The thumbnails show a nice pair of basset bookends. Puppy Beckham is cute, of course, but if you look at his expression, you can see that he appears to be plotting revenge on someone.

Hugs to Beckham. Feel better soon, big boy.

Baby Beckham is perfect in every way, and look at his huge paw claiming ownership of Mrs TBogg.

Sorry to hear the elder B is having tummy problems and hope he feels better soon (too many stolen Ding Dongs?).

Fenway must be studying Beckham because he has an almost identical expression.

belly rubs and scratches behind the ears for Beckham … hope he’s feeling better soon (ain’t nuttin sadder than a sick pooch)

I knew someone who had an Airedale with serious gastric problems. The problem was solved when Teresa gave up on commercial dog food of any kind and made wonderful meat-and-rice stews (from scratch) for Guinness. (Though Guinness also got Pepto Bismol as needed; apparently that works very well on doggies.)

What’s Beckham’s usual diet? Have you tried all-natural (no glutens, no wheys) food, or maybe even the Raw foods?

Beckham is on a special veterinary food (you can only buy it from a vet)for dogs who have inflammatory bowel disease. He also get a Pepcid with every meal.

Occasionally he gets canned pumpkin in his food. Weird.

with or without freckled peckers)

Isn’t there some British dessert called “spotted dick”?

I’ve been thinking of this since the original “freckled pecker.”

It’s tough to tell when a basset isn’t feeling well because they always look somewhat unhappy and dyspeptic. Doubly so in Beckham’s case. On the other hand, Fenway never looks that way but then, as far as bassets go, he’s a freak.

This is probably maligning Fenway’s ancestors, but I’m reminded of the groomer/trainer/vet tech folkism that among ‘problem’ breeds, frequently the despised Pet Shop Rescues are the most resilient… because the domestic-livestock sellers have less incentive to nurse the temperamentally questionable or physically frail newborns.

Also, my vet says this is crazy talk, but some breeders swear that they’ve known dogs whose seasonal allergies are expressed as gastric problems instead of skin/ear inflammations. Don’t know what’s blooming now in the San Diego area, but keeping Beckham away from pollen (as much as that’s possible) and maybe wiping him down with a damp cloth after every outdoor romp couldn’t hurt?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_Dick

I occasionally housesit for a cat who gets a 1/4 pepcid twice a day (in addition to glucosamine, atarax and every other day prednisone — good thing she’s old and can’t move very fast). They did the daily dose of pumpkin for a while, too, but now she’s on lactulose every day for her old lady bowels. Last time I watched her she went on a poop strike for three days and on the fourth day it was Katie Bar The Door.

The name sounds like something you’d serve with pinto beans…

Beckham was an exquisitely cute puppy.
Just as he’s a delightfully handsome older fella. He has lots of personality.

Yogurt, maybe yogurt will help.

Beckham is on a special veterinary food (you can only buy it from a vet) for dogs who have inflammatory bowel disease.

Well. No wonder he’s a Hellhound – I would be, too! Poor little guy.

But you might want to check the ingredients in his food, even so.

I mean, I am by no means a nut about organic this and holistic that (my own kitties keep rejecting the healthy foods I occasionally buy, and prefer good ol’ canned Friskies) but you’d be amazed what awful stuff is in even the Rx foods. At least the feline versions; maybe the canine is better.

My Maui was another Basset with a touchy stomach, so I sympathize. (Of course, the fact that he was always eating things he shouldn’t didn’t help.) Feel better soon, Beckham.

Canned punkin’ is great as it’s easily digested, high in nutritve value, easy to prepare (unless you have one of those WWII can openers), dogs think they are having punkin’ pie. Same with roast sweet ‘tater – it’s dog-tastic! Speckled pecker made my day!