Thanks Olesia. I'm a recently retired vet nurse so fairly familiar with use of oxytet for gut problems - although I haven't seen a case of EPI for several years before Reva decided to spring this on me! I do know the vets prescribe long term low dose oxytetracycline for some dogs with persistent rec...

Thank you Patsy and Olesia! Certainly some helpful thoughts there. I'm anticipating probably one Lypase per meal long term - she's doing well now we seem to be sorting out the SIBO and has actually gained 3kg since diagnosis, most of it in the past month! Due her last Oxytet dose tomorrow but I have...

Hi there. This is such a hot button topic. Ultimately it's a personal decision between you and your vet. I can tell you I have heard of some people having bad side effects from Nexguard and others swear by it. I personally recommend any vaccinations and flea/tick and heartworm meds be given a few w...

Quick update on Reva - she's doing really well, putting on weight and full of energy. We've been struggling with poos of very variable consistency so decided to try another course of antibiotics. She's coming to the end of 2 weeks of oxytetracycline (nice antibiotic which has the added effect that i...

Thank you Olesia - that's very helpful. Interestingly, she's had no probiotic since running out of it 36 hours ago and so far today she's produced 2 perfect poos and just one softish but formed one out on her walk, so I'll see about trying a different one and start at a low dose. Anyone in the UK ha...

Thank you Jean - and all who have replied - it's comforting to know I'm not alone! I’m in the UK, just outside Stratford upon Avon. In answer to your questions, Reva started a week’s course of Synulox (Amoxycillin/Clavulanic acid) the day before she started on the enzymes and I have also been giving...

Hi – my name is Sarah, I’m a recently retired veterinary nurse in the UK and I have a 13 month old GSD called Reva. Reva is a small, energetic long haired bitch who has always been slightly underweight as many adolescent high energy GSDs are, and ownership of past GSDs led me to expect her to start ...

Hi - I've just joined this forum too with a recently diagnosed EPI dog - 12 month old GSD. Although I'm a recently retired vet nurse, I haven't had much experience of EPI as it's thankfully fairly uncommon these days, at least here in the UK, so I'm feeling my way too and really pleased to have foun...