Have been on here before - puppy (bailey) has flare ups of colitis. Have been clear for a while but poos still not great (first one of the day great, second one less great, third one splat) and after reading on here about slippery elm I wanted to give it a try. He's 6 months Golden Retriever.
Went to local health food shop and asked for it. Lady picked a big box of "slippery elm food" off the shelf and said that was what they had. I clocked the use of the word "food" and asked her was it just slippery elm, she said yes. I didn't think anymore of it, came home and using dosing instructions from here made a serving for him. He's had 1 Saturday, 1 yesterday and 1 today.
Just had Bailey on his second walk and he threw up!! He was fine after and was able to walk the 10 mins home. Noticed lumps of the slippery elm in the throw up. Got in the gate and he went to do a poo. Now this one is normally "splat" but it was perfect.
Had a look at the box and guess what the main ingredient is?? Flour!! With the advice that it contains gluten. Second ingredient is slippery elm and third is sugar.
Pissed off at myself that I was so stupid. But do think the slippelm is working, so just need to find it in pure form now.
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Crap - made the puppy sick
HelgatheHairy · 22/10/2012 16:27
It isn't the "food" you want, it's the straight slippery elm powder. Proper health good shops usually sell it, not the Holland & Barrett chain type ones.
You'll know you've got the tight stuff if it looks a murky pinky brown colour, usually sold in plain bags they weigh out themselves, & if when you mix it with the hot water it turns into a sort of thin jelly consistency.
You'll also know by the absolutely vile, disgusting smell!
If I give it to my lot I have to wrestle them into an arm lock, hold on with a vice like grip while trying to get it into the pouch at the side of their mouth before they can escape, they hate it do much.
Mind you, can't say I blame them. In the interest of science, to see what all the fuss is about, I tasted it once.
But then, as the old saying goes, if it tastes nasty it's doing you good!
I feel for you, it is not nice having to wrestle them to medicate them and to have to do it with squelchy, stinky slippery elm must be even worse...
Worth it though, it really is magical stuff! (apparently it is safe for humans to take if suffering from a tummy bug, I have not been tempted as yet 
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