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I’m confused…. I thought fibre helps with pooping? Or is it different for dogs?

We are trying sweet potato now and hopefully that helps. He still hasn’t pooped in a few days. We are keeping his BEAM in check with daily walks multiple times a day.

He tries to poop but nothing comes out, he will be in his poop position and walk trying to get the poop out (if you can visualize that). His BEAM has been great actually so perhaps it’s just the food switch? Is there some food I should add to his diet to help him poop? @Dr. Jeff

Thank you so much for your reply Jean and Jeff! I have fantastic news!! Gixxers urine is back to normal! We switched his diet to only protein…. Mixed with chicken broth! So we give him raw grass fed beef at dinner time. Then in the morning with give him boiled chicken with celery and parsley in...

And as for the recovery from the anaesthesia from his teeth and gum cleaning. We are not 100% sure unfortunately. And he has not taken any blood work as of recently. @Dr. Jeff

Thank you for your response! Gixxer has been eating meat. We started giving him raw grass fed beef and he loves it. We also give him boiled chicken. We are keeping him on meat only for now because I read here about the pH of the dog needs to be specific, which requires a meat based diet...

Update on Gixxer: he’s starting to eat chicken by himself. But it seems we still have to syringe his other meat into his mouth by pureeing it. I’m wondering if his UTI can be treated without antibiotics? We were given antibiotics which I will attach a photo of here. Please let me know if it is...

Thank you! This is very useful :)

vet visit update: Gixxer got an x-ray which I will attach the files here. Apparently he has COCCI? The vet also said he might have UTI or crystals in his bladder? Being fully transparent here, I found out today the vet my family has been going to barely speaks English. So I will probably be...

1. Gixxer/14/male 2. Neutered 3. Mix: English bulldog, husky, boxer 4. Approx. 65lbs 5. B/E - less energy than usual, not as excited as he usually is, he paces back and forth, sometimes walking in circles at night, he sleeps fine during the day when someone is with him, he still enjoys going for...