[Dailydrool] pumpkin 'n more...

[Angelika Hastings]

Pumpkin is fiber. Fiber can make you go when you can't and can also make you go lots and not so firm.
To firm up poop- put a spoonful on one meal a day. If your hound is constipated or has poop that is just too hard, give a heaping spoon with each meal until things improve. Fiber goes both ways...
Acidophilus is good bacteria that lives in the gut. Not enough and you have tummy issues. ANY brand will do. Give one a day until symptoms improve and then you can go to every other day.
UTI's- they can be a pain. Literally. Often you don't know your hound has one until they pee in the house or you see blood. A friend's basset girl was just diagnosed with an ecoli UTI- she's been treated for several uti's for the last year or so. Now she is on meds that are effective for ecoli and hopefully by the end of the month it will be gone.
Elvis had lots of UTI's the first year after he lost the use of his legs. He is able to urinate on his own. Can't control it- but at least it comes out without help. 
If you're in the Pittburgh area ( or maybe just under 200 m,iles away....) come waddle with us in the parade on saturday! Bring your hound. We line up between 16th and 21th Street by 9 am. Look for the red Ford truck with the Droopy banner and all the bassets.
droolies, Angelika 		 	   		  
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