May 03, 2011
Vets concluded that my dog has IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease) and/ or Leaky Gut Syndrone. Have you folks had any experience with this condidtion??
Full Question:
I have a 71/2 year old Doberman that has been as healthy as a horse until February of this year. I came home from work and noticed that his belly was quite bloated. We took him to an emergency vet hospital and they determined that he was leaking Albumin Protien. As this hospital could not help us and suggested two other vet hospitals. We took Nico to the Veternary Specialist Hospital in East Greenwich, RI. They did exploritoy surgery and took several tissue samples for testing. All of the testing came back negative. His heart is strong, liver, pancreas and all other organs were all functioning to the normal levels.They have concluded that Nico has IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease) and/ or Leaky Gut Syndrone. Nico was on all kinds of meds for a couple of months. He had chronic diarreha for months. He went form a strong 100 ponds down to a weak 66 pounds. We took him off of the meds as they were literally killing him. We gave up on conventional vets and started seeing a holistic vet. Nico still has the bloat issue but he has gotten his stength back and now weights 70 pounds. His energy level is through the roof. I am still of the opinion that the holistic approach is close to VooDoo. But contrary to my opinion it seems to be working.
Have you folks had any experience with this condidtion??
Thank you for taking the time to read this email.
Mario
Cindy's Answer:
I am a firm believer in taking a holistic approach to my animals care. Holistic really only means looking at the “whole” animal, not just the symptoms of disease. It’s not voodoo and I am really glad your dog is improving.
I haven’t had a dog with IBD, but I have done a lot of reading and studying about health issues that plague many dogs. I would be looking into the diet you are feeding (I know with IBD vets try to prescribe special diets, but I feel they are awful for our dogs) Hopefully this holistic vet is advising you on nutrition and not pushing a prescription vet diet.
I would also look at the vaccine history of your dog. Vaccines wreak havoc with the immune system, especially when they are given year after year.
Check out our feeding dogs section of the website.
If you spend some time using the search function (located in the upper left hand corner of the website) you will find many useful articles and posts that address the problems you are having. Type in vaccines and also irritable bowel disease
I hope this helps and I hope your dog continues to recover.
Cindy
I haven’t had a dog with IBD, but I have done a lot of reading and studying about health issues that plague many dogs. I would be looking into the diet you are feeding (I know with IBD vets try to prescribe special diets, but I feel they are awful for our dogs) Hopefully this holistic vet is advising you on nutrition and not pushing a prescription vet diet.
I would also look at the vaccine history of your dog. Vaccines wreak havoc with the immune system, especially when they are given year after year.
Check out our feeding dogs section of the website.
If you spend some time using the search function (located in the upper left hand corner of the website) you will find many useful articles and posts that address the problems you are having. Type in vaccines and also irritable bowel disease
I hope this helps and I hope your dog continues to recover.
Cindy
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