Hi can anyone advise me my collie has colitis+IBS the vet has told me he will have to stay on antibiotics for the rest of his life also has told me to feed him chappie it smells awful he loves it,but I always thought it was cheap and nasty,he is much better now but not sure if its the tablets or the chappie,up until now he had been on James Wellbeloved

Super Super Super food if your dog gets on with it.
We nearly lost our Chesapeake with tum problems, and Chappie is the only food he can eat
I have never heard of a dog staying on drugs for life with this, ours nearly died and no longer needs drugs

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I work my life around my dog, not my dog around my life

Mine is prematly on chappie and hes been great as he has had belts of pancritis and its meant to be highly digestable.

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Oscar babii

Hi he has been on antibiotics for the last 3years 3 a day if I try and stop them we go back to start when he was first ill he is 10years old so I will do what I can to keep him well,not really happy about the tablets,but you have put my mind at rest about the chappie although its a bit like paste.

If he's been on antibiotics for 3 years, did he still have episodes in that time?

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does smell some what but my dogs motions and all have been fab since hes been on it. Although some dogs arent good on it due to the rice.

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Oscar babii

Since he went on the tablets he stopped passing blood and mucus this was every day,he had no end of test done.Now he only has very rare soft toilet but no blood the vet has said double the tablets for a few days if that happens or the only other option is to open him up and see whats going on(her words not mine)but hes 10years old and enjoys his walks so I dont want to do that to him.

I know that you have got to go with what your vet says, but have a look at this
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Dogs

This is what our Chessie had and Sulphazine tablets work when he has an episode.
He was opened up

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I work my life around my dog, not my dog around my life

Any dogs that come into our home with sensitive tummies we feed them chappie and they can keep it in/down, a very good food even though it will not break the bank.

mo

My elderly dog had Inflammatory Bowel disease. The foods she was worse on were the "hypoallergenic" high quality premium types. She did very well on Butchers/Pedigree Chum. Medication wise she was on prednisolone for life and anti-biotics periodically (though this was more to do with the immunosuppressive qualities of the steroids).

My dog was 14/15 when she was diagnosed and we opted not to go for exploratory surgery either but she did have an ultrasound. She lived for another five years so hopefully yours can have a long life yet!