Rosey is Sick:( UPDATE 6

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

UPDATE 6:

I think Rosey might Finally be feeling better.  We walked for about 30 mins this morning but no poop.  So I took them with me when I got my haircut and afterwards we went to the park because I really wanted to get her to poop.  She was very playful, and was up for some soccer and frisbee.  She did poop 3x's and it looked okay... One of the poops though came out orangish and then there was a piece that was really pale yellowish white...sorry to be so gross but I found the color strange.  I am not sure what causes multi-color poop.  It was still a bit slimy but improved overall.  She was really hungry when we got home so I gave her some more potatoes and ground beef and then a tiny bit of Orijen and she gobbled it all right up.  Tonight chicken and sweet potatoes. 

Hopefully we are through with the worst!!  Thanks again everyone for care and concern!!!

xoxo SRB

UPDATE 5:

Rosey's stomach last night started making all these crazy gurgly noises last night and she refused to eat all day yesterday.  I could tell she was not feeling well as she was pacing and panting.  In order to get her to settle down I gave her a Tramadol which did knock her out for the night.  Her stomach was quiet this morning and she woke up looking for food.  So I cooked up some ground chicken for her and Bandit and they ate that right up.  They don't like the rice so we skipped that. 

As for the Orijen I don't know what to think.  I hate to get rid of all of my supply as it's almost a full bag and as we all know that is $80 worth of dog food.  The one thing that I notice in my Orijen is that some kibbles are lighter and some kibbles are darker.  Does anyone else notice that? I am going to get some more ground chicken today and just feed them that over the weekend.  Is there any other starch besides rice I could try? 

Bandit seems to be all better.  I think he got diarrhea from the ground beef and rice I fed him.  He was never as sick as Rosey either.  His poop was nice and firm this morning. 

 

UPDATE 4:

Rosey slept all thru the night!!! Hooray!!!  It was her little brother Bandit that got me up at 4am to potty..ugh.  Oh well still much better than the previous 2 nights.  The vet called and all her blood work came back looking good so we are still dealing with gastroenteritis of an unknown origin.  She did eat a little more this morning they both have a very good skill of picking out beef from beef and rice and spreading rice all over the floor.  So we will be doing some morning cleaning today and they both are going to get a bath.  My parents are coming over to watch them while I go to my job interview that I had to reschedule from yesterday. 

 

Thanks again everyone for helping us get through this!!!

 

 

UPDATE 3:

Okay things are looking up, at 9 pm I got the ground beef and rice out and started to coax her to eat.  I then forced 2 pieces of beef down her throat and in the midst of this Bandit of course wanted his fair share.  There were some scraps on the floor and Rosey started eating them off the floor.  So I sat on the floor and we had a rice and ground beef party and whilst Rosey would only eat the ground beef Bandit didn't mind eating up the rice bits...

SOOOO happy she finally got real food in her tummy, she had not eaten since Saturday evening.  Tomorrow more ground beef!!!

 

Thanks too all:) <3<3<3

 

 

UPDATE 2:

Rosey is home!!  She had the full work up done, she does not have an obstruction but does have very inflamed intestines.  She is on antibodies and probiotic paste .  I won't have her bloodwork results until tomorrow.  I made her some ground beef but she still has no interest in eating, hopefully that will change this evening.  She is drinking water and has been pumped full of fluids.   

 

Thanks everyone for all the well wishes and concern!

 

UPDATE 1:  Rosey had a rough night getting up to go out and try and poop every 2 hours and then even more frequently this morning.  She still would not eat anything, not even a goldfish cracker:(  I talked to the vet and he wanted her brought in for bloodwork, x-rays and an IV drip.  So she is there now and will be there most of the day.  Poor baby Rosey:(

 

So I spent the Thanksgiving holiday at my parents for almost a week and she and Bandit just LOVE it there..  Yesterday morning started like every other with soccerball fetching with Rosey by a good game of chase and zoomies and then we went to run errands.  On our last stop my mom ran into the grocery store and Rosey started heaving and threw up 4 times in the parking lot all bile.... So I got some pepcid, Pepto and gave her 1 pepcid and 2 hours later a 1 tsp of pepto but the heaves and puddles of bile just kept coming.

Sooo I got the number for a ER vet in the little town of Kerrville and he was a total newbie and was everything from Pancreatis to Cancer to bloat.. I asked that he just give her the anti nausea shot and meds and let me take her home which he did.  Then Rosey was up all night pacing and wanting to go outside.

