An ideal bland diet avoids fatty foods and rich, red meat. Offer your dog chicken — the actual meat, not than a chicken-flavored food. Don’t give your dog chicken skin, only meat. Combine the chicken with boiled white rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes. Avoid milk and dairy products, as many dogs have a lactose intolerance which could trigger diarrhea. This means no butter in the mashed potatoes. Bland food produces a low volume (and pale) stool, so don’t expect your dog’s feces to look totally normal. What you are looking for is a stool that can be picked up as a sign he is on the mend.
Mix ⅔ bland food with ⅓ normal diet. The next day, change to ⅓ bland diet and ⅔ normal food. On the third day, it’s okay to put him back onto a normal diet.
The natural bacteria in a dog’s bowel differ from those in human’s. Don’t give human probiotics to dogs. A variety of canine probiotics are available without prescription from your veterinarian, pharmacist, or major pet stores.
However, if you find out your dog’s consumed something toxic, like rat poison or household cleaning products, then take him to the vet immediately.
Lubricate the thermometer, then, lifting the tail up, insert it gently into the dog’s anus. On a female dog, make sure you’re not inserting it into the vulva, which is found just below the anus. Do not force the thermometer in, as you can injure your dog. Wait for the thermometer to beep, letting you know it’s finished taking its reading. A normal temperature is 100. 5 to 102. 5 F. Any temperature of 103. 5 F or higher is considered feverish. [4] X Research source Small Animal Internal Medicine. Nelson & Couto. Publisher: Mosby
To test for dehydration, lift the dog’s scruff away from the shoulder blades and then let it go. Fully hydrated skin pings right back into position. The skin of a dehydrated dog is less elastic, and may take a couple of seconds or longer to fall back into place.
However, if your dog lacks energy, is listless and unable to settle, or worse - collapses, then seek professional help.
