How To Treat Dog Stomach Problems

"Hi I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic in Arizona and I'm here today to talk to you about gastrointestinal problems in dogs on behalf of expertvillage.com. There are two or three ways that a dog could have gastrointestinal upset one is they could vomit and only vomit and still have normal stools or no stools. They could have diarrhea with no vomiting or they could have a combination of the two vomiting and diarrhea. If your dog has only has diarrhea this is usually a self limiting problem that they have eaten something they shouldn't it will usually clear it self in a short amount of time and it is usually not life threaten. One exception to this is if the diarrhea is red like red and brown like chocolate cherry milk if it looks like that or if it is very very bloody then that might be a emergency that need to get seen right away. Now if there is just a little bit of blood that could just be clitorides from stress and so don't get to excited if it is just red blood. When I'm talking about red it usually looks like brown diarrhea but just has a red off red tan right through it that is more series. Red, red, like blood isn't necessarily so series call your veterinarian and ask. At any rate you could help any dog with diarrhea by giving them imodium AD. Imoduim AD this is a generic brand but imoduim AD is actually low perimode, hydrochloride and it comes in 2 milligrams caplets or capsules and you want to give this about the rate of for a big dog you would start with two and follow up with one every 6 hours until the diarrhea stops. That is usually all in about 24 hour period. Diarrhea should stop pretty quickly. If it is a small dog you would want to start with one and then go in a half so this come in little blue tablets over the canter that you could buy so you could break it down to much smaller doses. Little dogs get very small amount. You could also use like kopectate and pepto-bismol and both of those would help with diarrhea as well. Now vomiting you are not going to really give those things because it is probably not going to keep them down. So with a dog both vomiting and diarrhea the best thing to do is get to your vet as soon as possible but in the mean time do not feed your dog. Give them about 12-24 rest. They can have water but no food for 12-24 hours and then for any reason the veterinarian is not available and they seem to be feeling better you could boil rice with boil rice and hamburger pour out the fat and give them small meals of very bland food. So those are the kinds of ease if your dog is going through a gastrointestinal upset that is self limiting but if it is not clearing up and your dog is looking much sicker this is really a job for the veterinarian and you should take your dog to the vet as soon as possible."