How to Treat Minor Stomach Upset in your Dog or Puppy

Following these simple instructions and recipe will help to calm upset tummies and mild diarrhea in dogs or puppies.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1/4 pound hamburger
• 1/4 cup uncooked white rice
• small container of cottage cheese

1. When your dog shows signs of minor stomach upset, the first thing to do is to withhold all food for no longer than 24 hours. Fresh water should always be available.

2. After 24 hours, reintroduce food slowly and gradually. Making a bland diet of hamburger, rice and cottage cheese is easy on the stomach. Break raw hamburger up in a small saucepan. Add the uncooked 1/4 rice and 1/2 of water. Bring to a boil, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes, covered. Rice will be slightly sticky when done.

3. Let the hamburger and rice cool. Feed about 1 tablespoon mixed with about a heaping teaspoon of cottage cheese mixed in every few hours, as long as the dog's stomach seems to be improving. As long as all goes well, begin to reintroduce the regular food in small amounts at the end of the day.

Tips & Warnings

• The recipe is not an exact science! Ground turkey may be used in place of hamburger, and more or less rice can be used according to preference.
• This suggestion is for regular upset. Only you know if your pet needs to have medical attention.