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(This is cut and pasted from an email i sent to the breeder, no reply yet)
Background: I feed Loki 3 times a day, first thing in the morning, then around 5pm, and last thing at night. His food is about ¾ a cup of Supercoat Puppy, and 1 fork full of raw chicken carcass mince (which he loves), I mix it all together to give him something nice, as he is not always too keen on just dry kibble.
Now, over the last week, I have noticed he is sleeping upwards of 18-20 hours a day and mopes a lot (looks sad, doesn’t do much), he just sleeps! He doesn’t seem interested in playing that much, but I take him for walks down to the beach, and around the block, and try and get him active, so far I have put it down to him being a growing pup, and needing sleep, he also has had his 12 week C5 shots (I got them done 3 days early). I have been socializing him, and when he sees other dogs, he really pick’s up, its like a new dog. I have friends with dogs and pups, and he loves seeing them. Its like he gets really depressed when he isn’t around other dogs.
Now, yesterday, I got up in the morning and fed him, and put him in the back garden (where he stays when I’m at work) with all his toys, and kennel etc. I got home yesterday after work to find a nice big puddle of diarrhea near the back door on the grass, now he has had the run’s a little before when I change his diet, but nothing close to this, it was like water. He ate that night and I took him down to the beach for a quick walk, when we got home, he slept, he pretty much didn’t move all night, and didn’t want his evening dinner, so I let him sleep. Now, we are getting the toilet training thing down, and he sits at the back door when he needs to go, so I put him out for a pee, and then let him back in, about 5 seconds later, he had this diarrhea all over the laundry floor, it was just like water. I was a bit concerned at this stage, as he has never had this before, and I haven’t changed his diet.
I got him cleaned up and then put him in his crate for bed (he stays in my room), about 4am, he woke me whimpering etc, and I took him out for the toilet, same deal, nothing even close to solid poops.
Back to bed, again I got up this morning and took him out for the toilet, same thing again. Now he was very lethargic this morning, didn’t come when I called him, just walked slowly etc, and didn’t even want to know about his food, which he normally goes crazy for in the morning… He wouldn’t even eat his liver treats that I put in his kennel when I go to work, and he just whimpered at the back door which he never normally does….
When I came to work this morning, I didn’t leave his food down, as the vet said I should pick it up after 10minutes, so he realizes he eats when I put his food down etc etc.
Should I take him to the vet? If he doesn’t start eating by tomorrow, ill start to be worried… He loves his food!
Any ideas? Have you seen this before?
PS. Are raw eggs bad for dogs? Do you give your dogs anything apart from kibble to give them a change in diet and make them more keen to eat it? The vet told me eggs are bad for them for some reason.
PSS. He always has plenty of fresh water, but it has been quite warm here in South Australia lately, so that may be why he is sleeping?
Thanks, any advice would rock! The poor guy is being very un puppy like, he doesnt even want to play, he plays for about 30 seconds, gets un-interested and then goes and sleeps...
Steve
Background: I feed Loki 3 times a day, first thing in the morning, then around 5pm, and last thing at night. His food is about ¾ a cup of Supercoat Puppy, and 1 fork full of raw chicken carcass mince (which he loves), I mix it all together to give him something nice, as he is not always too keen on just dry kibble.
Now, over the last week, I have noticed he is sleeping upwards of 18-20 hours a day and mopes a lot (looks sad, doesn’t do much), he just sleeps! He doesn’t seem interested in playing that much, but I take him for walks down to the beach, and around the block, and try and get him active, so far I have put it down to him being a growing pup, and needing sleep, he also has had his 12 week C5 shots (I got them done 3 days early). I have been socializing him, and when he sees other dogs, he really pick’s up, its like a new dog. I have friends with dogs and pups, and he loves seeing them. Its like he gets really depressed when he isn’t around other dogs.
Now, yesterday, I got up in the morning and fed him, and put him in the back garden (where he stays when I’m at work) with all his toys, and kennel etc. I got home yesterday after work to find a nice big puddle of diarrhea near the back door on the grass, now he has had the run’s a little before when I change his diet, but nothing close to this, it was like water. He ate that night and I took him down to the beach for a quick walk, when we got home, he slept, he pretty much didn’t move all night, and didn’t want his evening dinner, so I let him sleep. Now, we are getting the toilet training thing down, and he sits at the back door when he needs to go, so I put him out for a pee, and then let him back in, about 5 seconds later, he had this diarrhea all over the laundry floor, it was just like water. I was a bit concerned at this stage, as he has never had this before, and I haven’t changed his diet.
I got him cleaned up and then put him in his crate for bed (he stays in my room), about 4am, he woke me whimpering etc, and I took him out for the toilet, same deal, nothing even close to solid poops.
Back to bed, again I got up this morning and took him out for the toilet, same thing again. Now he was very lethargic this morning, didn’t come when I called him, just walked slowly etc, and didn’t even want to know about his food, which he normally goes crazy for in the morning… He wouldn’t even eat his liver treats that I put in his kennel when I go to work, and he just whimpered at the back door which he never normally does….
When I came to work this morning, I didn’t leave his food down, as the vet said I should pick it up after 10minutes, so he realizes he eats when I put his food down etc etc.
Should I take him to the vet? If he doesn’t start eating by tomorrow, ill start to be worried… He loves his food!
Any ideas? Have you seen this before?
PS. Are raw eggs bad for dogs? Do you give your dogs anything apart from kibble to give them a change in diet and make them more keen to eat it? The vet told me eggs are bad for them for some reason.
PSS. He always has plenty of fresh water, but it has been quite warm here in South Australia lately, so that may be why he is sleeping?
Thanks, any advice would rock! The poor guy is being very un puppy like, he doesnt even want to play, he plays for about 30 seconds, gets un-interested and then goes and sleeps...
Steve
