Question by JuiCii: 5 yr. Old Beagle won’t eat 1 week after being neutered! HELP!?
I adopted a 5yr old Beagle from the shelter who is overweight. He weighed 51 pounds, but looking at him he has lost some weight in the week that I’ve had him. He was neutered the day I got him (3/1/2011) and has not had a bowel movement since I brought him home. He hasn’t really eaten except for yesterday he nibbled on some rib gristles (Spell check ). He refuses to eat hard dog food at all. I don’t know what to do. The vet said he won’t have a bowel movement until he eats but he didn’t tell me why he won’t eat or what to do to get him to eat. He also has severe allergies and I don’t know what to do. HELP! I’m looking for a new vet, but any ideas are appreciated!
Okay thanks for the answers, let me clarify that he ate the meat off of the gristle and I did tell my mom that she was not to give him anymore people food. I spoke with a vet my grandma uses and he said bring him in. He checked him out and said the site was fine, his temp was normal, and him losing weight was a good thing as long as it wasn’t too fast. He has had a bowel movement and he said to mix plain white rice and ground beef and keep it bland to get him to start eating again and to help with painful stools for the next 3 days then he gave me some soft dog food. He said he may not eat hard dog food because the previous owners fed him junk which is how he got to be 51 pounds. He is already doing a lot better. OMG I am so happy. Thanks guys!

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Answer by KateB
You need to get him to a vet. And it sounds like your vet is terrible. Find a new vet a.s.a.p!!!

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Question by Kristin M: My beagle has dry skin?
My 14 week old beagle puppy has recently gotten very dry skin. She is a picky eater, and I have finally found a puppy food that she likes (though she’d much rather be eating my older dogs’ food) but now she is really itchy, has what looks like dandruff, and a dull coat. I really don’t want to switch her food again, but I will if I have to. I don’t think it’s allergies since she is on a filler-free brand (one of our other dogs has filler allergies and it’s much easier to keep them all on a fuller free food in case he gets into one of the other dogs’ bowls.) Is there something I can add to her food that will help? Or is there a specific ingredient I should look for when I am looking for food? Please help, I hate that she’s itchy and uncomfortable, and the skin flakes look really gross on her black patches.
We have 2 other dogs currently, and we had another one before that and I’ve never had a problem with dry skin, that’s why I am asking.
I did tons of research on beagles and puppies before I got her, I never saw anywhere that I was supposed to give her milk and cheese, we’ve never done that with a puppy.
But, I will try it, how much should I give her? she’s currently eating 2 1/4 cups of food a day.
ummmm I did read the label, i’m not dumb. That’s how much food it says to feed her.

How much oil should I add, and what kind? (olive, conola, vegetable, fish?)

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Answer by Maxi
At 14 wks old she should be having good quality meat protein, cheese, puppy milk not just kibble, her bones are still growing and she needs four small meals a day, with good protien and calcium. Cod liver oil, brewers yeast tablet and a garlic pearl are also good suppliments to give her.

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Question by ishyboo: My beagle mix seems to have itchy dry skin… Advice?
I have a beagle mix I believe the other half is collie, based on his coat, neck and facial structure.

He has always been very itchy. We had to get him a hydrocortosone shot in january when he was chewing the skin off his back legs. I got hydrocortoson spray, but he hates for me to spray it on him and it doesn’t last long. I’m not sure if it is his skin or an allergy. I dont believe it is fleas, because i never see fleas on him or in the bathtub when I give him baths.

He seems to extra itchy after a bath which makes me believe it is dry skin. I am using an oatmeal shampoo that doesnt seem to work. He itches all day. He makes his skin red with all the scratching. Anyone have any advice that has been thru this? I have never had a dog with a problem like this.

I was told to give him benadryl to see if it is an allergy, but i would have no idea how much to give him!
he actually has no dandruff or flaking of any kind. just scratching incontrollable constantly!

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Answer by Kate
I have a beagle and he had horrible dandruff. We finally took him to the vet and discovered that he had a skin infection. We were very surprised because we also thought it was in allergic reaction to something. Our vet prescribed an antibiotic that cleared his infection. Now, he is dandruff free and has been for the last year!

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Question by lovinyamtyeknwy: My potty trained Beagle has been acting out and pooping on the floor….HELP!?
I’m very pregnant and in the past month or so, my Beagle has been pooping on the floor in the middle of the night. I have 3 dogs and I know it is her because she has had other problems and has very bad food allergies. She has a dog door that she can go out, and we’ve had her for 2 years and she’s never deliberately pooped on the floor. The other night we were watching a movie and she squatted right in front of the TV to pee. I don’t understand why she is behaving like this. I love her to death, but with the baby coming anyday I am not going to be able to deal with her behavior. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to have to give her away, and the idea breaks my heart. HELP PLEASE!?!?!?!?!
She isn’t pregnant because I got her fixed a few months ago. She’s only 2 years old so I dont think she’s getting too old. She uses the dog door all the time….she runs out it to bark at the neighbors dogs and she doesnt poop on the floor during the day, only at night. I’ve had plenty of blood tests run on her, thats how we figured out that she had food allergies, and she is on special vet approved dog food. Kidney failure would result in peeing on the floor wouldn’t it? And it doesnt make sense why she’d be afraid of the dog door when she is perfectly capable of going outside during the day.

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Answer by love in every bite
Maybe she’s pregnant too!! and her body is acting out. You never know…

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I’m very pregnant and in the past month or so, my Beagle has been pooping on the floor in the middle of the night. I have 3 dogs and I know it is her because she has had other problems and has very bad food allergies. She has a dog door that she can go out, and we’ve had her for 2 years and she’s never deliberately pooped on the floor. The other night we were watching a movie and she squatted right in front of the TV to pee. I don’t understand why she is behaving like this. I love her to death, but with the baby coming anyday I am not going to be able to deal with her behavior. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to have to give her away, and the idea breaks my heart. HELP PLEASE!?!?!?!?!
She isn’t pregnant because I got her fixed a few months ago. She’s only 2 years old so I dont think she’s getting too old. She uses the dog door all the time….she runs out it to bark at the neighbors dogs and she doesnt poop on the floor during the day, only at night. I’ve had plenty of blood tests run on her, thats how we figured out that she had food allergies, and she is on special vet approved dog food. Kidney failure would result in peeing on the floor wouldn’t it? And it doesnt make sense why she’d be afraid of the dog door when she is perfectly capable of going outside during the day.