Puppy Sick!

[Jane57]

Less protein doesnt mean at all that it will call a dog down, quite the opposite sometimes , if  a dog is eating a food with a lot of cereals, fillers , rubbish etc it will have the opposite effect.
JWB has rice as its main ingredient.

We were on JWB and Riley was fine, but we changed to eden and he has thrived on this for a year. Its a higher protein of the good variety.

[Charlie Pup]

Interesting.... I've read about Eden recently, I'd never heard of it before.  Is it only available on-line?

[Poppsie]

I have got to admit that my two were on JWB and did really well on it, until they went onto the adult variety  then runny poos. So I changed them on to the natural dog food, and now they are both fine  x x x

[Jane57]

Interesting.... I've read about Eden recently, I'd never heard of it before.  Is it only available on-line?

There are some retailers all over the country, but the online service is second to none.
I get my 15kg which is £53.99 within 2-3 days, lasts me 3 months.

[Charlie Pup]

Just back from the vets, she thinks it may be the food as he's always had a sensitive tummy, however he is also feeling a bit bloated, although clearly not in any pain.

The vet has given him an anti-sickness injection which was very stingy and he didn't like, some antibiotics and some zitac as antacid.  He's also got a bit of conjunctivitis so he has cream for that too    

We have popped him on the Royal canin sensitive food for a few days and he is back in on Tuesday to check he's still not bloated at all, if he is we may have to send him for an x-ray to make sure he hasn't eaten anything he shouldn't have.

When we go back we are going to talk about changing his diet as clearly this one doesn't agree with him. 

You would not have known anything was wrong with the loon though, he just thinks the vets is a big playground, its an absolute nightmare as he wants to play with every dog no matter where he is and just thinks every human wants to interact 

[Mudmagnets]

Hope your get the little guy sorted soon.

Tummy upsets can be debilitating over time (even if it doesn't seem that way, at the moment )

I think the majority of pups think that everyone is their friend, who cannot wait to give them a fuss & cuddles  It can be a blessing (as in they are not afraid) but a pain if you're trying to keep their concentration on you 

Think it's good he likes the vet though.

[BobnDot]

Milly had exactly the same problem when moving from JWB puppy to the adult version.

After a chat with our vet we put her on the puppy version of Orijen for a month and then moved her to the adult version.

She's been on Acana and Orijen adult for the past two years with no further problems and we now have Chaz, our worker, on an Acana/Orijen mix as well. Great for their coats and absolutely boootiful poos  .

Bob.

[Charlie Pup]

Milly had exactly the same problem when moving from JWB puppy to the adult version.

After a chat with our vet we put her on the puppy version of Orijen for a month and then moved her to the adult version.

She's been on Acana and Orijen adult for the past two years with no further problems and we now have Chaz, our worker, on an Acana/Orijen mix as well. Great for their coats and absolutely boootiful poos  .

Bob.

Thank you, I haven't been happy with his coat for a while, I know he's a working cocker but he's quite dandruffy and sometimes dull, although greasy, if that makes sense.

Again I've not heard of this food but I can research and take findings to our vet, who I have to say is absolutely brilliant.

[PennyB]

Thank you, I haven't been happy with his coat for a while, I know he's a working cocker but he's quite dandruffy and sometimes dull, although greasy, if that makes sense.

do you give it a brush every so often (I mean like a bristle type brush (not too hard though) to stimulate the skin cells) - this can help the skin - I was advised this by a vet re some foster pups I had who had dandruffy skin like this

[Charlie Pup]

I do brush him every other day, more so that he can get used to being brushed! I do think it is all diet related, if my diet is poor my hair and skin is a bit lackluster so I would imagine / hope the same.

He's not been sick since his injection yesterday, hoping the medication will sort his irritated tum and we can go from there 😊