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Old 02-10-2006, 10:54 PM
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Re: chronic diarrhea for 4 months now. help?

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Originally Posted by rottnkidd
Many dogs that suffer from bowel disease have an intolerance to ANY type of grain.
Not to be contrary, but every IBD dog I know has NEEDED a carbohydrate in the form of grain, usually rice or pasta, as part of a home-cooked diet. I'm not sure what part of a commercial diet is intolerable because it cannot be dissected (it could be any number of things in the food), but I do know that dogs with intestinal disease do much better with a single protein/single carbohydrate home-cooked diet than on any commercial diet....and it includes a grain.

And I agree......four months is WAY too long for a dog to go on with diarrhea......ask for a referral to a specialist in internal medicine, and a visit to a good holistic vet is a good idea also.
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