new food sensitiviy?
I rotate their foods and this time they are on Canidae Beef and Ocean Fish. I have fed this before with no problems, but every time I transition him back to this, he gets the horrible loose stools again. I've come to the conclusion that this food is causing his distress. I am going to get a different food, and will cook him a bland diet for a few more days. But, I am curious, has anyone had a dog suddenly develop a sensitivity to a food they have done well with in the past? I feel so badly for Mr Simon. He's my rescue and he has never learned to let me know he needs to to out. He is fine when on a schedule but these last few weeks we have had way too many accidents in the house. I think he knows the accidents aren't welcome but he doesn't seem to be able to help it. Simon is my forever work in progress. |
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| compromized immune systems tend to result in food sensitive dogs. You may find yourself actually making his meals and not taking it from a bag or can. Have you tried introducing probiotics? Just a little at a time? To determine the culprit is a long, slow process. Adding one type of food per week to the original mix......assuming that keeps him firm. |
| Poor Simon. (Poor you and your carpets.) Sounds like the food rotation may be a problem for Simon. From my understanding, dogs, like humans, can develop a sensitivity (or allergy) to anything at any time in their lives. My sister developed cat allergies at 30 years old, and my dad developed a dust allergy at 50. As you might have seen on the forum, Oscar has immune mediated disease which leaves him prone to Inflammatory Bowel Disease flare-ups, as well as pancreatitis. Since he came to us at 10 weeks old, we have dealt with diarrhea, vomiting, and a host of tummy gurgles. On our journey, we discovered that Oscar cannot tolerate beef, bison, fish, chicken, lamb, soy, wheat or corn. So I speak from experience when I say, personally, I would stop rotating Simon's food, and keep him on something he does well on. Or, if you want to keep rotating, leave the beef/fish combo out of the rotation for him. Hope he is feeling better soon. Laurie and Oscar, the Digestively Challenged |
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