 

So today she finally slept for a few hours this morning and I drove them back to Austin and took her to her vet because she has not had any food since Saturday night and finally drank some water this evening.  They pumped some fluids in her, gave her some probiotics and an antibiotic.  She is completely lethargic, only gets up to go out and squirt a little runny poop out..I don't know how to get something in her stomach and furthermore I have NO clue as to what caused this...

 

:(

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

There are hundreds of thousands of dogs eating the food. There cannot be a storage issue on the part of the retailer, because Orijen is vacuum sealed. You can see the shape of the food through the foil, that's how air-tight the bags are. When you cut them open, you hear a "whoosh" sound, as the air enters and the kibble falls to the bottom of the bag.

As far as two dogs in the same houshold being sick, anyone who has kids knows that when one gets sick, it's usually only a matter of time before the other one gets sick, lol.

I do think it would always be reasonable to consider any food a dog is eating when there is a gastrointestinal issue, but posting "Orijen dog food Rotten" in bold lettering is definitely the kind of thing rumors and hysteria are made of.

And thanks for your nice words, Trudy.

 

[Melanie and Girls]

I'm sorry if you felt for any moment that my post was trying to start a rumor against Orijen. I simply cut and pasted it from the forum it came from, and that was the font they had chosen.

I never once meant to imply that there was a problem with the company or their product, simply that it is always possible for a product to go bad. If you did a search on ANYdog food, you would probably find someone who said they got a "bad bag".

I opened a can of tomato paste the other day. The seal hissed, and the paste inside was dark red. So I threw it in the garbage and got another one. I still eat tomato paste, and I have no intention of calling the supplier or the manufacturer for a recall because of my "one can".

The entire point of the post was that it is possible for ANY company - even Orijen - to have a "bad bag", and if it helps solve the problem of a sick dog, then isn't that the whole point of this forum?

I'm sorry if you took it as anything more than that.

[F, Calla & Luca]

BTW, tomato paste cans often seem to leak I've found. I now buy tubes you can refrigerate. Since I often used less than a whole can this method works better for me for that reason too.

[Melanie and Girls]

Really? please pm me... I've never heard of those before!!

[Melanie and Girls]

Please note the date of this copied forum entry. It is almost 2 years old. This is NOT a new issue, and is not intended to cause alarm with Orijen or its products.

Its only intent was to reassure someone that they may not be the only one who questions an individual package of a product. Any product.

Thanks.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

We have so many members feeding Orijen that if it were a product problem I would think we would see many more intestinal issues on DK. Besides, both JD and Rosie have been off the food for a good amount of time and are still ill. So I feel Orijen is not likely the culprit.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

I am sorry if I caused any kind of uproar about Orijin.  I am not sure if the finger pointing is at me or someone from two years ago.  I know how desperate we all are to find out what is wrong with our Doodles when they are so sick.  I ONLY suggested to Suzann that maybe their dog kibble was bad and in saying that I didn't mean from the manufacturer but the way it was stored or the age of it once it had been opened and the "whoosh" sound was long gone in the past.  At this point we are all grasping at straws for a possible reason JD and Rosey are so sick.  I feed Gracie Doodle Acana and it is made by Orijin so in no way did I ever say anything against the company nor mention POISON!  The only reason Orijin even came up was because that was the food Suzann was feeding the Doodles.  I was referring to ANY dog food going bad.   I only suggested, as can happen in human food, that it had gone bad after being opened and stored.  I am sorry if I was the one to start a rumor or people misunderstood my meaning, but in looking at my post I don't think anyone should have jumped to conclusions since I did mention storage after the bag had been opened. 

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

Nancie you are such a troublemaker!!!  :))

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

I am just feeling very sad and helpless about Rosey and JD and they aren't even my Doodles.  But I love them and feel like I know them and they are a part of my family.  I want them to get better NOW!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Me, too, kid, me too.

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

Thanks Nancie!  We love Gracie too!!  Rosey says as soon as she is feeling better she is coming to San Diego to romp on the beach with beautiful Graciedoodle!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

No, Nance, no fingers pointed at you. I was referring to a post quoting a discussion on a Rottweiler forum from two years ago that's posted here in this discussion. I realize that everything everyone is posting here is out of concern for our sick dogs and a desire to be helpful.

I'm particularly sensitive to rumors about foods because I have been getting private messages hourly ever since the announcement on the part of the FDa that they are investigating chicken jerky from China. People are seeing news reports about issues that happened in 2007 and sending their friends alarming emails that there are recalls on dozens of different dog foods, that there is aflatoxin in this brand and melamine in that brand, and none of this is true, some of it is related to recalls from before 2007. So I see first-hand how these things get out of control.

Plus I'm a wreck from all this with JD. No offense intended.