Hello, I would love some health with Mamita, 10 years old, spayed female. She's 50% chihuahua, 25% shitzu, 25% unknown or possibly Brussell's griffon. She's 7.5 lbs.
BEAM: She has lost two pounds and that made a huge difference in her energy. She was sleeping all day and coudlnt' walk half a block on our walks. So we put her on a diet, reduced her food and she is like new now. She's now alert, playful, walks longer distances and guards by the door, loves to bark at passing people. When she gets nervous if people come to the house she starts barking like crazy and/or licking the human near her. She also tries to hump my husband's leg when he's sitting on the couch, even though we tell her no. She has nervous energy. When too many people are around she starts getting pouty and wants people to get away from her. She threatens with biting them althgouh she only has a few teeth left. Her appetite is great, however, she consistenly revisits her plate through the day as if she's hungry and licks and licks hers and her brother's plate. She also vaccums the kitchen floor trying to find crumbs. We thought it was maybe because she's a rescue but we are not sure.
She eats Darwin's turkey veggies however when I've tried to go raw with her (currently cooking it for her), her stomach growls all night and in the morning she throws up and has diarrhea. She's always had a bad digestive system or stomach pains or reaction to raw food. Last time I tried to change her food she actually had a little dark purplish blood splattered with the diarreah. This happened before and she was trembling and ended up at ER a few years ago, they did all kinds of tests, scans and xrays and couldn't find anything. She has this same reaction (poop with a little dark red gooey stuff) if I feed her beef or lamb. When I switch her back to turkey or chicken she's fine no problem, as long as I cook the food. She currently drinks a lot of water, almost a little too much.
We adopted her approximately at around a year old. They told us she had been in and out of three shelters by year one (5 lbs) and we think she was over-vaccinated. She had little bumps by her butt and leg and other places which seem to be the areas where the vaccine was. They are pinkish red and grew a little but have stopped growing. Even though she had rabies vaccine and all her vaccines, the foster place wouldn't release her to me until she got another rabies because "they weren't sure." They told me she came from Ojai California and the last person returned her because she was "harrassing her 5 cats." When I got mamita at around a year old, her fur was like plastic. It was scary to touch her. She was afraid of the microwave and would cry. I have a feeling they fed her crap that first year. When I changed her diet to mostly raw dehydrated in her younger years, her hair turned soft and beautiful. What a change.
Mamita has been itching her ears on and off for about 6-7 years. She had dental surgery and most of her teeth removed at around 7 years old. She's 10 now. We have tried many things through the years but when we moved to Florida they got really bad. The ear itching got out of control and she became almost completely deaf. We saw a "holistic vet in Jupiter" who gave her a steroid. Sigh. He gave her Zymox plus and said she had yeast in her ears (it smelled a bit like fish) and was dark) - this improved about 10-20% one ear got better but the other one still worse. He told me to do it a second time. I bought another bottle and still not fixed. It may have improved 5% ish. Then I started giving her Ear Aide by Hawaii Pharm this seemed to improve her ear another 20% and some of her hearing started returning. Then recently the itching started again so I went on a holistic forum where they recommeneded Vetenrinary Formula Ear Therapy, which has improved another 5%. Some of her hearing has returned, praise God...however she is still deaf if one ear and itches her ear mainly when we are on a walk. The other problem, is her digestive system and pooing alittle bit of dark red almost like dried up gooey blood - only when I try to go back to raw, or when I go to darker meats. So I"m having to stay with chicken and turkey cooked, and she has no problem, but her poo is a little hard with cooked food, so having to add flax seed. If I transition her back to raw, she throws up, drinks a ton of water and tries to eat grass to balance her stomach. She's had stomach problems consistenly for many years and vets have not been able to figure out why she's so sensitive.
She is also very sensitive to heat and wants to come back from her walk faster when it's hot. When she was overweight it got even way worse. Luckily she lost the two pounds. She's very playful after eating and very loving. She loves to pick up her tiny toy and run arond the house for us to chase her. She is still nervous around strangers though and wants to bite their pants or bark at them the entire time when they come to the house such as maintenance people, etc. She is ultra scared of thunder, windshield wipers and rain in the car. Moving to Florida (from AZ and California) was tough on her because of all the rain and thunder storms. She huffs and puffs around the house when that happens and starts trembling.
