Glad last night was better, hoping you can find the diet which works for tummy & allergies !

I just saw this thread. Poor Poco. I hope you feel better real soon. we all love you.

Klondike, I'm so glad Poco is doing better. Is there any chance he may have IBD? maybe a little flagyl would help soothe his tummy. Hope he's still doing good with the chicken.

Katie

Before this thread disappears, I just wanted to say I'm so glad Poco is doing better!

I just read this thread for first time!  So sorry Poco (and his people, too) went thru that horrible night.  It's good that he is better.  Let us know when you find out the cause...IF you find out.  Poor Poco baby has had some bad times!  Give him (((((HUGS))))) from me.  Just last night as i watched neighborhood kids decorating wagon for today's parade, I thought of Poco and the possibility you might be decorating his stroller for a 4th parade in your town.

Now you get to be a food detective ! Eliminate 1 thing at a time for about 2 weeks & see if you can find whats causing it.If you do decorate the presidential stroller,we want pix !

Klondike, hope Poco is still doing better.

No, we didn't try meds with the Cushings. He had so many medical issues around the time he was confirmed with Cushings we didn't want to overload him with meds. He had occasional gastric issues even as a pup, but he was a dog that stressed easily. He did well on a food and all of a sudden for some unknown reason, it would disagree with him. And, it didn't help that he consumed 30 lbs of alfatoxin contaminated Nature's Receipe! His stomach upsets were really random until he reached about 10 years of age. Than it became more constant. When he was diagnosed with Cushings at 11; it seemed like a weekly event. One time he ended up spending two days at the hospital on IV's because he got so dehydrated in 24hrs. He had xrays all the time! We never saw any growths on his intestine but the xrays always showed an inflammed intestine. One time they gave him a barium xray and that really soothed his tummy! Originally the vet had me giving him Pepcid(she originally thought acid problems) - but that did nothing. Than we tried a couse of Baytril and Flagyl - took the Baytril away and went with Flagyl for three weeks. No gastric/intestinal issues and he gained weight (at the time he was eating Calif Nat Lamb and Rice, we tried to give him food with the least amount of ingredients ). We decided not to put him through any biopsies or further testing; he seemed to fit the criteria of IBD (symptoms, food problems, what the stool looked like, etc.) and went from there. If he had a bad night, we started the Flagyl, went back to three days of Chicken and Rice and would wean him back to his commercial food.  The Flagyl worked great for him and it seemed with its use, we had longer times between episodes. I guess there are some dogs who take Flagyl continuously. He was my "heart dog"; he lived to be 14;it was hemangiosarcoma that took his life.

Another thing I have heard people using is Tylan. For my dog it didn't do anything but you might ask your vet about it. I've had friends who used it with great success.

Pork liver - I never dreamed a vitamin could cause such problems! One day I decided maybe I should give my geriatric dogs a vitamin to keep them healthy - they spit them out and he snarfed them all up!  Within hours - bad reaction.

You said about the capsule - maybe the coating is something that Poco is reacting to. I've learned what maybe hypoallergenic for some is not for all. Calcium - does he react to all forms of calcium?

I don't know if you have looked at the Yahoo groups for Cushings and IBD? both are owned by knowledgable people and many doctors are also on the lists. I found them really helpful in knowing how the diseases were being treated across the country and the world. And, gave me some information to discuss with my own vet.

If Poco does well on the commercial raw - seems like a good thing to stick with.

Katie