Home Treatment for Diarrhea in Dogs
Dog diarrhea is never much fun for a pet owner, but, in most cases it can be easily treated from your home without a visit to the veterinarian. Read on to learn a few easy at home cures for what ails your pet.
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Diet
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Changing your dog's diet to a simple, bland diet for a while may help with diarrhea. Instead of your dog's normal food, give him small servings of cooked white rice, boiled chicken, boiled turkey, scrambled egg, boiled egg, boiled potato or baked potato with no seasonings, oils, butters or grease 4 to 5 times a day. Increase amounts a little at a time until he has a firm stool. Then, begin gradually mixing in increasing amounts of regular dog food back into his diet over the course of a week.
Pepto-Bismol
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Dogs with diarrhea or vomiting can be given Pepto-Bismol every 6 hours. Measure 1 milliliter of Pepto-Bismol for every 10 pounds of your dog's weight for a proper dosage.
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Imodium
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Imodium AD can also be given to dogs. Give your pet 1 milliliter of Imodium for every 10 pounds of your dog's weight every 8 hours. A 100-pound dog would get 10 milliliters of Imodium AD. If symptoms persist for more than 2 days, call a veterinarian.
Kaopectate
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Kaopectate is another alternative over-the-counter medication you can give your dog. Dogs should receive 0.05 to 0.1 milligrams of Kaopectate per pound every 8 hours. A 20-pound dog would get a 2 mg dosage. If symptoms continue for more than 2 days, call a veterinarian.
Things to Avoid
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If your dog has diarrhea, do not give him table scraps, snacks or bones. Extras like these can cause additional intestinal irritation and should be avoided during this time.
Calling the Vet
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Call the veterinarian if your dog has diarrhea for more than 2 days, seems listless or has other worrisome symptoms such as vomiting or blood in the stool, as these may be symptoms of more serious conditions.
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Comments
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The Pepto works great just remember that 10 ml is the same as 10 cc's the units are the same so if your doh weighs 65 lbs he/she should get 6.5 ml or 6.5 cc's of liquid pepto every 6 hours as needed also make sure the dog has fresh water available at all times if you notice your dogs gums getting pale in color try adding a little gatoraide or poweraide to the water to keep him/her hydrated so you don't end up with a major vet bill reguarding dehydration as well as the diarrhea, if you animal doesn't show improvment take them to the vet better safe than sorry, just like one of our children our pets are part of our family and we wouldn't deny medical attention to our loved ones....anyway I hope this helps any who have occassional trouble now have you hugged your doggie today?!
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wadger
Nov 30, 2009
Imodium is dangerous to dog's with hypothyroidism, please consult vet about this. -
amber52
Nov 23, 2009
My new dog of three days has developed diarreah that appears to have blood. My vet is not open today. What can I do until I can call my vet tomorrow?
