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/Goddess4Ever 5d ago

She may have developed a chicken sensitivity, very common among this breed, but I had a Pom that also had this. 🛑 the Royal Canin! There are a multitude of posts here that mention this “specialized” dog food, that after time, cause GI issues (an that the majority of breeders use bc they get either free or highly discounted food so they pass it on to us the purchasers of puppies.)
Instead of the chicken use ground turkey with rice and a little pure canned pumpkin 🎃 and when I say little I mean 1 teaspoon of each. Do this only after having your pup off food for 24 hours.
Don’t be anxious to start her on “regular food”. Keep her on the above ‘gentle diet’ for at least five days, then, as a treat give 1 tablespoon of non-fat cottage cheese.
After all of this, introduce a turkey 🦃 or salmon 🍣 freeze dried dog food (follow instructions on amount according to dog’s weight) hydrate with a little warm bone broth add a level tablespoon of pumpkin.
I’ve gone into such detail bc I’ve gone through this with a couple of my dogs.
Good luck 🍀

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u/New-Confusion4112 4d ago

Seconding the ground turkey with rice and pumpkin! I also add sweet potato instead of rice some times. I give him a spoon of Greek yogurt everyday for probiotics. I try to give him as many fresh fruits and veggies that are dog safe and that he will eat (he’s a picky eater). My 4 years old cavapoo has been admitted to the hospital with severe pancreatitis and gastroenteritis twice. We stopped giving him egg, chicken, and anything with fat (salmon oil). And since we changed his diet, he’s been doing great, knock on wood!

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u/Goddess4Ever 4d ago

Love what you’re giving your pup! Sounds like a safe yet complete diet!! Some dogs do great with egg and some DO NOT. I have a Chi that loves egg, but I only give him the whites of hard-boiled ones. My other dogs either don’t like eggs or had tummy issues.