My 13 month old cocker spaniel (Pictured below) has been having issues with constipation for several months.
She refused to move, was very irritable, lethargic, didn't want to eat ect. We took her to the vets and after a couple of trips, pain relief and x-rays we found out she was not injured but just full of poo. The vet told us to feed her Royal Canin gastrointestinal loaf wet food and give her 5-10 ml of lactulose 3 times a day with the expectation that she should be doing about 2-3 poos a day.
We have been feeding this for about a month now and her energy levels generally are back but she is still quite irritable in the moments leading up to doing her poop. Before she has pooped she doesn't really want to walk, chase her ball, play with her dog friends. After she has pooped she is the complete opposite.
Does anyone have any advice or has experienced this themselves?
We also don't want to feed her the royal canin food indefinitely as nutritionally we have heard it is not that good, we also used to feed her dried food as it was easier and we often used it when training outside. Taking a can of wet food to the park works but is slightly disgusting
If our dog is sometimes constipated is moving back to dried food a bad idea?
Does anyone have any easy on the tum food recommendations?
Finally are there any things we could give her that would making going to the toilet easier for her?