My friend Lisa has a black lab puppy about 8 months old. He ate a bunch of leaves a couple of days ago and was really sick. the vet had ruled out parvo and wanted to keep him for blood work, but the cost was over $1000. so she couldn't do it. As it was she used her food money to take him to the emergency vet. He is doing a little better, but can anyone suggest what she can feed him to sooth his tummy? (She has boiled chicken and given him a little bit of rice with it. He did fine then started having diahrea again. There is blood in his stool.) Any suggestions?
Thanks

I would be figuring out what plant material it was that he actually ate and make sure it is not toxic to the dog.

Did the vet check for poisoning of any kind? Did your friend take a sample of the plant in with her to the appt?

Does your neighbor have rhododendrons?

GOod question, she did not take the leaves with her and they had not ruled out poisoning, though the vet didn't think it was poisoing. I will ask about the rhododendrons.
Thank you.

Oooh, from what I know Rhodies are NOT good for dogs....let me do a google search...be right back

http://landscaping.about.com/od/poisonouslandscapeplants/Poisonous_Plants_for_Cats_Dogs_Humans.htm

Scroll down to Azaelas and Rhodedendrons

I sent the link to her. I will get back to you if she has further questions.
Thanks for your help, the things puppies will eat!

Is she sure that it was only leaves? Labs especially are noted for swallowing lots of things (including light bulbs, fishing sinkers, sticks and other objects)that can block their intestinal tract. If she didn't have the dog x-rayed she should bring him back ASAP to rule out intestinal blockage. From my own very scary experience a few years back my Lab pup swallowed a fishing sinker that he must have picked up by our lake. One day he just stopped eating and began to vomit very green, stringy vomit for a two days. I took him to the vet and they x-rayed him and sure enough the fishing sinker with fishing twine attached was in his intestine. $1,500 later he was fine following emergency surgery. If I didn't take him in that day he probably would have died quickly because the twine was actually cutting through his intestine.

I also thought that he must have eaten some sort of plant because he was vomiting green stuff that looked like he was sick due to eating a toxic plant. The x-ray saved his life. He was just 5 months old at the time and now he's almost 4 years old and fortunately never swallowed any odd objects again.

In short, I wouldn't rule out the intestinal blockage because my vet seemed to know immediately what happened because of all of the Labs she sees with this problem. When I saw that a Lab was involved here I felt compelled to let you know about this.