[nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

You can also mix baby food chicken with the rice.  I did that for a sick dog once. The idea is bland food that also contains some moisture.

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 9:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ideas to help a sick dog?

Gary,

I usually give my dogs white rice when they are sick.  Monty was sick 
last week and I gave him white rice with banana for flavoring.  My 
family thought it was the most disgusting thing ever, but I thought it 
looked rather tasty! LOL

Anyway like others have said I give small amounts several times 
throughout the day.  I withhold food completely for at least 6 hours 
after vomiting.  then if I think there's a good chance the food will 
stay down I offer a small bit, maybe 2-4 tablespoons.  I wait an hour 
and if all is well I give maybe a quarter cup of the rice.  I wait 
another hour and repeat increasing the amount offered each time until it 
is a regular portion of food.

Belle has recently decided to be fussy about eating, so I've been 
getting creative about her food.  Variety seems to be the key, well and 
competition.  If she thinks Monty is getting ready to eat her food she 
is much more enthusiastic about getting to it first.  Anyway a bit of 
water on the kibble works sometimes.  Chicken broth is also tasty and 
easily digestible.  Boiled boneless chicken is easy on the stomach and a 
good source of protein, but I'd try the rice first or a mix with the 
rice. I've also noticed that if I give her food as treats for doing 
obedience exercises she is more excited about eating.

If you are feeding canned food or rice etc, don't stress about the 
water.  Those foods contain quite a bit of moisture so he won't need as 
much water.  Still make sure to offer water.  Diarrhea is dehydrating.

I hope he feels better soon.
Julie




On 9/4/2011 2:00 PM, Gary wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> Well poor Bogart still isn't doing so wonderfully. He started having full
> diarrhea in the middle of the night Thursday. We were having to go out about
> every 2-3 hours. By Friday night nothing much was coming out of him. Nothing
> that could be felt with a pick up bag anymore. Saturday morning he had a
> couple laps at his water dish but that was all.
>
> I took him to the vet and temp is fine, abdomen is fine, eyes sparkling and
> tail a wagging. The vet gave him a couple of spoonfuls of the canned food
> they have that is supposed to be easy to digest with some water and he ate
> the food and drank the water. She tried to get  a stool sampl from his bum
> but he is just too emptied out so they couldn't get enough to do any tests.
> We can't gather enough at home either.
>
> We came back home and I was able to get him to drink some water and he ate
> half of one of those cans of food as per doctors orders. So I was  thinking
> things are on the up side but I don't think he has drunk hardly any water
> and hasn't eaten any food since then. Even put some enticing things with it.
>
> Poor bogart. I had told him he needed to lose a bit of weight since he
> gained 4 pounds in the past 3 months so he has gone over board and lost 1.5
> pounds in a week.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has any ideas of how to get bogart eating a little bit
> that would be helpful.
>
> Thanks
> Gary
>
>
>
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