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Just going to say- sometimes we are advised to give Pepto for tummy upset and that will cause black stool also. You didn't mention one way or the other so I thought I would throw it out there just in case.
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It does take time. And some experimentation. We are at almost 2 years and still have to change it up from time to time to keep her interested in food. Some are extremely food driven and some are NOT. Mine is NOT, so she will go without eating and get grumbly tummy empty to the point throwing up bile if she doesn't eat so we have to do what it takes to keep her interested. She is also emotionally attached to eating so uncomfortable situations put her on hunger strike. Key the extra food bribes. It works for us. You will find what works for you... just go with it.
It may just take time to adjust then. It sounds like you are on top of things.
Also good about the checkup and fecal. It would be good to rule things out health wise as well.
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You will also find that it comes and goes. Sometimes they love their food and sometimes are on hunger strike. My grey gets very rumbly tummy if something upsets her like strange dog attack or uncomfortable situation, etc. We have settled on Costco/Kirkland chicken with some type of bribe/enticement like cheese or currently one spoonful of canned food (Iams Chicken Pate) with water all mixed together. New grey will go through a LONG period of adjustment to all things, food included. Every day is new sometimes. Be patient and just know it will all work out in the end.
Good news ...Abbie seems to really like the Purina Pro Plan Focus Sensitive Skin and Stomach ....shes been cleaning and licking her bowl clean and gets excited at meal time now! It was pretty unbelievable that after just one night of eating this how much attitude changed ...she seems more bright , energetic and happier, playing with her toys again ! I guess she really does need a sensitive stomach formula! Fingers crossed she stays liking this ! Only thing is that I know this food doesnt come highly rated on dog food advisor but its the only thing she really seems to like
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Living in SW Florida, with a girl we adopted last summer and now on foster #3. Summer or hot walks are early morning or evening. Like others said, just be careful of super hot asphalt that can burn their paws. If you go far, bring water and a small bowl for drinking.
My grey loves a good sunbath (or 2) during the day, even in the really hot months. The sun must feel good to them.
Otherwise, Florida has lots of tracks and lots of greys that are looking for loving homes. You could be the next! Best decision I ever made.
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We had our best luck with a Dog Probiotic. We use this one from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G5CB410/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Take him outside to pee. No fuss, no interaction. Just go out and pee. He's VERY new. He might need to go, as he's getting on a new schedule. It'll level out after a couple days, or weeks. You're lucky a brand-new dog lets you sleep that long.
I agree. Let him out but no fun playtime. We had quite a few middle of the nights when Chelsea was new, and if we ignored her it usually resulted in us having to break out the carpet cleaner. Now she is a champ at sleeping in
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Please do not share this list with my Chelsea. She will number #1 - #31 and decide that those choices correspond with the day of the month. LOL.
The girl likes variety, but tomorrow will try shaky cheese and see how it goes. This week, the beef broth and cheese/chicken/beef stopped working.
Seamie's List
Bella, this is for you 
Noms I might enjoy today. But KNOT tomorrow.
But perhaps again another time (pick a day …)
Compiled by: A senior hound ♥
Kibble: pulverized; wet with chicken broth or water
Chicken: ground; breast or thigh nuked and cut into pieces; rotisserie
Turkey: ditto
Beef: ground; cheezberger plane
Sardine Saturday
Peanut butter: plane or on anything!
Scrambled eggs; plane or add cheese (cottage; cheddar, American, spray, shakey)
Scrambled eggs with ground turkey or chicken (add cheese?)
Pasta, any shape
Egg noodles, plane or with: butter, peanut butter, ground chicken, turkey, or beef
Waffles, with butter; peanut butter; syrup (small amount)
Pancakes: ditto
Oatmeal: ditto
TEXAS Toast, with butter or peanut butter
Ensure (vanilla or strawberry)
Vanilla ice cream or yogurt
Applesauce
Liverwurst, sparingly
Hot dogs, chicken, turkey, beef; boiled; sliced small & nuked til crisp; use as meal/topper.
