Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006
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And don't let this little guy get dehydrated, even if you have to make baited water.
Good reminder Connie!
Brian, save the water you boil the chicken in - after it's cool/cold it will likely be quite enticing for your pup, and he should be drinking as much as possible to replace all those lost fluids...
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Quote: Connie Sutherland
And don't let this little guy get dehydrated, even if you have to make baited water.
Good reminder Connie!
Brian, save the water you boil the chicken in - after it's cool/cold it will likely be quite enticing for your pup, and he should be drinking as much as possible to replace all those lost fluids...
~Natalya
And a little unsweetened live-culture plain yogurt stirred in might be a good idea, too, since he is losing intestinal fauna with the diarrhea.
I will do all of the above, also I bought some canned pumkin and plain yogurt, but for starters should I just use the rice and chicken, and later on once the stools are a better I could add the pumpkin and yogurt.....or could I mix them both in with the rice and chicken at the end....what are the proportions of rice to chicken, one third chicken to two thirds rice.....thanks...
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Mostly overcooked rice. I'd add a couple of tablespoons of plain pumpkin (not pie filling) a meal, and I'd consider the live-culture yogurt stirred into the water, maybe a tablespoon per cup.
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...what are the proportions of rice to chicken, one third chicken to two thirds rice...
Oh no. I make it almost all soupy rice with a little skinless white chicken. I probably add half of a skinless breast to a whole recipe of rice (two cups dry rice, 5 cups water: soupy). The goal for me is to get that binding quality from the rice into the dog and make it palatable with the poultry.
"Balance" (as in balanced diet) goes out the window for the couple of days when I am soothing a badly inflamed gut.
ok, thanks, I will make it mostly soupy rice....for the yogurt, I just bought a plain yogurt from the grocery store, is this good enough or is there a special kind to mix in...and I mix it in with the water in the rice while its cooking or after its all done just plop it in there...sorry for all the qeustions, I have had dogs before but have not gone through this...thanks.
Plain yogurt is just fine, as long as there is no sugar added to it.
I would wait for the rice to cool down so that you don't kill the live cultures in the yogurt. I would probably make a big enough pot of the soupy rice for a couple of days and then store it in the fridge, adding the yogurt and pumpkin right as I was serving.
You can add some hot water or even microwave the rice a little to take the chill off before feeding. Mine wont eat it cold.
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....for the yogurt, I just bought a plain yogurt from the grocery store, is this good enough or is there a special kind to mix in...and I mix it in with the water in the rice while its cooking or after its all done just plop it in there...
Plain, unflavored, unsweetened (NOT "vanilla", just PLAIN) yogurt is what you want. Don't mix it into the rice while it's cooking... you'll kill the live cultures with the heat. Drop a few tablespoons on top of a cooled off meal and you should be all set - my dove LOVES the taste of yogurt, so it goes down easy.
~Natalya
Edited by Natalya Zahn (09/18/2009 01:10 PM)
Edit reason: typing at the same time as Jennifer...
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