Bahaha, sorry, remember how I love irony? How did they end up discovering this, btw?
Well when we went it I told the vet that I didn't care how many tests they had to do, I wanted to know what was wrong with him. I explained in detail everything within the last few months that has happened with him. (this was finally MY vet seeing him.)I explained how he was on the Innova Puppy, doing wonderful, and then one day BAM, diarrhea. I waited it out, switched food, solid, then back to diarrhea, and so on through today. It's very comparable to SIBO and is often overlooked, as it's not that common so unless they're looking for it, it's easy to miss and just diagnose colitis, as the symptoms are so similar, and both lead up to chonic IBD.
His body is overloaded with carbs, and the carbs are the breeding grounds for all bacteria and disease. They are acting like toxins in his little body, which also explains his compromised immune system working do hard.
The antibiotics helped get it under control, which is why there was progress, but as long as he's eating carbs, any time he's off antibiotics, it will just come right back. Make sense?
So load the poor puppy up with so much crap he literally cannot see straight, then feed him more of the stuff that's causing the problem? How the heck is that supposed to make sense?!?
Right, this is what made no sense to me. The vet told me it was the nasty things growing in his system causing the problem, and the carbs enabling the bacterias. But he didn't advise getting rid of the carbs?

He outright old me he didn't think it was wise to take his diet into my own hands, but it's the only thing that makes sense.
I'm sorry, but he is still a puppy, will be 1 year old on friday, and I'd rather euthanize him than take away his ability to run and play. If tha makes me a bad pet owner so be it, but what kind of quality of life is that for a young active Corgi?
Call me crazy, but if it takes a dangerous amount of antibiotics and steroids every two weeks to keep th carbs under control in his body, then why not eliminate the carbs and bypass the treatment? Same end result, without any risks, everyone wins.
Furthermore, the vet said that with the carb issues, he would more than likely develop Diabetes Mellitus which brings a whole other pack of treatments and junk with that as well with their own nasty side effects.
I feel like by changing his diet, I'm avoiding a world of treatments, therapies, and crap that would bring his quality of life down. When I brought him home as a 4lb ball of Corgi, I promised him I would do whatever it takes to take care of him and keep him happy.I'm keeping my promise.
Yay! I'm so happy for you too! you have to keep us posted on how the raw works for Grissom!
Thanks! We're thrilled to have an answer. It's a bit ironic that I wanted to do this anyway, an have been learning about this way of feeding, and now I have a dog that literally CAN NOT survive on kibble. (let's face it, as species inappropriate as kibble is, plenty of dogs live long healthy lives on it) What are the odds of that?

I did not give him dinner last night, and gave him the drumstick portion of a chicken quarter. He took to it like he'd been doing it for years. :biggrin: No poop yet, but we'll see how that turns out. I'm sure his body will take some time to flush all the problem-causing junk out.