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What Causes Dog Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Colitis?

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What Causes Dog Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Colitis?

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This illness is caused normally by intolerance to a new food or food they have not had before. It is much like an allergic reaction in the stomach, lower intestines or other digestive system areas. The most common type of irritable bowel syndrome is colitis; this is irritation and inflammation of the colon (the last part of the bowel leading to the dog’s anus). This has a similar cure to dog food poisoning and is in many ways the same. When this happens, it is also possible that the inflammation in the stomach caused by the food intolerance will cause the dogs’ body to create too much stomach acid which will give a similar feeling to heartburn. In turn this will cause vomiting that may contain yellow bile in the mornings from the night of rest and body accumulating acids. To get rid of this stomach pain dogs will often make themselves sick by chewing and swallowing grass to intentionally irritate the stomach and make themselves sick. This is quite normal behavior and your dog will fee

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