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Gina,
I am one of many here who have had success with pumpkin and the runs. The key is to only use a small bit - between a tsp and a T. Any more than that can cause the runs. Go figure. Just wanted to make sure we shared that with you.
It plugs 'em right up. My aunt's dog recently became diabetic and I had told her about it and a week later she gave it a try and it worked like a charm.
Hope you can get Goo to give it a go. :D
Kim
Gina,
Innova Senior Plus is what I feed Harley too. They also carry a canned food variety of Innova Senior.
For Harley, I mix the dry and canned together. I also use raw vegs, which I put in my food processor until they are a mush texture, along with the canned pumpkin. I also cook very lean hamburger and ground turkey and add all this (veggie mush/ cooked meat) to the dry/canned mixture.
For the pumpkin, or anything new, at least with Harley, I had to start out with giving him just a little bit.
The veggie mush, when I first made it for him I started out giving him only 1 teaspoon daily, now he gets 1 tablespoon daily, and that's his max, anymore than a tablespoon for Harley and his poop just doesn't look right.
I'm so happy the Goo is doing so much better. You are such a good Mom, Gina. I second what Alison says about talking to Dr. Bruyette about fine tuning the DI, Oh Honey, you do need your sleep.
Take care of yourself,
Hugs to you and the Goo,
Lori and Harley
Hi, Gina, Nikki really hated pumpkin, but since I have been cooking for her it is one of the veggies I use. Nikki will eat about anything mixed with cottage cheese, which is good for her.You might try that, but the pumpkin never really helped with Nikki's diarrhea.I know how frustrating this is for you.Hang in there! Sharon
Hi Gina,
Good to hear from you, and Alison is absolutely correct....you will be here FOREVER! :D Throw you out? HA! ;)
A while back Squirt had some pretty bad diarrhea and we used Imodium with success when the pumpkin didn't work. It was the liquid form and it only took a couple of doses for her. You might heck with your vet about trying that for Lucy.
DO keep in touch...often. :D
Hugs,
Leslie and the girls
Jonesing for an update on the Goo Girl.
Hi John..
Lucy's doing great.:) She goes through periods where she doesn't want to eat her food, but I'm more relaxed about it and she eventually does eat. I'm noticing a little more arthritis coming out, so I think we're going to have to put her on something besides the Dosuquin. She was doing really well for a while, but they're talking about lowering her cortisone again next week. I have to bring her in next week anyway, so we'll see. Other than that, she's pretty much back to her old self...before the cushing's, that is. I forgot how much she used to bark:eek: She's even talking again...still waiting for her to smile again, though...which looks alot like this :D when she does.
She's still a little weird outside, but getting better...but then again she was always an oddball.
Hope all is well with everyone:)
Gina and Lucy
Hi Gina,
Sounds like Lucy is doing well. Let us know when you finally get that smile.:D
Jenny
Hi Gina,
So happy that Lucy is doing great. It also sounds like your getting alittle less stressed out too!!
Were you able to find a canned food that didn't give her diarrhea that she'll actually eats?
Best of luck with your visit with Dr. B. (I'm assuming it's with him) Please let us know how it goes.
Hugs to you and the Goo.
Lori
Hi Gina,
I'm glad to hear Lucy is doing great and pretty much back to her old self again. I'd love to see a picture of Lucy's smile when she decides to bestow you with one. If she's barking and talking, a smile couldn't be that far behind!
Hope all is well with you too, Gina.
Take care,
Louise
Hi everyone....
Hope you all had a great holiday weekend. Lucy's doing fantastic:) ..I have to bring her in this week for an MRI, not sure which day yet, and I'm to collect her first morning's urine:eek: Does anyone have any tips on how to go about this??
The diarrhea seems to be a chronic problem...I don't even know if I'd call it diarrhea exactly, just maybe chronic loose stools. I'm going to see if there's some kind of enzyme or something she can take that will help.
If anyone has any tips on the urine collection, I'd really appreciate it:)
Hope all is well,
Gina and Lucy