Poorly Border Terrier age 6

[Bufftailed]

Aww my girl had some diarrhea Friday and was pacing Friday night. Saturday picked up and seemed ok. More pacing and shaking Sat night / Sunday morning. Emergency vet prescribed pain relief. No diarrhea since Fri and no vomiting. She slept well last night.

Today is sleeping but cautious with stairs, not jumping. After rice / chicken small meal (including pain relief) she is shaking a lot for about 30 mins and sitting up, then stops, seems ok and goes to sleep. Is very worrying when it happens.

Spoke to my own vet earlier and he said if not better tomor afternoon bring her in. Such a worry. Thinking to give her tiny portions of food. She has had bad tummy before but this is going on a bit. Any advice or experience??

Made worse by her getting very stressed at vet visits.

Thank you

Apart from the diarrhea she sounds like she has hurt her back if she is finding stairs difficult to negotiate. Shaking/pacing sounds pain related to me. Did the vet examine her back and neck. Could she have a prolapsed disc maybe?

Thanks @HangryBrickShark the pain she has comes on when she eats. I’m going to see how she manages this morning but then prob take her to vet this afternoon. She slept ok. Stomach gargling a bit.

What is she eating. There are a few things that BTs seem prone to which can be exacerbated by food.
CECS or Spikes disease or gallbladder mucocele. Helped by low fat gluten and grain free food.

Thanks. Vet said pancreatitis. On antibiotics & painkillers. Normally she has ‘Pure pet food’ salmon…

Hi @Bufftailed , hope your BT is feeling better now. I don't know much about Pure dog food, but you definitely need a low fat protein for a dog who suffers with pancreatitis. Do they make different meals for individual dogs? Maybe contact them for advice if your DD is otherwise happy with her food.
Do you belong to Borderfest Facebook group? You will find lots of owners with helpful advice there too.

How's she doing now @Bufftailed ? Hope feeling better. Pancreatitis is awful, my poor dog had it, and she went off all her usual favourite foods. That was hard to see as she loved food. That, and the pain.

Thank you and @Thatcannotberight she has made a full recovery thank goodness. She is on chicken & rice. I need to stop all scraps/ cheese. Her food is pure food salmon but I think I need to change it. Was a scary few days. Vet was excellent thankfully.

My dog has IBD and can get pancreatitis very easily. We have to feed with low fat food and he can only tolerate one protein. We go with burns dry food. The vet wanted him on hydrolysed but it's 5 times the price.

My dear departed BT displayed these symptoms post op. He scared me because they're usually so stoic. So glad yours made a good recovery. Mine was fine too. I think he was just frightened by being in pain bless him.

They're the best little dogs. I miss him still.