Doggy Diarrhea Question

17 years ago

We adopted our dog about two and a half weeks ago. The people who were taking care of him until we adopted him were feeding him very poor quality food, just kibble, no wet food. I didn't want to make too many changes at once and wanted to wait until our vet appointment to get more food, but in the meantime, I was mixing the cheap kibble with a small amount of Evo canned wet food for him. After seeing the vet, he recommended either the Evo dry food or the Wellness dry food to go along with the Evo wet, if we still wanted to give him that. I had a family emergency and had to go out of town, and my boyfriend made the mistake of waiting for him to run out of the cheap kibble before going to the store to get new food. So, instead of slowly introducing the new food, he was switched immediately. You know what happens next....diarrhea! The girl at the good pet store we go to, told me she personally thought the Evo dry food was too rich and didn't really like it. I thought maybe she was right, so I ended up picking up the Wellness. It's been a few days, but the poor guy is still having on and off again diarrhea. I'm pretty positive it is the food, he was eating the cheap food for quite some time before we got him.

I've been reading about treating doggy diarrhea here and on other sites, and I'm thinking about switching him to the chicken and rice and canned pumpkin to ease his tummy and then slowly introducing him back to his "real food". I have a few question....If the vet suggested about 3 cups or so of food per day (65lb chocolate lab), do I used that same amount of chicken and rice? How much chicken and how much rice? Should I just boil white chicken breasts? I know that sounds like a dumb question, but I'm a vegetarian so I NEVER cook meat. Will plain white minute rice do? How long should I feed him only this before slowly introducing his food back and how many days should I stretch it out before he is back on regular food?

Also, do you think the mixing of the dry and wet food for every meal is too much? Maybe I should give him wet food only once a day, or not at all? We have been feeding him twice a day, at about 7am and 7pm, with a few snacks during the day.

Thanks so much!!

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mazer415
17 years ago
Chicken and rice is a great way to help settle tummies. I suggest feeding a cup and a half of chicken and rice in the Am and the same in the pm, later you will want to up the amount you feed your dog - but for now until you pick a food, that should be good. Pumpkin is great stuff, not too much tho.
I feed my dog 2 cups of mixed food twice a day, he is a free feeder and supplements his regular food when he gets really hungry like after we have been out doing alot of running around, he likes cookies (biscuits - dog bones) and likes natural balance meat sticks, which we cut up once a week and toss in an area the dogs frequent when they are extra hungry - they often let the meat stick dry out to the consistency of jerky before eating it...go figure. They are all healthy and happy. You can give the dog all of the chicken except cooked bones, they should eat more than just white meat...Good luck with your new pup
hearthside_im_all_in
17 years ago
We've been successful giving just plain rice for a couple of days in order to settle things down. Our dog ended up so bored with it after day 2 (the look I got when the bowl went on the floor was just priceless) that we ended up putting a few kibbles in for a little flavor. Once she had a day or two of normal digestion, we went back to kibble without any problems. Good luck!
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wantoretire_did
17 years ago
Just went through this with our 40 lb. cockapoo 2 weeks ago. The morning after the diarrhea incident (pretty gross) vet said to NOT feed for 24 hours, just water, then chicken and rice for 3 days, then slowly introduce regular feeding with chicken and rice. Specified long grain rice (not instant or in a bag). I made a big batch using Uncle Ben's original. I cooked the rice with a little extra water, then added cut up chicken for long enough to cook. He seems fine now :-)