I have a 10-month old 90-lb male Bernese Mountain Dog. When I got him at 2 months old I was feeding him Iams Large Breed Puppy, but at about 7 months old he began having diarrhea and, even though housebroken, would go on the floor. There was also minimal blood in his stool. My vet put him on a steroid treatment. It helped until the treatment was over and then it went right back to bad. I switched his food since it was the simplest and most cost effective thing I could do at the time. I began feeding him Nature's Recipe Easy-to-Digest Large Breed Puppy (the cost was most comparable to Iams). He's been doing well over the past few months on it with absolutely no digestive issues. However, he has begun losing great amounts of hair on his backside and it is thinning drastically. His skin in that area is very dry and flaky. Also, I can't see much of a weight gain (only 8 pounds in 2.5 months). His appetite hasn't diminished and he's still eating. I've thought of putting bacon grease or some other type of animal fat in small amounts on his food, but with his previous allergies I'm hesitant to do so. What do I do about the hair loss and weight issue? I've been giving him omega3 fish oil and vitamin E for two weeks, but not a lot is changing.
