Hi, my one year old springer has had the runs for 2 days but is in excellent form. Should I take her to the vet? Also what is best to give her to eat please.
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What have you done to help alleviate this in the interim? I don’t immediately run to the vet UNLESS this is a very young puppy or a very small dog. Instead, I switch over from dog food to unseasoned cooked ground meat and cooked rice, with a higher rice to meat content. I stick to ground turkey breast, low fat ground beef, and ground chicken if I can find it. USUALLY diarrhea will resolve quickly with this change…once it does, I slowly add kibble back in. After 2 days on this, if the dog’s loose stool is not resolving, I… Read more »
Hi Laura thank you for your comments. I have been giving her boiled rice, scrambled and boiled chicken. However as there is a little mucus in the poo today the vet wants to see her.
Makes me wonder if she’s got something like giardia. Let us know what they say?