Need Advice on solving a loose stool, sometimes Diarrehria problem that is NOT being caused by intestinal infection.
My dog is 20week old Bernese Mountain Dog – About 3 weeks ago he an attach of diarrheria – Up to this time he had been regular like clockwork and normal stools since he was 8wks old. He is being feed Blue Mountain Freedom (Grain Free Chicken ALS)
So I took him to the vet who put him on metronidazole 250mg 2x a day and a probiotic supplement. his stool sample came up negative. For food we switched to rice and boiled chicken breast –. Diarrhea cleared up but he still had loose stools – Vet then prescribed IAMs intestinal pro puppy version PLUS another round of metronidazole and probiotics — For things to get somewhat normal (stools normally shaped but like sausage) I have to fed 2/3 Iams and 1/3 Blue Mt Freedom. Now every time I start moving to 1/2 or 1/3 Iams and 2/3 Blue Mt – he stool gets softer.
Now I am thinking I need to try changing out his dog food and want to switch to Canine Caviar Open Sky — I wrote to them about their reccomendation to immediately transition to their food and not do it gradually — they wrote back saying ”
So I am looking for some help about how to problem solve this situation. I like our vet a lot but since the diarrhea is intermittent and he only has loose stools he feels it will just sort itself out.
