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hi i'm dr. adrienne mulligan of camp verdeveterinary clinic in arizona and i'm here today to talk to you about gastrointestinalproblems in dogs on behalf of expertvillage.com. there are two or three ways that a dog couldhave gastrointestinal upset one is they could vomit and only vomit and still have normalstools or no stools. they could have diarrhea with no vomiting or they could have a combinationof the two vomiting and diarrhea. if your

Extra Large Dog Houses For Great Danes, dog has only has diarrhea this is usuallya self limiting problem that they have eaten something they shouldn't it will usually clearit self in a short amount of time and it is usually not life threaten. one exception tothis is if the diarrhea is red like red and brown like chocolate cherry milk if it lookslike that or if it is very very bloody then

that might be a emergency that need to getseen right away. now if there is just a little bit of blood that could just be clitoridesfrom stress and so don't get to excited if it is just red blood. when i'm talking aboutred it usually looks like brown diarrhea but just has a red off red tan right through itthat is more series. red, red, like blood isn't necessarily so series call your veterinarianand ask. at any rate you could help any dog with diarrhea by giving them imodium ad. imoduimad this is a generic brand but imoduim ad is actually low perimode, hydrochloride andit comes in 2 milligrams caplets or capsules and you want to give this about the rate offor a big dog you would start with two and follow up with one every 6 hours until thediarrhea stops. that is usually all in about

24 hour period. diarrhea should stop prettyquickly. if it is a small dog you would want to start with one and then go in a half sothis come in little blue tablets over the canter that you could buy so you could breakit down to much smaller doses. little dogs get very small amount. you could also uselike kopectate and pepto-bismol and both of those would help with diarrhea as well. nowvomiting you are not going to really give those things because it is probably not goingto keep them down. so with a dog both vomiting and diarrhea the best thing to do is get toyour vet as soon as possible but in the mean time do not feed your dog. give them about12-24 rest. they can have water but no food for 12-24 hours and then for any reason theveterinarian is not available and they seem

to be feeling better you could boil rice withboil rice and hamburger pour out the fat and give them small meals of very bland food.so those are the kinds of ease if your dog is going through a gastrointestinal upsetthat is self limiting but if it is not clearing up and your dog is looking much sicker thisis really a job for the veterinarian and you should take your dog to the vet as soon aspossible.