Lexi's Development

[Dreadz]

Thought I'd share some pics of Lexi showing how she's changed in the few months we've had her.
This is how she looked in July when we took her on

 

[Dreadz]

August....

 

[QY10]

She is such a beauty.

 

[alejandro]

Nice, how old is she.

 

[Dreadz]

Nice, how old is she.

She's 16 months old and thankfully filling out nicely now we've got her stomach sorted out

 

[Dreadz]

And some from September. ...

 

[-Max-]

She's 16 months old and thankfully filling out nicely now we've got her stomach sorted out

Good looking girl! Can I ask what you did for her stomach issues? Did you just use Probiotics? What kind or kinds? What food are you using also? My guys stomach is all kinds of sensitive.

 

[Dreadz]

Good looking girl! Can I ask what you did for her stomach issues? Did you just use Probiotics? What kind or kinds? What food are you using also? My guys stomach is all kinds of sensitive.

We put her on chicken and rice for two weeks and then gradually introduced dr johns hypoallergenic dog food (brilliant food and incredibly cheap when compared to the likes of burns or james wellbeloved) and added acidophilus probiotic, slippery elm bark to help replenish the mucous membrane of the intestine and milled flax seed to increase the fibre. It wasnt an overnight fix by any means still took a few weeks to settle but she's so much better now.
If your looking for a food to help gastrointestinal problems look for low fat & high fibre but as with most high fibre diets be prepared for some extra gaseous emissions for a few weeks!

 

[-Max-]

We put her on chicken and rice for two weeks and then gradually introduced dr johns hypoallergenic dog food (brilliant food and incredibly cheap when compared to the likes of burns or james wellbeloved) and added acidophilus probiotic, slippery elm bark to help replenish the mucous membrane of the intestine and milled flax seed to increase the fibre. It wasnt an overnight fix by any means still took a few weeks to settle but she's so much better now.
If your looking for a food to help gastrointestinal problems look for low fat & high fibre but as with most high fibre diets be prepared for some extra gaseous emissions for a few weeks!

Thank you very much. I will definitely look into items above. I have done 4 types of different probiotics, chicken and rice (white & brown) ground beef 90/10, ground turkey and even ground chicken. All with good results until back on the kibble.

Thanks again and sorry for hi-jacking your thread.

 

[Dreadz]

Thank you very much. I will definitely look into items above. I have done 4 types of different probiotics, chicken and rice (white & brown) ground beef 90/10, ground turkey and even ground chicken. All with good results until back on the kibble.

Thanks again and sorry for hi-jacking your thread.

Even switching gradually onto the hypoallergenic food upset her stomach, you just have to give them time to adjust, can be six weeks before they properly settle onto the new food. Hope it all works out for you.

 

[musicdeb]

Lexi is looking good!

 

[Dreadz]

Few more from recently

This used to be my chair!!

 

[Dreadz]

Lexi's developing well. Stomach is much better now and she's gaining weight nicely now, she was 35.5kg yesterday (just shy of 80lbs) so thought I'd update this with a few more pics......

Not normally one for "selfies" but couldn't resist a few "wefies"

 

[musicdeb]

Great update for Lexi! She's looking good!

 

[Cobalt]

What a difference - beautiful girl!

 

[Dreadz]

Thought I'd add a few more. She's doing well. Confidence is growing and she's becoming much less anxious out and about but we've still got some way to go.

 

[Cobalt]

Good to see she's still doing well, she's a beauty too!

 

[musicdeb]

Lexi is looking great!

 

[Dreadz]

Haven't been on for a while so thought I'd update this with a few more.
Lex is still gaining steadily though is probably a little behind the curve weight wise.
She's growing in confidence slowly as time progresses but there's still work to be done on that front.

 

[Cobalt]

Looks like she's filling out more, and that big ol' head is bigger too