Anyone Else Have a Sick Dog?

intparent
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:19:38 +0000

Thanks for the good wishes. She actually seems to feel fine right now. She is in the 7th day of an 8 day cycle of Flagyl.

I don’t think it is just the solid food causing the issue, as she was pretty much back to normal for at least a week after the last treatment.

I talked to the vet today, and she agreed that it could very well be the food. She suggested that we switch to Purina One for older dogs going forward (first she suggested Science Diet, but I’m not up for $54 a bag unless really necessary). And intpup is really a very sturdy dog except for this one incident (at least normally has a sturdy tummy). The vet said she thought since I switched her food starting today (bought something different last night), and she is still no the meds for a couple more days that we would probably be okay going forward. She said she would keep this in mind if she sees any more dogs with diarrhea in the near term.

cnp55, I feel like the manager of the pet store did NOT want to tell me why they had production issues. I wasn’t really suspicious at the time, I figured he just didn’t know. But the young women working up front told me all about the rumors they had heard and about the other recalls from the same facility (and I didn’t tell them my dog was sick, just that I needed food for my dog and asked if they could help me pick something because they were out of our brand). Maybe he thought it would hurt his business if people know about this, because in retrospect I am sure he knew the same things the women did. Have you heard any more than just “production issues”?