I guess I just need reassurance that I'm not damaging my dogs. We are finishing day 8 and now not only does the boxer (Jubilee) still have diarrhea but the doberman (Jordan) does too where he formerly had solid stools up to day 6. I did start adding some of the fat that I cut off Jubilee's food to Jordan to help soften his stool a little as it was chalky coming out the shoot. I stopped this when he started getting diarrhea and started actually cutting off all his fat too. Now I'm cutting both fat and muscle off the bone to decrease the meat given and increase the bone on both of the dogs, going on 3 days now with Jordan and 6 days with Jubilee.
The diarrhea is soft serve brown with Jubilee and mucusy with Jordan. Jubilee is 45 pounds and getting 1 chix quarter a day with all skin off and some muscle meat shaved off and Jordan is 85 pounds and getting 2 a day without skin and shaving off some of the muscle. Both stil have good energy and Jubilee does not look to be losing weight although she is very hyperactive. Jordan does look to be losing weight but is much less active to the point of almost being a couch potato with a little play time in between.
Do I just keep going like this? I don't want to give up. How long do I give them to adjust and start to see improvement in their bowel function? I don't want to feed them any less.
Also, treats. What do y'all use for treats? My dogs get venison jerkey, dried liver and one of their favorites is 3 dog bakery cookies. I know not to mix in kibble but are the cookies okay? They get the peanut butter bones, nilla woofers and the carob and creams.
The diarrhea is soft serve brown with Jubilee and mucusy with Jordan. Jubilee is 45 pounds and getting 1 chix quarter a day with all skin off and some muscle meat shaved off and Jordan is 85 pounds and getting 2 a day without skin and shaving off some of the muscle. Both stil have good energy and Jubilee does not look to be losing weight although she is very hyperactive. Jordan does look to be losing weight but is much less active to the point of almost being a couch potato with a little play time in between.
Do I just keep going like this? I don't want to give up. How long do I give them to adjust and start to see improvement in their bowel function? I don't want to feed them any less.
Also, treats. What do y'all use for treats? My dogs get venison jerkey, dried liver and one of their favorites is 3 dog bakery cookies. I know not to mix in kibble but are the cookies okay? They get the peanut butter bones, nilla woofers and the carob and creams.