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So my berner puppy is about 6 months old now and I've had him on Science Diet since I got him. He's had no problems and is growing beautifully. However, I've recently had some issues with diarrhea. A few weeks ago he broke with diarrhea, but it was kinda odd because he only had it overnight (getting me up every 1 to 2 hours to go out), and he did have occasional normal bowel movements. I took him to the vet and they did a fecal that was negative and just told me to give him yogurt with his food to balance his GI bacteria. I did this for a few days and it made no improvement. He had diarrhea for over a week at this point and I was worried about dehydration so I took him for a second opinion. This doctor gave me a medication that would balance the gut flora, and after a few days on that he did go back to normal. I finished his yogurt and stopped the meds after he was normal for 3 days and he stayed normal. That was a few weeks ago, but last night he started with the acute onset diarrhea again.
I guess all that was leading into a question about his food. Has anyone had issues with berners in science diet? I've used it for all my pets for years and never had a problem, but I'm not opposed to switching foods if that's the problem. I want to make sure it isn't something else first though so I don't make the diarrhea worse by switching foods. I'm pretty upset that the vets didn't do more or really seem that concerned about it. It might not be terribly bad for him to have occasional diarrhea, but I get no sleep and end up cleaning out his kennel 3 or 4 times a night if I don't wake up fast enough to get him out. Nothing else has changed in his routine lately (no new toys, treats, environmental changes), and the only symptom is the diarrhea. If anyone has had experience with this or knows about the foods please let me know. I need a solution soon because not sleeping is not going well for me.
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