The back history is that Floyd had three mast cell tumors in 2005. Two at once in the groin area and then another 12 days later in the shoulder. . I put him on prednisone for four months when he got the third. Since then I've learned a lot about diet. He was never, since adoption, been on a bad diet, but some are good and others better. He got almost four years of remission.
In October, he had new mast cell tumors and several new lipomas that came up within a one week period. He had two lipomas from the previous four years that were not large. We took them all out. We put him back on prednisone, although not a very large dose. He's also getting Milk Thistle and Standard Process.
A month later, he had huge digestive upsets to the point where he became dehydrated. We did blood/urine work at that time, and it looks great except for dehydration. Kidney and liver were absolutely fine. A one week course of Flagyl. Within hours of getting the Flagyl, he was fine and starving, vs. for the first time in my life, I've had to force a pill. A week after quitting, it came back, and we did another course of Flagyl. It came back exactly a week later. Not as badly, but far from normal. Lab results for fecal are normal.
I'm sort of thinking that he had a major immune upheaval although I don't know why. Over the previous four years, I've done Monica Segal diets, and developed severa to keep variety for him and keep myself on budgetl. It's not all that hard for a larger dog that has always been a heavy eater. He eats about 2700 calories per day for a 65 lb dog. Always has.
So for now, Floyd's on an elimination diet of bass and millet. I can try adding vitamins to make this complete or try a fish based kibble.
Thanks for thinking of us.