Jazzi, I am pleased to hear that the blood test and x-ray were clear, but it sounds like Holly may have a few tummy problems, so ask what could be causing them.
She may be sensitive to some foods and the new diet will work, but you need to be reassured by the vet that it is nothing worse that a sensitive tummy.
I don’t want you or Holly to suffer again, so ask what you should do if the new food doesn’t deal with her problem…after all the vet is being paid to advise you and make Holly better so you don’t want her to suffer unnecessarily.
I hope you both have a more comfortable night and Holly gets better! :hug:
Hi Jazzie 
that is good news, from your description of Holly’s tummy content yesterday I suspected a foreign body,puppies are always swallowing things they shouldn’t .
It’s good also that you have time to catch up on some jobs before collecting Holly
Excellent news that there are no foreign bodies and blood is normal.
So what did they think was the problem?
She will be ever so pleased to get home, I bet.
This sounds so much like our late Mollie and Elsie’s starts in life with a gluten intolence ending up as the diagnoses. Trouble is vets don’t test for that I’m not even sure if there is a test. It was hit and miss and trialling foods to discover it.
That’s similar to my friend who had a beautiful GSD pup but he always had the runs, and was not gaining weight and growing at all for such a potentially a big dog.
It was some weeks later they found he was intolerant of most dry most dry foods, and any processed meats.
Once she found out what the problem was it could be sorted.
In his case, he could only have a raw diet, and quickly gained weight and grew into a very handsome dog.
I wish Ranger had stomach problems or was at least a little more particular about what he eats. In the last week he has eaten another leash down to the metal clasp, an entire shoe, an entire remote control, a wash cloth, a sock, an empty plastic yogurt container, a necktie and dirt.
Seriously though, Jazzi, I know it must be a relief. I hope you can come up with a diet that works. Poor baby!
We have the same problem with Coco, she has a really sensitive stomach, always has done, that’s why she only eats Tuna Fish in Spring water, if I give her Cat food or any treats then she has the runs badly and sick.
The vet did suggest she might have a sensitive tummy till she’s a bit older! So we have to wait and see.
Thanks for your kind words again. Xx
I hope Holly does well on her new diet Jazzi. Hopefully as she gets a little older her tummy won´t be quite so sensitive.
I’m another one hoping that a new diet will do the trick for your little one.
Got everything crossed here, and getting the pooches to cross their paws too!
Let it be so!
Thanks all. What she actually gave me was sachets of the same digestive care (code I/D), but for cats! When we go home she wolfed down nearly a whole sachet. I didn’t want to give too much. The vet said she loved it. However, I paid just over £4 for just five sachets, so quite expensive. She couldn’t find any cans.
So for the next few days it’ll still be scrambled eggs and chicken, and some of the sachet. Or I might try her own I/D again. She’ll bankrupt me at this rate, lol.
She had held on all day with wee and poo so when I got home I made her hang about outside in our grounds, and eventually she did a poo (watery to start off with), and a wee. I took her inside, got my bag for clearing up her mess, but even with a torch could only find a bit, so got a bucket of soapy water and threw that over the grass, and went for another load. I’ll check the area in the morning when it’s light. She went poo over several places, unfortunately.
I then later on took her for a walk up the road, and what did she do? Picked up several chicken bones and had my hand off several times, whenever I tried to get them off her! I was so exasperated, and exhausted, I picked her up and carried her most of the way back. We weren’t out long.
I will try the Halti head collar and training lead, but if that doesn’t work, then it HAS to be a muzzle, for the next step.
i just wish people would stop dropping their fast food rubbish on the floor.
It makes you think, don’t it, the thread on here all dogs poo in the street, but what about the mess humans dump too!
They will help you with taking things off her and should do ‘food refusal’ at training too Jazzi, so don’t give up. It is important she lets you take things as one day she could pick up something poisonous.
A chap I used to know had a Gt. Dane, and he wouldn’t give stuff up either.
One day when we were walking, his dog picked up a really stinking dead rabbit, oozing with maggots :shock:.
They were all in the dogs mouth - Agh! The chap had helluva a job getting it off him, he weren’t going to part with his new trophy if he could help it. Revolting it was.
Hope you both get some sleep tonight.
Oh God Mups…that is disgusting!!!
I hope to go to puppy class next week if she is well. I’ve just ordered a dozen of these pouches from Pets at Home, to be delivered in store on Monday. I’ll take Holly with me and we can wander about spending more money, maybe! Lol. Though I will spend money on petrol, saving about 12p a pouch, I would spend petrol anyway if I went back to the vets and bought more. Swings and roundabouts, really.
She’s dozing at my feet and hasn’t twigged yet it’s bedtime.
Have you got a Pets @ Home loyalty card Jazzi, that might help a bit with special offers?
I’ve been reading a very interesting article tonight about vets fees, but I will have to make a separate thread about it. These fees can vary by up to quadruple for the same treatment but in different areas! That is why pet insurances ask us what area we live!
I’ll post about it tomorrow, I’m too tired tonight.
Night night. 
That is very true about the different fees Mups and it applies to different vet practices as much as different areas:!:
One of my cats needs an inhaler for his asthma. It was prescribed by an animal hospital (13 miles away) when he needed emergency treatment… they charged me £85 for it. When I asked my regular vet for some more they wanted to charge me £130, for the same thing… so I changed my cat’s vet to the animal hospital.
The hospital also have nursing staff who work through the night, if your pet has to be kept in for treatment!
I’m glad that there is nothing wrong with Holly, just make sure you don’t take your eye off her when walking the streets, picking up mess.
I started to fill in the PaH form, but at the time she hadn’t been named, and I haven’t got round to it. Will look for the form this morning.
This morning I found some of her poo piles (bit watery) on the grass, where I’d missed it last night, so got some kitchen paper from the bag I had with me, and scraped it up. Don’t want any neighbours accusing me of not clearing up.
They usually have those forms at the check out Jazzi.
If you fill it in there, you can use the card on the same purchase.
I know, but I do have one somewhere.
Having a Labrador and having had a retriever it’s been really important to teach leave and ignore. We started in doors at home with food only letting them go to it and having it on a command. Mine may be lunatics normally but anything really important like ignoring food on the street or those hateful needles round the side of the shop was drummed in as early as we could.
Your holly is still a baby but it can’t hurt to start on that and once they get it walks become far more relaxing.
Little story about one of our late doggies Benny we didn’t teach him to leave and ignore he was a terrier so not a great picker up of stuff, but one sunny afternoon we we wandering over the local dog walk through the army land at Pirbright and he was darting through the trees and long grass having a great time. Called him back as we could see horses in the distance and he came back looking so pleased with him self and dropped an unexplored shell at my feet. My husband nearly fainted, I did a little squeak and trying to get him to leave it so we could back away was panic stations.
Chap from the army who came out to get it said didn’t we read the signs not to pick anything up ? Spend years after trying to teach Benny to read 