Wednesday 22 October 2008

Slovak tums

I wonder if sensitive digestion is prevalent in slovaks? Grey was very poorly when we first got him. It turned out after battling with a runny bum for the first 5 weeks with us, despite being on cooked chicken and rice, and him nearly fading away with a raging temp at 9 weeks, that he had two nasty infections: Campylobacter and Giardia. Both infectious to humans and possibly fatal to young pups. We ran fecal tests after he just didn't get any better for weeks on end. It was really hard work keeping up with a puppy with the runs.

As soon as he had had the correct course of medication his digestion improved and became stable. He was then moved to a BARF diet, which is raw feeding. I order in a variety of meat and meaty bones from a specialist supplier. It works out cheaper than a complete food and he's doing really well on it. It also gives him something natural to do rather than just woof down a bowl of biscuits.

I've since spoken to other slovak pup owners and while they've had theirs tested for the same infections as Grey and have come back clear, a few seem to still have sensitive digestions with runny bums. So it makes me wonder if slovaks have sensitve tummys.

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