Burns is wheat, gluten, dairy,soya and beef free as are his treats (well has been for nearly 2 weeks) Im still learning alot about feeding but wonder if it is colitis can this be triggered by excitement etc....

Colitis can be triggered by stress if the dog is at all nervous?

Can you tell me more about probiotics and the feeding you are talking about, i will be honest and know nothing unless its dry complete so do need to know what this is, thanks

hes always been a nervy dog and gets excited at anything different so that might not help, i do know when i feed him cooked rice and chicken he seems fine

I've put links for BARF and Orijen.

BARF is "Bones and Raw Food" or "Biologically Appropriate Raw Feeding" depending on who you ask. Basically feeding a diet of raw muscle and organ meat, bones and sometimes vegetables (again depending on who you ask).

Home cooked would be feeding things like chicken and rice and beef stew etc.

Orijen is a biologically appropriate dry food, containing 70% meat, 30% fruit and veg and no grains/cereals.

The best way of feeding probiotics is to give Natural Live Yoghurt.

Pobiotics are something like the Actimel yogurt drinks - mine have had them with no ill effects especially after bouts of runs or sickness - although you can go to health food shop for probiotics.

Ive bought sheeps milk live yogurt this week they loved it

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how much natural live yogurt do i give? is it put on his food or given separately? will need to look into the links youve given, there must be something somewhere either food or outside that hes getting that doesnt agree with him, just need to find out what....

if you think about how much one of thoes actimel holds its about 3 desert spoons you can give it seperate they love yogurt but it must be plain as the flavoured ones have loads of sugar in them

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I give a full little bottle of Actimel and just give it to them in a dish on its own