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Has anyone ever known a dog that had Irritable bowl syndrome?

Yes, I owned one. He was a Great Dane and he suffered from the disease horribly. It's not pretty and can be rather hard to control.

My dads girlfriends dog has it and I was wondering if anyone had any advice?

I have heard that the raw diet works well with dogs with this problem but could not say this was gospel, I know one of my dogs had a sort of irritable bowel, flutuating between runny poos and constipated, once I had put him on the barf diet it settled and he seems a lot happier.

Mo

Doe sit have any effect on the coat? i am going to meet the dog tomorrow, hes had arthrits in his back end also, and suffers from itchy skin

I just PM'd you, but I forgot to mention that my dane had horribly itchy skin as well as IBS. I truly believe this dissorder is just an extreme case of food allergy.

Not in people. I have it and it's a lot more complicated than any allergy.

thanks, seems a bit strange that this dog has itchy skin too, i think it may be a food allergy too, I will find out what she is feeding him, and what he was on before the vet visit