Canine Diarrhea: Simple Ways For Your Dog To Feel Better

According to the AMVA (the vets’ association), canine diarrhea is the third most common problem they see in their offices. If your dog has ever had this problem, you know how much this can affect your daily routine. 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. More serious causes include bloat and even stomach cancer.

If the dog’s stomach problems are not accompanied by vomiting and a sudden lack of appetite, the problem may be mild and you can handle it 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 reasons for this might involve worms that can make bacteria grow in your dog’s intestinal tract.

If you see worms in your dog’s feces, either spaghetti looking or rice like in appearance, you can get an OTC de-wormer medicine and this might just do the trick. However, certain parasites like Giardia and other non-visible worms are not easily treated by dewormers. This will probably cause further stomach problems and more diarrhea. 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.

Its possible that you can handle mild stomach problems just by withholding food from your pet for a day. This is with the assumption that everything else with your dog except the loose bowel movement is normal and there are no unusual symptoms being exhibited.

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 vet would recommend small bits of yogurt so that beneficial bacteria can grow safely in the dog’s stomach.

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