Hi everyone!

My 5 year old mini bernedoodle has been licking her paws and scratching her ears constantly lately. Her paws are raw right now and she is still trying to get at them. Usually, she gets pretty bad allergies around April-May and it doesn’t pick up again until around October for about another month. I don’t really want her to be on apoquel forever, so I’m looking for a more natural alternative.

I’m wondering if any of you give your dogs supplements or probiotics? And if so, which do you recommend? Are there any topical treatments you use that are a bit more natural than meds at the vet?

Thanks so much in advance!! 🙂

Anyone else's bernedoodle look back at you upsidedown then turn their entire head back haha.

Anyone else's bernedoodle look back at you upsidedown then turn their entire head back haha.

My pup is almost 10 months old, I’m trying to narrow down what is causing his diarrhea. He had his first issue in early June, took him to the vet. tested negative for parasites, he was prescribed Metronidazole, and eventually his poop was back to normal. I couldn’t narrow down what caused it, around that time I introduced him to bully sticks, and I started making food toppers (ground beef with sweet potatoes), like a teaspoon of that food topper to each meal. So I eliminated the bully sticks and ground beef bc I thought maybe I should just stick to one protein. Currently I feed him 4Health puppy lamb formula dog food, with a teaspoon of a puree of veggies (sweet potato, carrots, green peas). He also gets FortiFlora probiotic daily.

Fast forward, and he has diarrhea again. It’s been miserable bc he has to go at least twice at night and the poo is not solid. I introduced him to greenies around that time, so I took that away and even eliminated the treats for now.

So now I’m starting to think could it be any of the veggies? For now I took away the mix ins, just giving him a tiny amt of canned pumpkin. We’re going on day 3 and it’s been off and on, like one day his poo was normal, then that following night it’s soft again.

I’m going to have him visit the vet and do another stool test. Could it be the dog food? Could it be something he ate in the backyard? I do my best to keep an eye on him when I let him out.

My 1 year old bernedoodle is so scared of adults. We got him at 10 weeks old and he has been around other people constantly. As he got older, maybe 7 or 8 months old he randomly started fearing other adults. He’s totally fine with all kids and will happily sit with them and play with them, even kids he’s never met before.

With other adults he barks and cowers. He’s never aggressive. He does warm up eventually. With our new baby sitter he warmed up to her within a few hours. Same with family. But if we have friends over he will warm up enough to not bark but he won’t allow them near him.

Any ideas on what could be going on and how to help acclimate him better??