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    Okay Marianne, What is going on with lovely Luna's tummy?

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    Dang if I know! Good news is she's not acutely ill -- good energy, good appetite. It's just that over the past couple of weeks she's barfed three times for no apparent reason, and had several episodes of large, soft, mucousy poops. Both of these things are very unusual for her.

    It could just be something's up with her food. Are you still feeding Rosie the Acana? I'm still giving Luna the Duck & Pear kibble, but her stool has never been as consistently perfect as it was before they added the U.S. manufacturing and switched up the American ingredients. Also, unfortunately my lovely Luna is the "mouth of the south" when it comes to grabbing bites of any conceivable garbage she can find while out on our walks .

    So I really wasn't all that worried when I took her in, thinking it was food or garbage, but both the vet and I were a bit bothered that she's down from 65 to 61 pounds since the end of June. She has been getting a lot more exercise since Peg died, though, since I have more free time to take her on longer walks both morning and afternoon . Part of the extra worry about GI issues is because she has been consistently taking the NSAID for a while now. I stopped giving that the first time she threw up. But I think that's why the vet immediately wanted to draw blood yesterday in order to check on her liver and kidneys. So I should hear those results today, as well as the fecal. The snap test for giardia was negative, but I know that can be hard to diagnose and I do worry about that since they irrigate everything with lake water where we walk. I also worry about lepto because it's common among wildlife here. I have her vaccinated, but as we know, not all strains are covered.

    In other news, this month marks a solid year that she has been lesion-free!! YAY! Still doing the Douxo shampoo, oral omegas, Allerderm spot-on, and that's the reason I've stuck with the duck food. Also, we did finally head in for an orthopedic consult late in the summer, and the specialist confirmed that her limp is originating in her right elbow. Without more involved imaging he can't be sure of the exact issue, but a leading candidate may be a bone chip that migrates around in the joint. He will be happy to perform an arthroscopic procedure on her any time we wish, but since the problem remains intermittent (and she hasn't been limping much at all ever since the consult), we haven't rushed her in to have that done.

    So overall she had been doing really well before this GI stuff started. It just tugs at my heart cooking up her pots of chicken and rice. Peg had SOOO many GI issues through the years that I cannot begin to count the chicken/rice dinners I cooked for her. She always loved them, though, and would park herself right next to the stove as soon as she heard rice hitting the measuring cup. This week it has been little Lunie taking her place at my feet. I just don't want Lunie to be sick now, too. I'm just not ready for anything bad to be wrong. So I'm hoping it's just her food. It's a pain to start researching food again, but I'll take that job in a skinny minute rather than having something worse be wrong right now.

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    I hate when they change the recipes on dog food. They never seem to make it better. Hopefully it is just the food. Do you add Ina probiotic? Wonder if that would help her tummy.

    Long walks sound wonderful. I'm sure Luna loves them too.

    Let's see what the results show today from blood work. Hopefully nothing there.
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    The vet's given me both metronidazole and a probiotic to give her right now. Peg always got a daily probiotic cuz of her issues, but Luna has always been as solid as a rock with no GI problems whatsoever. So I always figured, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But maybe we're due for a change now.

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    Vet left a message while we were out for our walk -- said her bloodwork was great. Whew!

    Didn't mention anything about the stool sample, so I'm assuming it was negative. So for right now, we'll finish the five days of metronidazole, continue the probiotic, and then start transitioning back to kibble again and see what happens. If she has problems again, I'll go ahead and shift to a different food to see if that makes a difference. But feeling much better after getting that lab report!

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    ugh...I hate when they reformulate foods! Like Sharlene said, it never seems to be for the good of the dog.

    I hope sweet Luna is back to her normal solid self soon!
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    She might still be a rock and it doesn't preclude that the got something in her mouth that she shouldn't have and introduced some bacteria to her stomach.
    So, hopefully this will do the trick and she'll be right in no time and this will just be a tiny blip in the month.
    Sharlene and the late great diva - Molly muffin (always missed and never forgotten)

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    Yes, Rosie is still eating the old formula of Pork and Butternut Squash, and doing great on it. I bought up several bags when I realized the formula was changing and am now on the last bag. It is time to start transitioning, but to what?? Pork and Butternut squash, has been changed to Pork and Squash. Pinto beans have been added as a staple. They are really high on Rosie's allergy list. I don't know whether to try it anyway. I haven't been able to find anything else that has only pork as the meat base, with limited ingredients. Her allergies don't give me much to work with. I have been putting off the transition because she is doing so well, but my time is running out.

    I hope Luna's stomach has settled and she's back to normal once again.

    Quote Originally Posted by labblab View Post
    It could just be something's up with her food. Are you still feeding Rosie the Acana?

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    Thinking about you both today and sending positive energy and healing thoughts with love....♥♥♥

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    Thank you so much! I'm very happy to report that Luna is safely home, and all is well :-))))). The eyelid procedure and the dental all went smoothly, and I'm sure that we'll all be sleeping a whole lot better tonight ;-).

    Whew........!!!!
    Marianne

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