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FAQs about puppies / Is My Bernese Mountain Dog Sick?
« on: August 14, 2008, 11:27:59 am »
We have a 10 month old Bernese Mountain Dog named Scout(male)that had some bacterial/parasite issues a few months ago, but fully recovered and seems to be completely healthy. We weighed him at 9 months old and he was almost 90 lbs, had plenty of energy and no other health issues. The only thing we had to keep him on was probiotics because he seemed to have diarrhea very badly without them. All has been well the past 8-10 weeks until recently, at least to me...
About 14 days ago he started eating less and less of his meals. We were feeding him 3-3.5 cups of large breed puppy food twice a day (total of 6-7 cups), and noticed that he was eating less and less each day. Now he is at the point where he won't eat any of his dog food at all - in fact, he has not had more than a total of 4 cups in the past two days! We've tried mixing in herbs, snacks, etc into his original food, as well as tried other puppy foods, but he still won't touch it. He looks like he's lost a little weight and I think he's definitely been lazy/lethargic, but that could be him calming down as he gets older b/c he still is very playful when provoked.
In addition, About 7 days ago he started having diarrhea again. Just yesterday he went outside about 12 different times and went #2 (runny), but stood 'in position' long after he was done, like he was trying to go/thought he was still going. Every time I let him outside he does this same exact routine.
I thought that he may have another parasite/infection, so I did take a sample to the vet for testing, but everything came back normal.
I know dogs - especially Berners - go through stages where they eat very little, but I'm frustrated that he hasn't eaten more than 4 cups over the past 2 days and won't eat anything I put in front of his face! Couple this with the diarrhea he's experiencing and I'm a bit stumped as to what might be going on, especially given the fact that his fecal test came back negative.
Any thoughts or ideas as to what might be bugging Scout?
Thanks in advance!
About 14 days ago he started eating less and less of his meals. We were feeding him 3-3.5 cups of large breed puppy food twice a day (total of 6-7 cups), and noticed that he was eating less and less each day. Now he is at the point where he won't eat any of his dog food at all - in fact, he has not had more than a total of 4 cups in the past two days! We've tried mixing in herbs, snacks, etc into his original food, as well as tried other puppy foods, but he still won't touch it. He looks like he's lost a little weight and I think he's definitely been lazy/lethargic, but that could be him calming down as he gets older b/c he still is very playful when provoked.
In addition, About 7 days ago he started having diarrhea again. Just yesterday he went outside about 12 different times and went #2 (runny), but stood 'in position' long after he was done, like he was trying to go/thought he was still going. Every time I let him outside he does this same exact routine.
I thought that he may have another parasite/infection, so I did take a sample to the vet for testing, but everything came back normal.
I know dogs - especially Berners - go through stages where they eat very little, but I'm frustrated that he hasn't eaten more than 4 cups over the past 2 days and won't eat anything I put in front of his face! Couple this with the diarrhea he's experiencing and I'm a bit stumped as to what might be going on, especially given the fact that his fecal test came back negative.
Any thoughts or ideas as to what might be bugging Scout?
Thanks in advance!