Good day Dr. my name is Jeandre our Jackrussel sadly passed away today her name was Ruby, the symptoms started yesterday, (the day before yesterday she was still playfull) when we arrived from work we saw that she look very off and took her to the vet right away, the vet said to us it looks like a problem in the abdominal area, he gave her a couple of shots and said we can take her home for observation and if nothing changes we must come back, when we arrived at home she did not whant to eat anything and was very drowsy we tired to give het a small piece of steak but was not interested at all, she took a small walk and pooped, her poop was like dark black, grey and slobby, we also saw a square piece in the stool and did not think much of it as she also eats
dog food pellets, the smell was very bad, she also vommited like a clear watery substance i think two times, we too her back to the vet this moring and the vet inserted a tempreture pen from behind, while it was her he felt and squeezed in the abdominal area then pen ejected like she pooped (because of the squeez) red blood was present.
Another problem, according to the USDA Agricultural service, is that mites often get into
dog food pellets, which can cause a number of problems such as disease.
Not exact matches
For example, as a pet store, it's not
dog food, cat nip, or fish
pellets your audience is looking for.
It's probably a
pellet feed, similar to
dog or cat
food in appearance and ingredients list.
The product consist of small
pellets to add to your
dogs food.
Snail bait is often in a
pellet form, which many
dogs find attractive due to its close resemblance to dry
dog food.
You may replace some
dog food with corn gluten
pellets.
Hennet P, Servet E, Soulard Y, et al. «Effect of
pellet food size and polyphosphates in preventing calculus accumulation in
dogs.»
The thinness makes the
food pellet harder than I have noticed of other
dog foods.
Vets and
dog food companies have convinced us all that we aren't «smart enough» to feed our
dogs without them making some mystery concoction out of grain and who knows what into little
pellets we unquestioningly pour into our
dog's bowl each day, year after year.
Hennet, P. et al. «Effect of
pellet food size and polyphosphates in preventing calculus accumulation in
dogs.»
When kibble diets (dry pet
food in
pellets) for our pet and working canine companions were invented in the late 1800s, they were considered a luxury item for privileged people who had pet
dogs.
To assist with this you can look for smaller
pellets, by softening the
food slightly or adding nutrient dense wet
dog food to make it easier to consume.