Advice and guidance with my husky/German Shepard.

Khloekaiser

Hi everyone I own an amazing husky mix German Shepard pup he is 7months old and his name is kaiser for just a little over six weeks now kaiser has been suffering with diarrhea it all started not long after I moved back to family home with him, when I was living out of home kaiser ate dried nuts with mince and was fine when I moved back home he was on just nuts and I changed him to different flavor food but the the same brand and that’s when it began he got sick was really down in himself so went to the vet they gave him a pain relief , a week course of antibiotics and put him on the hills hypoallergenic food he was on that for 4weeks with little to no inprovement so I went back he got a poo sample done and bloods and what showed up was he had a high white blood cell count in his small intestine he is now on a 6week course of antibiotics, the hills top hypoallergenic food zd and bran sprinkled over each meal to help bind his poo. It is helping a bit but still not as I would hope. He gets nothing but his food besides what he gets his hands on been a puppy. I’m worried he’s loosing weight and how it’s just not healthy. The vets in the vet I go to all seem to be saying different things one saying go for a scobe another saying no try this first I just don’t have much faith in them anymore and I am hoping for some advice and guidance and also some opinions on a good vet that is familiar with both breeds preferably in cork but I am willing to travel once I can get it sorted. Thanking you I’m advance khloe and kaiser x

dudara

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tk123

Have you tried just putting him on what worked for him originally?

muddypaws

Huskies get diarrhoea very easily when overfed. They are very efficient at converting food into energy and need less food than other breeds. I know it seems odd, but if you cut the food slightly it might solve the problem

As TK suggests, why not go back what he was originally on?

mymo

I add veggies to bulk up stool, rice can be good too, but first port of call is original food.
Also small meals 3 times a day, weigh food going by guide on pack.
Best thing I found to put weight on my dog (Tibetan terrier who was very thin as a young dog, and has sensitive belly) was cooking a stew of mince meat/chicken, veggies and rice, no stock just water, turns out tasty if done in oven like casserole.

the beer revolu

Regarding the vet recommendation, I think Dec the Vet in Douglas Woolen Mills is excellent, very nice and very experienced. Just the way he handles animals inspires confidence.
While not questioning the other vet he has working for him (I have no experience of her) , maybe call ahead to make sure Declan is on.

Bunnyslippers

If I ever get an animal with diarrhoea I always starve for 24 hrs with water only, then introduce a very bland food like chicken or fish with rice and in a small amount with a table spoon of live yoghurt. If no more runs then up the amount and give two feeds in a day, I do this for a few days, it gives their gut a chance to rest and heal, after 4 days I add a small amount of their food back in and gradually phase out the bland stuff over a couple of days. Resting their gut is the only way of it healing, sounds cruel starving for 24 hrs I know, but it works!

DBB

Bunnyslippers wrote: »

If I ever get an animal with diarrhoea I always starve for 24 hrs with water only, then introduce a very bland food like chicken or fish with rice and in a small amount with a table spoon of live yoghurt. If no more runs then up the amount and give two feeds in a day, I do this for a few days, it gives their gut a chance to rest and heal, after 4 days I add a small amount of their food back in and gradually phase out the bland stuff over a couple of days. Resting their gut is the only way of it healing, sounds cruel starving for 24 hrs I know, but it works!

This was always the advice given, but it's now known and advised by vets that fasting a dog with diarrhoea is not a good idea, because it causes problems with gut motility, and actually hampers "healing".
If the dog will take food, feed it. Bland, easy food, and a number of small servings rather than one big one.