I'm hoping some of you Hav owners on this great forum can help me. Cappy turned a year old March 1st. Several months ago, he would periodically throw up after eating. Also, he periodically has a LOUD grumbling belly, stops eating, is quiet, and will sometimes vomit or have diarrhea. It usually only lasts for part of the day (he'll skip his morning meal and then by dinner is fine). Once it's over, he's back to his peppy, happy-go-lucky, playful self.
We've brought him to the vet and they did an ultrasound, fecal test, examination, etc. and said they couldn't find anything wrong with him. They suggested we put golf balls in his food bowl to make him eat more slowly. They also gave us Famotidine (Pepsid) which didn't really help.
We had been feeding him Wellness Super 5 for puppies until he was about 9 months and the vet recommended he go to adult food. I switched him to Wellness Super Mix for small breed and that's around the time his problems started. I slowly switched him to Wellness Core and he got worse. Then, we transitioned to home cooked and that didn't really help. My husband is old fashioned and believes all this fancy dog food actually makes dogs sick, so then we went to Purina Pro Plan. He was good on that for a while and now he's back to the same symptoms. I have tried adding some home cooked to his dog food (organic canned pumpkin, brown rice, hard boiled egg, salmon, boiled carrots, boiled sweet potato, boiled organic chicken -- not all at once) and it still hasn't stopped the problem.
I only give him "Made in the USA" chews, usually bully sticks or pork ears, never rawhide. Lately he's tried the Himalayan dog chews also.
I just can't seem to find out what's causing it. I always tell my husband I think it's the chemicals they spray on the grass (he does love to be outside in the yard and we live in SW Florida where they are always spraying lawns for something).
Anyone have any ideas for pinpointing what could be wrong?
We've brought him to the vet and they did an ultrasound, fecal test, examination, etc. and said they couldn't find anything wrong with him. They suggested we put golf balls in his food bowl to make him eat more slowly. They also gave us Famotidine (Pepsid) which didn't really help.
We had been feeding him Wellness Super 5 for puppies until he was about 9 months and the vet recommended he go to adult food. I switched him to Wellness Super Mix for small breed and that's around the time his problems started. I slowly switched him to Wellness Core and he got worse. Then, we transitioned to home cooked and that didn't really help. My husband is old fashioned and believes all this fancy dog food actually makes dogs sick, so then we went to Purina Pro Plan. He was good on that for a while and now he's back to the same symptoms. I have tried adding some home cooked to his dog food (organic canned pumpkin, brown rice, hard boiled egg, salmon, boiled carrots, boiled sweet potato, boiled organic chicken -- not all at once) and it still hasn't stopped the problem.
I only give him "Made in the USA" chews, usually bully sticks or pork ears, never rawhide. Lately he's tried the Himalayan dog chews also.
I just can't seem to find out what's causing it. I always tell my husband I think it's the chemicals they spray on the grass (he does love to be outside in the yard and we live in SW Florida where they are always spraying lawns for something).
Anyone have any ideas for pinpointing what could be wrong?