Whippet Help Needed Please

Hi, thanks again...

she was tested for campylobacter and the tests came back as negative. When I first noticed the blood in her poo I took a sample into the vets and they didn't find any microbes that would be responsible for her being sick.

I am trying her on a different food (a non kibble variety), as recommended by the fine people at Scruples. She still has blood in her poo though and this morning she peed all over the carpet. She was out at 10pm and by morning she just couldn't hold it in any longer. I'll give it a bit longer and see how it goes, but I'm really at the end of my tether.

Thanks everyone, I'll post any updates should I have them. xx

I'm so sorry you are having these problems, it must be very hard for you. Stomach conditions are nearly always made worse by stress and change, so a situation where you have a new baby and health problems and you and your partner are both stressed even further by Daisy's problems won't be doing either her or you any good.

It does sound as though Daisy has some sort of food intolerance/IBS condition, and it can be difficult to work out exactly what is triggering the problem. JWB is fine if it's a gluton intolerance, but it doesn't sound as though that's the case for Daisy. One of my greyhounds couldn't eat rice at all even a small amount upset him, it took a while to work it out as normally foods for dogs with sensitive stomachs are rice-based, but we eventually got him onto Wafcol Salmon and Potato and he was fine on that.

Wishing you the best of luck in finding the right solution for Daisy and the family :luck:

Hi Kissi, sorry to hear that Daisys problems sound as though they are ongoing. As people have already suggested, a sudden change of diet can produce can cause tummy problems in itself. Following the mail to you, it was suggested that considering Daisys possible intolerances that you change her diet immediately and with the diet put forward to you, this is the course of action I would have taken. However, that does not mean that she wont have a reaction to a change in diet so this may not be helping her symptoms though the diet in question looks very tolerable (Sudden dietry changes cause upsets because they interfere with the microflora in the gut - the 'good' micro organisms that aid digestion.

Many will die off if they are starved of what they are normally fed and not enough 'new' ones are available to cope with the new foodstuff. This is why it is generally advisable to introduce new food over a gradual period.) However, as I said before, the diet given to you looks as inoffensive as you could possibly get so I would suggest that her previous problems may still giving her gip. An inflammed tummy wont clear up overnight, I'd really want to give her a month on this new regime and then compare her health then to it is now. Another often overlooked problem is overfeeding. I cannot really see this being a problem if your other dog is fine and if you keep to the new suggested diet, it wont be one. As for the weeing in the house, Im wondering if it could be a stress thing? If her tummy is poorly, might that cause her enough stress to make her want to wee because of it. I've only got to look at my bitch the wrong way and she will pee on the floor, though she is perfectly well housetrained. Her issues though stem from bad handling in the past and though she has as much outside access as all my dogs, she cannot physically hold on throughout the night like the others. I can only imagine that this is a learned behaviour that has turned into a physical trait because she 'goes' perfectly well outside and is now in a happy home, though she goes on paper, she still cant hold on to it in what should be an easy space of time for her to do so. With this in mind, you might experience the same with Daisy (Sorry!) I take it that Daisys urination is fine (if in the wrong place), no blood there at all, has she been speyed? I think for the moment Kissi it is going to be a matter of patience on your behalf. I know that in your situation this is probably much easier said than done, but it has only been a few days and of course, your stress and worries in that time wont have gone away either. Please keep us posted.

sorry to hear this but has anyone contacted the breeder as if they wernt the ones u dealt with they prob know nothing about this! i have never heard of them and they sound racing bred only presuming with dam and sires names, i had a pup i bred advertised on e pups and they never contacted me but thankfully the whippet world is small and he was back with me in24 hours, hope u have some positive news soon :luck:

starswift said:

sorry to hear this but has anyone contacted the breeder as if they wernt the ones u dealt with they prob know nothing about this! i have never heard of them and they sound racing bred only presuming with dam and sires names, i had a pup i bred advertised on e pups and they never contacted me but thankfully the whippet world is small and he was back with me in24 hours, hope u have some positive news soon :luck:

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I believe this breeder is based in N. Wales but finding contact details is proving to be difficult.

I'm really sorry to hear of your struggles and dilemmas.

I really found having a new baby very challenging :blink: (10 years ago now) and we didn't even have whippets then...but we now know the work involved in both babies and dogs and my heart goes out to you trying to do both at the same time. That must be tough even when there are no problems with a dog!

We managed to fit a dog flap so ours go out whenever they need to. One can hang on forever (especially if it's raining!) but the other one can't and goes out during the night. Even when we camp, and they sleep in a cage in the tent she will whine to go out in the middle of the night. I gather you don't have access to an enclosed space which means this suggestion would be useless for you.

Decisions to rehome a dog are never taken lightly. It sounds as if you have not given up on her yet, though, and are still trying to get to the bottom of her issues. Whatever you decide, it will be the right thing for you, the family and the dog at the time. Would your other whippet be happy to be on her own?

Very best wishes as you reach your decision. I'll be thinking of you. :thumbsup:

S. x

themetalchicken said:

starswift said:

sorry to hear this but has anyone contacted the breeder as if they wernt the ones u dealt with they prob know nothing about this! i have never heard of them and they sound racing bred only presuming with dam and sires names, i had a pup i bred advertised on e pups and they never contacted me but thankfully the whippet world is small and he was back with me in24 hours, hope u have some positive news soon :luck:

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I believe this breeder is based in N. Wales but finding contact details is proving to be difficult.

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Heidi is on facebook, has anyone tried contacting her there?

I know Heidi, she didn't breed this dog :thumbsup:

As far as I know there are no pedigree racers in North Wales. Isn't Mike Brown? in Wales - the breeder they all rave about who had Sooty Sam?