[nagdu] blueberries and milk bones

[Hannah Chadwick]

Julie,
Yes, my first thought is to take her to the vet, but so far this has
happened a lot and if I take her every time, well you can just imagine the
bill lol
I'll start on the food excersize with her at some point very soon :)

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Of Julie J.
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] blueberries and milk bones

Hannah,

It might be that she has a very sensitive stomach and that anything she gets
out of the ordinary will cause her digestive upset.  It too could be stress
or the change in schedule or some underlying medical issue.  I feel your
frustration.  I struggled with Monty's digestive issues for the first year
or so I had him.  We went to the vet numerous times, tried different
medications, changed foods, tried probiotics and herbal supplements and I
don't remember what all.  Everything helped, for a while, which gave me
hope.  Eventually we did get it sorted out.  He cannot have grains, most
especially corn, wheat and soy.

And Cindy's idea of working on food refusal is a good one.  I need to work
on this too.  Monty used to be amazing at food refusal skills.  I got used
to his excellent behavior and pretty much took it for granted.  
Last week he snagged a piece of lettuce off the floor while I was eating
lunch with the young lady I mentor. *sigh*  Lettuce of all things.  So we'll
be doing some refresher training very soon!

Julie




On 2/14/2012 11:59 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:
> Hi all,
> So I took Princess to see my grandma this morning. As we walked in, 
> Princess picked something up and was already swallowing it before I 
> could tell her to "drop it". Then grandma tells me she had blueberries 
> for breakfast and that she spilled some on accident but that she thought
she picked all of them up.
> I'm sure this happens with other dogs and people, but what I don't 
> know is how blueberries effect dog's stomaches because Princess is now 
> having softer stools than this morning and has to go more frequently.
> Oh yes, on top of all that, I think she might have picked up a bit of 
> leftover milk bones from our family dog. I think that might have also 
> caused her stool to be softer. Gosh, I'm definitely at a loss as to 
> what I should do...
> She is still on her recommended diet of rice with boiled chicken and 
> mixed with cottage cheese; I started mixing her solid science diet 
> with the mixture a couple of days ago as well.
> Will the milk bone and blueberry come out of her system if I just keep 
> her on the half and half (rice/chicken/cottage cheese and solid food)
diet?
> Thanks all in advance!
> Best, Hannah
>
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