my 6 month old puppy Chester has been having diahorrea on and off since we have had him, been vets several times given the paste then he starts to form then few days later his first poop is solid then next few runny, mucus, and bit of blood. Vets says blood is from straining himself & nothing to worry about but I am worried. When we bought him he was on Dr.John’s but I couldn’t get the food at our local supplier so we put him on wainwrights dry food, the vets say the upset tummy was because of the change in food but he was still having runny poo after few weeks. Tried swopping him onto wainwrights wet food and this seemed to do the trick for quite a few days. Until it started again, can anyone recommend a suitable dry food?
Maybe get a second opinion from a different Vet. I think you're right to be concerned. Its not normal for any dog to have diarrhea every day. I wouldn't dare to recommend a food. I think maybe a vet would be better to help with that. I hope your pup is feeling better soon.
Hi @Karen Luxon . Sorry to hear little Chester is not feeling good. I'd maybe ask your vet to test a few poo sample just to discount any parasites or worms that might be causing a problem. Among other things, mucus and blood in stools are signs of a Giardia infection which our little one had. Your vet will obviously know best, but it's maybe worth checking out? Hope it's all okay - let us know how you get on.
Switching our puppy to NUTRO essentials- large breed puppy food really did the trick for us. Our girls poo turned from really loose to nicely solid within a day, and she is doing great on it. But not every dog will take to the same food, the same way. I do agree with the other comments in this thread. It's not normal for a puppy to have bloody, runny stools expecially for this long. I would definetly have her stool tested for parasites, if you haven't already. Good LUCK Karen! Hope Chester feels better soon!
I agree with the others, he needs to be checked again and have some tests run, that's definitely not normal. How is he in himself, still gaining weight/growing? What's his body condition and coat like, does he have loads of energy? Let us know how he gets on.
Thanks for your reply I’ll make an appointment for him Monday thanks for your reply I’ll take him back again on Monday, luckily he’s fine in himself bouncing around but really getting worried so going to take him back
Yes he’s fine in himself bouncing everywhere we exercise him twice a day every day with no reluctance from him not showing any signs of being poorly himself but obviously this appears to be not normal so will request some testing. Coat is fine and yes he’s gaining weight, did have a bout of worms but sorted that so not sure if he has some parasite in his intestines or something
I would give him a 3-5 day course of Panacur 10% at the giardia dosage - this is non-prescription and you can get it online yourself. You will thereby be able to tell the vet you have already done this, and skip a step - since it may be what the vet does next anyway. Panacur is a very gentle wormer and has the benefit of also being effective against giardia when given at a reduced amount for several days. If this doesn't work, I would definitely be getting a stool sample done and insisting that is run and I'd also change vets because blood in stools is not normal and is not the result of straining. That sounds like a vet applying human mumbo jumbo hypothesises to dogs and not a vet that is knowledgeable about the typical things you come across with dog gastro conditions. Change vets...!
