Poor Poopie

Oscar has been eating Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance- Lamb and Rice Allergy Formula Limited Ingredients - for about 2 months now. He's always had poopie problems. But recently it got worse.

Doc W at Mt. Airy Vet said he's a perfect example of a doggie with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).

Because Oscar is such a tough puppy, we rarely know if he's in pain (he ate a sock once and it sat in this stomach for 10 days. he tried to throw it up a few times, but we never knew it was painful!!!!) - but the doc says he has colitis - and his colon is probably all inflamed (TMI?), so we got some new meds for the pup.

The freaky part? It's supposed to block him off for 4-5 DAYS! No poop! I hope that doesn't mean bad gas.

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In other news, I had some girlfriends over on Saturday night and since we had glasses out in the living room, we kept Oscar in the kitchen with the baby gate. I expected him to cry and whine, and possibly try to knock the baby gate down (although he's never done this before)...

But he was a gentleman! He layed on his bed in the kitchen, and watched us through the baby gate, and eventually snored away more of the night, despite our loudness.

What a trooper.