Originally Posted by Sled dog hotel

Have the vets done a 3 day fecal sample? There are bacterial infections one in particular called campylobacter that need a prolonged course of certain antibiotics and sometimes a combination to completely eradicate it. If it is comething like that, then that may explain it getting better after a course an then re-occuring again. The course may be enough to "damp it down" and see an improvement but why it re-occurs.

There are also parisite infections not a worm but a protozoa organism, there is giardia and another called coccidia, again these can damp down but flair up again if not eradicated completely.

If the vet did a 3 day fecal, it should show up if the above were present. The reason a 3 ay is done, is that it increases the chances of finding things. 3 different samples are taken over 3 consequestive days.

Is there any mucos or tiny flecks on blood present anytime in the faeces, that can be a sign of colitis which means the bowel is inflammed, thats usually accompanied by diarrhoea and sometimes the dog just strains and produces a muscos.

Originally Posted by Emma1980

No, well the first vet i went to checked her poo by sticking his finger up her bum (oh god i was gagging!!) and said it looked ok. The 2nd vet (which is my usual vet) didn't check. I find that the vets only ever seem to check her tummy and say that she seems fine any time i bring her for whatever reason i bring her!!
As far as the mucus goes, yes, there is a lot of mucus in it - the ones she's done in the house don't have any but they're very wet and then when i let her outside she'll strain for a bit then it's just yellow mucus that comes out - like someone sneezed on it for want of a better way of putting it!!

Went to the pet shop there a while ago and explained my situation and they recommended "Select Gold" - so far she hasn't touched it although they did say that if she won't eat it, bring it back and they'll refund us the full amount so that was good!