Digestive care & Coton

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Just last week we rescued a 8 month old Coton puppy whose owners could no longer take care of him. When he came to us we were told he was just recovering from stomach upset after eating an earthworm, however back to his routine diet. Yesterday it rained here, & while walking he may have drank some water from puddles& he's had 3 loose motions since morning. We also have a 2 1/2 yr old Puli-poodle-beagle mix at home, who has never shown such symptoms after drinking water from puddles.
Do Cotons have delicate digestive system?

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May 05, 2024
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Food and throwing up yellow bile NEW
by: Anonymous

Our Coton now about 1.5 years old seems to throw up yellow bile once every two or three weeks or so. Our breeder told us not to feed him chicken so I never do, just in case. I think changing his diet may be throwing him off as I do buy different canned dog foods on occasion. I stick to one kind of treat which is dried beef liver. I do give him some little treats like cheese and red pepper and tiny pieces of meat once in a while, including liver that I cook as a treat or mix in his food. This might be a problem if he has a sensitive stomach. It's probably better to stick to one diet more or less in this case. I will have to experiment with this. I do feed him Fromm's grain free and or grain kibble with Fromm's canned meat excluding chicken. This works fairly well, although he is picky, but when he is hungry he will eat. I have read that Weruva and Acana are recognized as good food. I bought some Weruva canned food (steak and lamb) the other day. The steak or beef variety which is more expensive seems to look more like real food compared to the Fromm's which is more pasty looking. The other thing to watch is that at least our dog seems to want to eat everything so outdoors can be troublesome in this regard. If you have a picky eater, try putting just a bit of something he or she likes mixed in the food...cheese works, as does cooked liver, even the dried beef liver. i have read that feeding your dog later in the evening can help with reflux bile getting into the stomach. Fatty food can be a problem too for the pancreas.

Aug 24, 2023
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Sensitive stonach
by: Anonymous

I have a,6 year old cotton-poo.
He is adorable but we always had with his delicate stomach.

He vomits and has,a loose poo every couple of days.
Very picky and fussy about food.
We cook chicken legs, pasta , green peas,and carrot for him . Also we feed him sometimes with "fussy appetite cesar Kibble ".
He kalso keeps licking his paws .
We have to take him to the vet very often.

Aug 22, 2017
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Delicate digestive system-Yes definetly NEW
by: Anonymous

Ou Billy is 7 months and he has most definetly got a delicate tummy!He is on Royal Canin mini junior dry kibble.I have to tempt him to eat by adding a little bit of cooked chicken,turkey or fish.If I add anything new to his food he tends to have loose poos,which is a pain,because I then have to wash him as it tends to stick to his fur.
Even treats I am really careful with,we only tend to give him Pet Munchies,chicken or liver treats.He has a greenies dental stick everyday and he loves it.I also give him a teaspoon of natural yoghurt everyday.
He is really fussy with his food and I am constantly having to rack my brain as to how to entice him to eat his food!
He recently ate somthing in the park and had loose poo,so the vet told me to feed him just rice and chicken/turkey and nothing else for 5 days and then to gradually introduce his dry kibble back.Hes better now and eating the kibble,but will soon turn his nose at that I am sure.
We do love him loads and he is just so funny.

Jul 13, 2017
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MIne does NEW
by: Anonymous

Mine has a very delicate one. He can only eat one kind of dog food. Only treats - one brand of biscuit, dehydrated sweet potatoes and 2 blueberries occasionally. He loves rabbit poo (we call it his cocoa puffs) and if I don't catch or he eats anything different than what I mentioned he throws up none stop. When he was 5 months old, we have him a milk bone dog biscuit and had to go to the vet ER because he was none stop vomiting. I have to have him a half of a famotidine antacid every morning or in a couple of days he starts vomiting. My vet said he has too much acid and a very sensitive digestive system. I have heard of cotons that it is difficult to find food for because of that. I don't think they all have it but some do.

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