Canine Diarrhea: How You Can Help
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According to the AMVA (the Vets‘ association), canine diarrhea is the third most common problem they see in their offices. If this has ever hit your dog, you know how much this can disrupt your daily life. Stomach problems in Dogs can come from too much bacteria in their intestinal system tract, or just from you giving them too much food or snacks. The more serious cases can include bloating or even stomach cancer.
If your dog’s problems are mild and he is not vomiting or showing lack of appetite, you might be able to handle everything yourself. We’ve got some tips you might find helpful if your dog has loose bowel movements. But if your pet has a more serious case of diarrhea involving bloody stool or vomiting, it would be a real good idea for you to bring your pet immediately to the veterinarian for further check up and observation.
Loose bowels, diarrhea, and other stomach ailments can sometimes simply be the result of changes in Dog Food, allergies, chomping up table scraps, or eating from the trash outside. Other causes could be due to parasites like worms that can make harmful bacteria grow in your dog’s stomach and intestines.
If you look in your dog’s feces and see worms, (they can look like spaghetti or rice), you might be able to just get an OTC dewormer medication and this might clear everything up. But, some parasites like Giardia are not easily treated by pet owners. This could lead to more stomach problems and more loose bowel movements. In such cases, you need to bring samples of fresh stool to the vet for further checking and verification so appropriate medicines can be administered.
You could even handle (if you feel up to it) your dog’s mild stomach problems simply by not feeding your dog for 24 hours. This is assuming that everything else is normal with your dog except for the diarrhea and that there are no other symptoms.
After a day-long fast, give your puppy a meal of boiled chicken or rice with all the fat drained off and mixed with boiled rice. Just give your little dog friend small portions of food a half a dozen times a day until his feces are normal again. Sometimes, the bet might recommend that your doggy eat some yogurt so helpful bacteria will grow in his stomach and intestines.
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