ZoeysMommy
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- Feb 4, 2014
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- Zoey
Hey everyone,
I am new to this site so I am trying to figure it all out. I joined this site to see if I could get some advice and maybe communicate with other bulldog owners who may be experiencing some of the things I am with my bully. I have a 4 year old english bulldog named Zoey, this past June I started noticing somethings change with zoey such as her eating habits and bowel movements she was have sever diahrea she lost her appetiate, lost alot of weight very quickly and she was drinking alot of water. Brought her into the vet and they did ALOT of blood work and x-rays. Its been a VERY long/expensive road!! Long story short zoey has a liver disease and they found fluid in her stomach, bascially her small intestine was not absorbing any nutrients from her food (by the way I was not feeding her high quality food :/ very bad choice on my end) which is why she lost so much weight. The vet had told me that since this occured it was very likely she would become allergic to many things she has eaten before such as chicken, beef and pork. The vet did put zoey on prednisone, atopica, and I squirt a fish oil capsule over her food in the morning. I am in the process of trying to find a dog food for her and I am beginning to feel hopless. I tried Natural balance and it seemed to work but then the dog food color kept changing everytime i bought a bag so that ended that trial I have since then switched her to Zignature and it seems to be ok but she is very dandruffy and shes getting bad teary eyes. I also forgot to mention that Zoey has had Demadex mange. I know prednisone is terribly bad for her and supresses her immune system which is why her demadex is showing a break out and I want her off of it but I cant just stop giving it to her. Since being on the prednisone and atopica she has but weight back on and she is back up to 43 pounds, Zoey was 45 pounds before she got sick and she dropped down to 29 pounds (very scary I cried every night!).
I just dont like to see my baby hurting and I know shes not 100% back to her normal self. She is now back to being active which she was not very active when she got sick and she does have terrible gas! I love to spoil zoey with treats and bones however I am unable to really do that anymore since im afraid to give her anything that might cause a flare up.
All that i give zoey at this point is her Zignature food morning and night, Vitality healthy hip Salmon and veggies jerky treats and occasionally a deer or elk antler to chew on.
Is anyone else going through the same thing as me that might be able to help me and ease my mind a little bit. What dog food should I be feeding her? What else could I or should I be doing? I have thought about switching her either taste of the wild or california natural... any thoughts?
Thanks for reading!
I am new to this site so I am trying to figure it all out. I joined this site to see if I could get some advice and maybe communicate with other bulldog owners who may be experiencing some of the things I am with my bully. I have a 4 year old english bulldog named Zoey, this past June I started noticing somethings change with zoey such as her eating habits and bowel movements she was have sever diahrea she lost her appetiate, lost alot of weight very quickly and she was drinking alot of water. Brought her into the vet and they did ALOT of blood work and x-rays. Its been a VERY long/expensive road!! Long story short zoey has a liver disease and they found fluid in her stomach, bascially her small intestine was not absorbing any nutrients from her food (by the way I was not feeding her high quality food :/ very bad choice on my end) which is why she lost so much weight. The vet had told me that since this occured it was very likely she would become allergic to many things she has eaten before such as chicken, beef and pork. The vet did put zoey on prednisone, atopica, and I squirt a fish oil capsule over her food in the morning. I am in the process of trying to find a dog food for her and I am beginning to feel hopless. I tried Natural balance and it seemed to work but then the dog food color kept changing everytime i bought a bag so that ended that trial I have since then switched her to Zignature and it seems to be ok but she is very dandruffy and shes getting bad teary eyes. I also forgot to mention that Zoey has had Demadex mange. I know prednisone is terribly bad for her and supresses her immune system which is why her demadex is showing a break out and I want her off of it but I cant just stop giving it to her. Since being on the prednisone and atopica she has but weight back on and she is back up to 43 pounds, Zoey was 45 pounds before she got sick and she dropped down to 29 pounds (very scary I cried every night!).
I just dont like to see my baby hurting and I know shes not 100% back to her normal self. She is now back to being active which she was not very active when she got sick and she does have terrible gas! I love to spoil zoey with treats and bones however I am unable to really do that anymore since im afraid to give her anything that might cause a flare up.
All that i give zoey at this point is her Zignature food morning and night, Vitality healthy hip Salmon and veggies jerky treats and occasionally a deer or elk antler to chew on.
Is anyone else going through the same thing as me that might be able to help me and ease my mind a little bit. What dog food should I be feeding her? What else could I or should I be doing? I have thought about switching her either taste of the wild or california natural... any thoughts?
Thanks for reading!