carbon will literally projectile vomit out potatoes. Not raw potatoes, not spicey potatoes, just your basic blah potato. Sweet potatoes/yams are fine.

Rice is also not Carbon's friend, though it just messes with the consistency of his poo, no vomiting. Dogs don't need starchy stuff (i.e. rice) - it's just used as filler in commercial dog food. Normally I don't use it in home-cooked but I had some that I tried during my quarantine and it didn't go over well.

I agree with @Aitch , the easiest thing may just be to cook for her. It's not hard at all once you get into the habit. It can be hit and miss until you figure out what goes down best, but you already know that white fish is good so maybe white fish with cooked veggies and some apple or banana? For extra calories which it sounds like Meg needs, salmon oil and either sweet potato or well-cooked steel cut oats?

Also some added probiotics may help with gut health. They seem to do Carbon good and definitely helped with Brogan's dodgy tummy.