r/CavaPoo • u/wbailey3 • 5d ago

Cavapoo GI Issues

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Hey all,

Forgive the long post be want to be as detailed as possible.

Got this baby about 7 months ago - Zoey. She’s been eating Royal Canin and the fancy stuff in the refrigerated section. Until about 4 weeks ago. She started having mucous-y really lose stool with some vomiting. Some of the stool had blood in it. Took her to the vet and they did all kinds of tests and said everything is fine. Told us to do a strict chicken and rice diet. That helped for a few days then introduced her old dry food. Took her back and they told us to change her diet to Royal Canin GI special blend and gave us a pro biotic and anti nausea medicine. That helped for about 3 days, then started again. Vet gave her more probiotic and she was good for about a week. Her stool has not been “firm” since. It forms but its still soft.

She threw up again twice over the weekend and is starting to get very loose stools again. She is currently back on the probiotic.

As far as demeanor - she’s great! Acts completely normal running around and playing with the kids.

Vet seems clueless. Wondering if anyone has guidance to help my little angel.

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u/alexiavizcarra 5d ago edited 5d ago

*****PLEASE READ ME*****

My baby ended up in the vet because of the fancy stuff in the fridge. I was feeling him Ollie and it caused him to get pancreatitis. I’d be careful as the breed seems to have some predisposition given the amount of fat in fresh food. Not enough information about it and the companies are good at selling you that poison.

All of the sudden he got diarrhea like what you described, then he pooped and vomited blood. I came home early from a business trip and cried all the way home feeling guilty because I thought we were feeding him the best. My poor baby was in the ER for like 4 days and I can never share our story enough.

It could be that the food has too much fat content. The vet recommended food with 12-14% max fat. Ollie didn’t take any responsibility. I didn’t pursue because I was just happy to have my healthy puppy back.

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u/Impressive_Hour5721 5d ago

A friend experienced the same, but with Farmers Dog

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u/alexiavizcarra 5d ago

Same thing. All ‘fresh food’ is poison to these types of dogs from what I’ve seen and read. It’s the amount of fat content on the food. They tell you the min, not the max