Diarrhea in dogs |
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It’s actually quite common for dogs to get a dose of diarrhea from time to time. I remember a few months back I came down one morning to let Macy our 8 month old Rottweiler out to go to the toilet, to my horror she had a real nasty case of diarrhea in the night, I mean it was everywhere and stunk the house out for days! This went on for about 3 days. Later found out why, caught her drinking from a blocked up shore, luckily I found out and fixed it or she would have kept doing it and possibly gotten a lot worse. What I’m saying is you can’t watch what your dog chews or eats all of the time but you can help prevent it buy exploring your dogs play area and checking for things like blocked up shores, rotten food, slugs etc.. To the important stuff Most of the time diarrhea in dogs passes in a couple of days but on rare occasions where it doesn’t clear up your better off getting him checked out by the veterinarian just to be on the safe side. Your dog could also dehydrate fast from severe diarrhea ESPECIALLY in young dogs so be very cautious. Diarrhea in puppies can be caused by things like viruses, parasites, flu as well as being stressed or over excited over owners coming and going. A lot of the time diarrhea in dogs comes from him or her eating something strange that obviously disagrees with their stomach so don’t feed your puppy anything that you wouldn’t feed your own child. If you have a litter of puppies at the age of 2 weeks and get a dose of diarrhea its probably down to them having worms, when worms become active the cause diarrhea in dogs. You wouldn’t normally give pups of this young age worming tablets but in this case it is advisable (please check with your veterinarian) Ask your vet for a diarrhea care sheet as it is very common in young puppies. How to treat Diarrhea in dogs at home Fast your dog for 24 hours (puppies 12 hours) but give plenty of water, this will give your dogs digestion system time to recover and heal itself. Then get a 50/50 mixture of boiled rice and chicken for the next 2/3 days, if the diarrhea does not go after 3 days I’d advise you to bring him to the vet to get checked out as it could be a bit more serious. As mentioned above, dehydration is very serious while your dog has diarrhea especially in young puppies. Try encourage your dog to drink as much as he can handle.
The food factor If you have recently changed your dog food this could also have triggered your dogs diarrhea especially if you have opted for a cheap brand. A lot of the cheap dog food brands out there are full of vegetable mulch and carbs which in turn pass straight through your dog. I know were all going through tough times and trying to tighten our purse strings but its important to feed your dog a good balanced food or it could essentially cost you more in the long term in vet bills! *Please note these are only guides and probably best to check with your vet before you try these home treatments |
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