Acute Diarrhea in Dogs

Information on Acute Diarrhea in Dogs and Puppies

Acute diarrhea is a softening of the stool or watery stool. This condition usually lasts from one to a few days and home treatments are easily administered. It may last several weeks and which case requires immediate veterinarian care. Other conditions which require veterinarian care are listed below. Diarrhea can cause extreme fluid loss or dehydration and electrolyte disturbances.

Causes of Diarrhea

The causes of diarrhea in dogs are wide and varied and are typified by the following:

Symptoms of Diarrhea in Dogs

The symptoms of acute diarrhea are a soft or watery stool. It may be discolored and the dog may have a rumbling stomach and have gas. If your dog has diarrhea followed with any of these symptoms, you should take your dog immediately to the veterinarian:

Symptoms of diarrhea may be a result of chronic diarrhea or intestinal disease which requires a diagnosis and treatment of a veterinarian. If your dog is still active and social, eating and drinking, then chances he or she needs to wait it out as the diarrhea shouldn't persist for much longer. Acute Diarrhea is the dog's natural way to rid its body of parasites or foreign material.

Home Treatments

A common treatment for diarrhea is to feed your dog an easily digestible diet also known as a bland diet. Bland diets can be boiled chicken and rice. Boiling chicken gets rid of the fats. Fats and oils are not easily digestible. Feed this diet for one to two days after the bout of diarrhea while cutting its diet by half.

Another treatment involves fasting your dog for 12 to 24 hours. This will allow your dog's intestinal tract to rest. This may be followed by feeding it a bland diet.

Professional Treatments

Your veterinarian has many treatments depending on the diagnosis. Some of those treatments may involve the treatments listed above or the following:

Review

A dog's natural way to remedy itself is to get rid of the toxins or foreign elements in its body. The only way to rid itself of it is to eject it either from vomiting or excreting the garbage by form of diarrhea. It is important to carefully watch all signs from your dog during and the few days following a bout of diarrhea as it may worsen rather than get better.

Remember

If your dog shows any sign of serious illness from diarrhea, contact your veterinarian immediately.