I saw some posts on this recently, but could not
find the original. My mom's elderly Mini Schnauzer
was doing this recently, and had never done so before.

The dog also exhibited signs of a voracious appetite
but had been losing weight.

Symptoms were complicated by what appeared
to be a relapse of "idiopathic vestibular syndrome",
which I wrote about here. But surprisingly, the local
vet did not consider the diagnoses that I made by
means of a cursory look at my vet books: "malabsorption
syndrome" or "pancreatic insufficiency".

The test for "pancreatic insufficiency" appears to be
very expensive, as is the treatment, with enzymes. So
we went with the treatment, as the symptoms (voracious
appetite, large stools, wanting to eat stuff previously
disdained) persisted.

Another vet complaint, insistence on payment at the
time of service. My 88 year old mom is on a fixed
income; all she was asking was for the vet to hold
her check for a week until the end of the month.

I switched vets a few years ago here after a similar
experience.



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On Feb 3, 4:02*am, "A. Brain" wrote:

Dogs can exhibit this annoying behavior for various reasons.
One of them being, a need for a MUCH healthier diet.
One containing real meat and other real ingredients. Not processed bag
food or canned food.
Also, the addition of "Udos Oil", that has the essential fatty acids,
as well as giving the dog cod liver oil pills that you can buy in
large quantities very inexpensively, will generally solve this
problem.
The dog is starving.
However, it can also be a medical problem.
Try the diet change, it is cheaper than more vet bills.
Since your is elderly, perhaps you could prepare the food for the dog
and portion it into containers that she can feed the dog with from the
fridge/freezer, of course defrost the frozen stuff before feeding.

Mirelle
I saw some posts on this recently, but could not
find the original. * My mom's elderly Mini Schnauzer
was doing this recently, and had never done so before.

The dog also exhibited signs of a voracious appetite
but had been losing weight.

Symptoms were complicated by what appeared
to be a relapse of "idiopathic vestibular syndrome",
which I wrote about here. *But surprisingly, the local
vet did not consider the diagnoses that I made by
means of a cursory look at my vet books: *"malabsorption
syndrome" or "pancreatic insufficiency".

The test for "pancreatic insufficiency" appears to be
very expensive, as is the treatment, with enzymes. *So
we went with the treatment, as the symptoms (voracious
appetite, large stools, wanting to eat stuff previously
disdained) persisted.

Another vet complaint, insistence on payment at the
time of service. *My 88 year old mom is on a fixed
income; all she was asking was for the vet to hold
her check for a week until the end of the month.

I switched vets a few years ago here after a similar
experience.

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