Shakey cheese
Any cheese!
Assorted canned noms: Merrick’s Grandma’s ChickenPotPie, 95% Tripe, any flavor!;
Purina One chicken; whatever flavors they’ll eat: Alpo or Pedigree
Natural Balance (or other) rolls
Canned puppy food to keep weight on old bones
Crockpot Stew:
water, broccoli, canned (real) pumpkin, white rice, chicken breast, water
Lemon Loaf
Peanut Better Biscuits
Cereal: Chex Mix, Cheerios, Kellogg’s Corn Pops, Apple Jacks
Bananas, Apples
Green Beans
Zucchini
Sweet potato: nuked or baked; plane or with butter
Instant potatoes
Vanilla Oreos
White bread, with seedless strawberry jam (PB&J!)
Quinoa, with or without butter and/or shredded or shaky cheese
Your LEFTOVERS!!
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My girl would growl when approached when we first brought her home, but that stopped after a few weeks, so it may not be a permanent behavior. They are just not used to being bothered.
We have had her almost a year and she still likes a little something extra in her food. EVERY TIME. And, (haha, not that she is spoiled or anything!) she likes it to vary. You can't just pick something and add it every time. Cheese one day, chicken another, sometimes broth will do it, sometimes I just have to add a treat to her bowl and she will eat the treat and then everything else.
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Hardwood + hardwood stairs make for scared times. You might want to think about putting down some grip strips on the stairs to help her. I'd let her figure out the stairs on her own pace if they are not mandatory to do daily activities. Make sure the space is fully lit so she can see her paw placements. Use some high value treats like hotdogs to encourage movement up the stairs. There are lots of good threads in T&D about how to help them, but your biggest challenge will be that the stairs to her will be super slippery and she will be unsure and could fall, which then makes your work even more difficult because she will become fearful and you have to start dealing with that too.
Not necessarily for stairs, but we got our girl some grippy dog socks (like babies wear) for the hardwood floors so she wouldn't slip. Took about a month before she fully figured it out without them.
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Ours was never fostered. Straight from the track, to the rescue kennel to us and still does not like being up on anything. (Except for the rare occasions I mentioned before). Our theory was that she was kept in an upper kennel at the track at some point.
I can't figure out how to get the image to appear, so here is the link to an example.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dazzleme/5970070419/in/photostream/
She also did not want anything to do with the crate or any confined space when we brought her home either.
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My Chelsea doesn't like going "up" on anything either. Generally. I took her on a road trip with me and one night stayed in a room with 2 double beds. She hopped up on one of them and stayed all night, but when I went and sat on the bed with her, she would get down. Doesn't like company up there I guess.
At home we reason that it also has something to do with the wood floors. It took her quite a while to get used to them so she probably doesn't want to slip on the way back off. I so wish she would get up and cuddle with me, but my husband sees it as a plus that she doesn't like to get up there. So I don't push it.
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We had good luck adding a probiotic. Our girl was super picky when we got her and we had the awful tummy sounds when her belly would be empty, but she still didn't want to eat. This is the one we use and it really helped balance her out I think:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G5CB410/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
She is still pretty picky but we finally found a food that she likes and we end up having to entice her with SOMETHING at each meal, usually broth or cheese or other meat we have around. Like someone else said, we have also found that "priming the pump" helps entice her to eat when she is not interested. Her favorite treat with an extra bit dropped in her bowl, and we also don't watch her eat either. Too funny- when we take her on walks, there is almost a guarantee that she will poop in the yard of the person who is outside to watch, but she wants to eat in private!
Bella, this is for you 
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One of the protocols I read mentioned use of Psyllium Husk to help alleviate the diarrhea and I will attest that it does help firm up the stool while continuing with other treatments to try to eradicate the stubborn little buggers.