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Hi all...Jackie has had diarrhea since last night - she pulled a 3:00 am'er. I found 3 cowpies in the yard before and just now she was barking to get out, but I thought it was because there is another dog in the yard and she wanted to play and she totally had diarrhea all over in the dining room. She has not eaten anything I know of that would have set her off :-( I don't have any Tylan on hand but I did run out and get Slippery Elm Bark because I believe I read it helps settle the tummy. They are capsules and 370mg ea - how much do I give Jackie - she is a 102 lb dog. This has not happened to her since she was first diagnosed about a yr and a half ago...it might be SIBO I did notice a white film on some of the poo... | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Oh Michelle...so sorry to hear about Jackie and teh new decoration for your dining room. I know that as careful as I am with controlling what pups eat, they sometimes manage to get into things nonetheless. I hope this is only a short term 'burst' of misfortune adn that he firms up quickly. I cant help with advice...all I know about slippery elm is trying to grab hold of one to keep from falling off the Southern Alps in the rain. In that case, you need a lot of slippery elm...l.or maybe just a reasonably sized dry one. | |
--Maggie-Lee, from Christchurch New Zealand. Gratefully owned by a set of designer dogs: Charlie-Pete my beautiful boxhound,
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Thanks for the chuckle Maggie-Lee! "all I know about slippery elm is trying to grab hold of one to keep from falling off the Southern Alps in the rain." Michele~ Give jackie 1 slippery elm capsule with each meal or you can mix it up insome yogurt if Jackie can handle dairy. .... and in the meantime.. call you vet and get some Tylan... if you noticed a slimy coating/film on some earlier stools.... Guess Who's Baaccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk?! She most likely has SIBO! Anyway, better to be safe than sorry and treat for SIBO... | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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thanks...calling the vet now...in the middle of shampooing the carpet from the poo I am running to the vet! LOL...Maggie-Lee...love it...I actually had the image in my head!! thanks ladies | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Hi Michelle. Sorry to hear about Jackie. That's not good at all, even though your carpets needed it. It's nice to be able to do it when we feel like it, not on the spur of the moment. For SE, I use the powder and ea tsp is 1.5 gram (1500 mg) and I use, if it's bad, 2 heaping tsp at first, then go down to 1 when things settle down or w/in a couple of days. I don't think 2 capsules would hurt, but don't know how much is in them. ML, loved that! Could picture you hanging on to one. | |
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Why did the font grow? | |
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Michele - Sorry Jackie is having diarrhea. I think you mentioned in another thread you have lots of backyard construction going on with a new pool and pavers... maybe she just got into something left out there by the workers causing this upset. Or when in the new pool maybe she drank some of the treated water? Hopefully with a little Tylan for backup it will be a short lived upset!
Olesia - You must be your usual busy, busy, busy and multi-tasking with multiple screens open again? | |
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-- ~Becky~
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Yep... posted in the wrong place... the forum was burping at me, so i opened up a new window and duh... copied my old post and plopped it in the wrong thread.................... thank Becky....i have now plopped this post in the right thread and deleted it from here................ | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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Burping? LOL! | |
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-- ~Becky~
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Oh my Dog...it really is a freaky Friday. We got burping computers, carpet giving birth to dogs, and expanding fonts.....too many unexplained phenomena. I'm going to go get my aluminum head cover to ward off the Aliens. | |
--Maggie-Lee, from Christchurch New Zealand. Gratefully owned by a set of designer dogs: Charlie-Pete my beautiful boxhound,
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Maggie-Lee your a riot!
Michele - any update on Jackie this evening? | |
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-- ~Becky~
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ML, I don't think I've laughed this hard in a LONG time!!! AND I needed it!!! Thank you!!!!! | |
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-- Donna
Owned by Tara, a 8 YO GSD w/EPI and DM dx'd at about a year old. Fed Taste of the Wild Lamb formular kibble and enhance this diet with cooked meat, veggies and fruit, Enzymes: Pancreatin 8x - 1 tsp per cup of food. Suppliments include 1000 mg Wild Salmon oil, Glucosomine/Chondrotin/MSM and Probiotic acidophilus. Stable since 2005 Also owned by sidekicks' Zoey my rescued GSD and Max, a 10 MO PWC rescue - along with Tess (GSD) and Zeke (PWC) with Angel wings
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omg..........i'm so sorry jackie isn't feeling well :(. hopefully its nothing and she'll be feeling better in no time. ((((((((((HUGS)))))))) to you and jackie | |
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Jackie had a great night - started her on the Tylan yesterday and no poops in house last night so that is big. Have to run out and see what she did this am but I am hopeful she will be back on track real soon! Thanks for asking all. And Rose...Hugs back to Nacho...I'm going to check your post to see how he is doing. | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Great news that Jackie is getting back on track. Whew...glad it was just a burst of misfortune. Hope your carpet recovers as quickly. | |
--Maggie-Lee, from Christchurch New Zealand. Gratefully owned by a set of designer dogs: Charlie-Pete my beautiful boxhound,
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Carpet is as good as new...man...they look so much better after you shampoo them!! | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Michele, really pleased that Jackie is improving. Yep, back to the good old tylan.:) Story of our lives, it seems (lol). Sorry it's so hot where you are. Very cold here in Melbourne today. Nice & sunny, just cold. Hugs to Jackie.
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-- Lynn, From Melbourne, Australia. Owned by Tess (Irish Setter), Grace (English Setter) & Megg, my beautiful 'English' EPI Angel - Forever in my heart. .
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Carpet WAS as good as new...Jackie peed on it last night - very unlike her - she is still off but getting better. Good thing shampooer is still up there! Thank God for Tylan Lynn...Hope Megg is feeling much better. We have been having a heat spell here for 3 wks in the upper 90's - sometime reaching 100!!! It's darn hot!! | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Uh oh. Sorry Jackie had an accident last nite. Hope both Jackie and Megg are doing better real soon. | |
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At initial testing - TLI 1.2 (range 5-35) B12 254 (range 249-733) folate 20.2 (range 6.5-11.5) Natures Domain, Pancreatin 8x dosing is 1tsp per cup, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics with each meal and glucosamine chondroitin in the am. Stable and happy 95 lbs 8/15/11
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