I have just started reading the forum on health, as you probobly have read I have been looking for information on nail care for my two greyhounds. While in the site I have read with interest lots about dog bowel movements. We have two greyhounds Doyle and Molly, Doyle we have had for four years and Molly for three. Doyle is now eight but for most of the first year while staying with us he went from one bout of diarrhoea to the next, we were constantly visiting the vet with colitis runny very slimy stools. Eventually the vet diagnosed the dog was full of worms after being wormed, so he was treated again. Still we had more diarrhoea, sometimes like one of you have described we would get one solid poo and the rest would be like custard. Eventually one night Doyle was admitted to the vet and required to be rehydrated. Following this our vet recommended we had a bowel biopsy and have a look inside at his intestines. As you can magine I wasn't too happy at the thought of abdominal surgery on my now very skinny miserable looking pet. I trusted the vet and we went ahead withthe opertion. The biopsy showed that Doyle had an inflmitory bowel condition and he was started on steroids and a special diet, what a difference in a dog. Doyle spent about a week in the vet surgery to recover, the opertion cost well over £1400 but it has been money well spent, plus the pet insurance covered most ofthe cost. We now have a happy greyhound who eats Royal Canine Sensitivity control dog food and takes a 2.5mg pergnisilone three times a week, this seems to be the lowest dose we can get to and the vet is delighted. He dosn't get many if any treets just the food. When we got the next dog we deciced to keep her on the same diet. I'm almost frightened to say it but we rarely get any strange poo now. Our vet told me that the condition Doyle has can sometimes be caused by the dog not being wormed properly as a pup but also as greyhounds are a sensiticve breed it could be linked to this, he described it to me as a bit like Chrone's disease in a human. The dog food is expensive but we now get it for less on the internet. I have heard other greyhound owners who's dogs seem to have similar symptoms to Doyle but not as severe.
Annette