Other than that she's the sweetest dog. Thank you @Dr. Jeff @Dr. Christina @Dr. Jean Hofve
BEAM: She has lost two pounds and that made a huge difference in her energy. She was sleeping all day and coudlnt' walk half a block on our walks. So we put her on a diet, reduced her food and she is like new now. She's now alert, playful, walks longer distances and guards by the door, loves to bark at passing people. When she gets nervous if people come to the house she starts barking like crazy and/or licking the human near her. She also tries to hump my husband's leg when he's sitting on the couch, even though we tell her no. She has nervous energy. When too many people are around she starts getting pouty and wants people to get away from her. She threatens with biting them althgouh she only has a few teeth left. Her appetite is great, however, she consistenly revisits her plate through the day as if she's hungry and licks and licks hers and her brother's plate. She also vaccums the kitchen floor trying to find crumbs. We thought it was maybe because she's a rescue but we are not sure.
She eats Darwin's turkey veggies however when I've tried to go raw with her (currently cooking it for her), her stomach growls all night and in the morning she throws up and has diarrhea. She's always had a bad digestive system or stomach pains or reaction to raw food. Last time I tried to change her food she actually had a little dark purplish blood splattered with the diarreah. This happened before and she was trembling and ended up at ER a few years ago, they did all kinds of tests, scans and xrays and couldn't find anything. She has this same reaction (poop with a little dark red gooey stuff) if I feed her beef or lamb. When I switch her back to turkey or chicken she's fine no problem, as long as I cook the food. She currently drinks a lot of water, almost a little too much.
We adopted her approximately at around a year old. They told us she had been in and out of three shelters by year one (5 lbs) and we think she was over-vaccinated. She had little bumps by her butt and leg and other places which seem to be the areas where the vaccine was. They are pinkish red and grew a little but have stopped growing. Even though she had rabies vaccine and all her vaccines, the foster place wouldn't release her to me until she got another rabies because "they weren't sure." They told me she came from Ojai California and the last person returned her because she was "harrassing her 5 cats." When I got mamita at around a year old, her fur was like plastic. It was scary to touch her. She was afraid of the microwave and would cry. I have a feeling they fed her crap that first year. When I changed her diet to mostly raw dehydrated in her younger years, her hair turned soft and beautiful. What a change.
Mamita has been itching her ears on and off for about 6-7 years. She had dental surgery and most of her teeth removed at around 7 years old. She's 10 now. We have tried many things through the years but when we moved to Florida they got really bad. The ear itching got out of control and she became almost completely deaf. We saw a "holistic vet in Jupiter" who gave her a steroid. Sigh. He gave her Zymox plus and said she had yeast in her ears (it smelled a bit like fish) and was dark) - this improved about 10-20% one ear got better but the other one still worse. He told me to do it a second time. I bought another bottle and still not fixed. It may have improved 5% ish. Then I started giving her Ear Aide by Hawaii Pharm this seemed to improve her ear another 20% and some of her hearing started returning. Then recently the itching started again so I went on a holistic forum where they recommeneded Vetenrinary Formula Ear Therapy, which has improved another 5%. Some of her hearing has returned, praise God...however she is still deaf if one ear and itches her ear mainly when we are on a walk. The other problem, is her digestive system and pooing alittle bit of dark red almost like dried up gooey blood - only when I try to go back to raw, or when I go to darker meats. So I"m having to stay with chicken and turkey cooked, and she has no problem, but her poo is a little hard with cooked food, so having to add flax seed. If I transition her back to raw, she throws up, drinks a ton of water and tries to eat grass to balance her stomach. She's had stomach problems consistenly for many years and vets have not been able to figure out why she's so sensitive.
She is also very sensitive to heat and wants to come back from her walk faster when it's hot. When she was overweight it got even way worse. Luckily she lost the two pounds. She's very playful after eating and very loving. She loves to pick up her tiny toy and run arond the house for us to chase her. She is still nervous around strangers though and wants to bite their pants or bark at them the entire time when they come to the house such as maintenance people, etc. She is ultra scared of thunder, windshield wipers and rain in the car. Moving to Florida (from AZ and California) was tough on her because of all the rain and thunder storms. She huffs and puffs around the house when that happens and starts trembling.
Other than that she's the sweetest dog. Thank you @Dr. Jeff @Dr. Christina @Dr. Jean Hofve
