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If a dog has diarrhea that lasts more than one day, put the dog on a bland diet. When the nature of the digestive upset is unknown, follow this regimen:

First Day - no food for 24 hours, just water.
Next Two Days - small meals of bland diet (boiled rice and boiled ground beef/chicken/turkey) every 3-4 hours through the day.
Fourth Day - start blending a little regular food into the diet
Fifth Day - add more regular food back into the diet
Sixth Day - mostly regular food and fewer meals (feed three meals on this day)
Seventh Day - back to regular food, if things seem to be getting back to normal.

If the stomach upset is because of medication, feed the bland diet in small meals on a 3-4 hour schedule, and phase the regular food back into the diet after the course of medication is complete.

For the bland diet, boil ground beef, chicken or turkey. Strain the meat, reserving the broth. Rinse the meat with hot water. Defat the broth. The diet is:
8 oz. ground meat, boiled and rinsed
2 cups boiled rice
1 hard-boiled egg, minced
you can also add up to a cup of yogurt and/or cottage cheese

This yields about 2 lbs of food {increase the amount for a BIG dog}, given in five small meals throughout the day.

Once you have removed the fat from the broth, you can add some broth to each meal to moisten the food and return some of the nutrients lost in the boiling.

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melbrod

Thanks. I'd always heard to feed rice and boiled meat, but I am usually random with my ratio. This is more complete.

Jax

Is it ok/suggested to give yogart all the time, or just w/upset stomach? if daily, how much?

JagerMonster

Good question! I am feeding pumpkin too...when should I ween this off?

DLS

As long as it is a Natural non sweetened yogurt a tablespoon a day would be a great benefit to the natural flora and fauna of the intestinal tract.
Jagermonster, is the pumkin helping out with your dogs digestive problems? If so how much do you feed to him and how often? Also what brand of food is he on right now? Oh, by the way, I also have a Jagermonster, what are the odds of that.lol.

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JagerMonster

Too funny as his name just happened by chance...Jager we picked but then he was just being such a monster....JagerMonster. Would not trade him for the world!!

He is getting a tablespoon maybe a little more at 3 feedings (lost a lot of weight so went back to feeding lunch and then even a night time snack of just rice) of the pumpkin and it has helped a lot. Stools went solid the minute I fed it.

He had been eating Eukeneba but with the first week of loose stools it was determined the food (even though fed this kind since he could eat) is not agreeing with him anymore. I have been trying to get his stools solid before having to go tothe new food (because he has to go cold turkey cant have any of the other food per vet) which is going to be ProPlan for Large breed puppies....although we want to go RAW in the end but are still doing research and want to do it right before switching...

OK, that was a lot of info that I hope you were able to follow...sorry!