Dpup is a springer spaniel. 5 months old. She has pretty much had diarrhoea constantly since we got her when she was 8 weeks old. Within two weeks she was diagnosed with campylobacter which was treated with antibiotics. But she has had recurrent diarrhoea ever since - more diarrhoea than not. We’ve done two rounds of fecal tests and blood tests - vet says that pretty much nothing has showed up other than maybe bacterial overgrowth. So the plan is to put her on two weeks of antibiotics and to change up her food.
Changing her food has me totally confused. Vet suggested either a single source of protein diet but it has to be a source of protein she has never had before... only thing that I think she has never had is white fish so that’s very limited. She has had practically everything because she is a very fussy eater and both her breeder and then me were trying to find food she would eat! Or a hypoallergenic diet - vet has suggested dechra specific but I am totally confused about whether that would be the digestive support or allergy variety or does it make any difference? Meanwhile our very experienced gun-dog trainer has suggested a raw diet. I’m wondering if I could somehow do raw + single source of protein? And what do I do for treats then? I really don’t fancy trying to do training without treats!! She will currently only do anything for chicken pate - turns her nose up at anything else.
Photo added for cuteness and any advice very gratefully received!