
04-04-2008, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Desperate re Diarrhoea in my 9mth old Cairn
Hello to everyone
I am new to this Forum and am desperately trying to find help. My lovely 9 month old Cairn has been on/off ill with diarhhoea for months and months. We started on Royal Canin food when he was a pup and all was fine. He settled in fabulously and I took him to puppy socialisation classes and puppy training.......then trouble started, all that treat food to train him the positive way, coupled with an early dose of anti-biotics for a spot on his chin may have set him off. After lots of vet time, they decided it was actually food intolerance. We have been on sensitivity diet, dermatitis diet (even though not experiencing itching) and now on hypo allergenic and it's just started again. He gets well for about a week and then it just goes again. He did have campylobacter and was treated for that, but it didn't stop the diarrhoea, only changing the food did it. I am exhausted, going to bed late and getting up so early to try and stop waking to a kitchen floor covered in splatter. I am nervous all day as I have to watch him like a hawk to catch it. When he is well he is immediately clean and quite normal and he never pees inside, so I know it is not a "habit", it is just because he is ill. He is on pro-biotics daily and has had other granules etc to help control the diarrhoea, but he is only ever well for about a week or two at a time. I am at my wits end however and my relationship is at breaking point as my husband cannot stand it for much longer. The vet now wants to do blood tests for pancreatitis and lord knows what, but I am at the end of my tether. I don't want a dog that has the stomach of a princess, as it's just impractical. I have four children and got a Cairn to be a sturdy companion for all of us.
Any help / advice / support gratefully received
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