[Pitlove]

Glad to here you have some specialists you can reach out to. I definitely think thats the best course of action, as you will probably waste money going to the vet constantly.

What my vet told me was that, itchy ears and rear is a symptom of a food intolerance. My dog was eating a food that was beef and pork meal based at the time and would start vigorsly licking his rear right after eating. I got him off beef and it stopped. He’s been able to eat pork again without doing that. I’m thinking he could very well be intolerant to something in Orijen.

Not sure how long you have had Jack for, and I’m sure he is a bundle of joy, but do you think there could be ANY residual stress from his previous home given that he was a neglect case? Stress is known to cause GI upset as well. Maybe he’s good at hiding it aside from his messy poo’s? I’ve noticed how good dogs are at hiding pain. I was watching Animal Cops Houston this morning and they showed one of their worst cruelty cases where this German Shephard puppy had been left outside on a rusted chain for a collar which had completely imbedded itself into her neck to the point where skin was growing around it. When the officers came up to her to take her, she acted so happy you’d never know she had a chain imbedded in her neck and was probably in agonizing pain. Long story short and to get to my point, he could still have some left over pain from the rehome and the previous neglect. Not saying thats 100% what it is, but it’s something to think about.

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