Puppy has diarrhea

[Poppypooch]

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Hi

Iam new to the forum and hoping to learn lots! Our westie is 9 months old and is my first dog . She is normally fit and well. On Wednesday she stared with a bad tummy, just diarrhea at first then some vomiting this carried on throughout Thursday so on Friday we starved her and she saw a vet, who confirmed all was OK prob just a viral thing and will pass. Gave her anti sickness and some probiotic to help.

As hoped the sickness did stop and so did the diarrhea, we fed her small amounts of fish and rice (chicken isn't great for her anyway). Today (Sunday) I decided to introduce some of her food back into her diet as her poo had been better. She had a small amount with some rice this morning and seemed fine so I gave her a normal dinner. Tonight after dinner more diarrhea!

So my question is did I feed her normal food to quick? Or is she just not over the viral thing completely? Can anyone advise how we manage this and transitioning back to her normal food? Just wanna get it right for her before breakfast tomorrow.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[JudyN]

Is she still on the probiotics? If not, I would reintroduce them - live yoghurt or kefir might do it, though I had good results with YuMove Digestive Care Plus. And I'd stick with the bland diet a bit longer, gradually increasing the amount of her normal food.

Do ask the vet if this doesn't seem to help, or if she becomes generally poorly again though.

 

[Poppypooch]

Is she still on the probiotics? If not, I would reintroduce them - live yoghurt or kefir might do it, though I had good results with YuMove Digestive Care Plus. And I'd stick with the bland diet a bit longer, gradually increasing the amount of her normal food.

Do ask the vet if this doesn't seem to help, or if she becomes generally poorly again though.

Hi

Yes still on the probiotics we have a few days left of them vet said to complete the course, and we have the Yu medical ve digest plus although she's not had that yet. Poo this morning is normal, I gave her rice and fish, will keep her on that today and tmw then maybe introduce her normal food maybe? X

 

[JoanneF]

I also wouldn't have starved a 9 month old puppy.

But tummy problems can take a while to clear up, I'd keep he on the bland diet for several days after her poo has been normal, then introduce over several days.