Written by Dr. Katie Woodley, Holistic Veterinarian and Founder of The Natural Pet Doctor

If your dog keeps having diarrhea that improves and then comes back again, there's an important question to ask:

Recurring diarrhea in dogs can be associated with intestinal parasites such as Giardia, changes in the gut microbiome, food-responsive disease, digestive dysfunction, chronic enteropathy, intestinal inflammation, stress, and other gastrointestinal or systemic conditions.

And if your dog is also experiencing mucus or blood in the stool, vomiting, appetite changes, or weight loss, I don't want to simply keep reaching for another probiotic or changing foods without understanding why these symptoms are happening.

As a holistic veterinarian who has spent years working with dogs and cats with chronic gut problems, my approach is to gather information first and then use that information to determine what the individual pet's gastrointesti