Doggie Pepto

[Sabine]

I''m posting this here and in Home and Health in hopes of getting a quick response. My beagle has some stomach problems, and she throws up A LOT. We have a prescription from the vet that usually works, but I got home today and realized that I was out of it, and right now she is having major digestive problems. The vet is closed for the weekend, so refilling is not an option. I know the vet has said that they have doggie pepto bismal that they could give us as an alternative...so my question is, does anyone know if this is any different than the regular human pepto? Is that safe to give a dog? And any idea how much to give a 20 lb dog?

Thanks!

 

[somethingshiny]

here is some info.

Hope it helps!!

 

[door knob solitaire]

OH darlin I''m sorry.

My vet assistant just told the story of her baby taking on a frog. That poor dog had stomach noises and gurgling and she just let him lap up human pepto.

She told me the story infront of my vet...and he didn''t correct her. And I have also administered it to mine...they are 90lbs so I gave close to the adult dose. They have also recommended many human meds...in the past.

Yes, I believe I would not give the adult dosage...in your case...as an adult is at least 100 lbs. Maybe a vet will chime in her and help you with dosage.

DKS

 

[door knob solitaire]

Something shiny...that was a most informative link. Most thoughtful of you to find it. Good Job!!

DKS

 

[Sabine]

Sigh, I got her to take a quater of a tablet...and then she just threw that up too.

 

[door knob solitaire]

Do you have any soda in the house...like 7 up or Sprite? You might let her lap some of that up. You could grind the tablet up and mix it with the fluid.

When mine wasn''t feeling well, with the other stuff....I got her electrolite liquid you give children when they have lost fluids. It comes in berry and also plain. It has a settling effect as well as restoration quality.

Have you adjusted your dogs diet for her stomach issue? Make certain there is NO CORN in her dog food. That may be the main trigger if she is still eating corn. NO corn product at all.

Keep us posted.

DKS

 

[neatfreak]

Canned pumpkin (make sure it is JUST pumpkin and NOT pie filling) is often used for dogs to settle tummies. A tablespoon or two usually does it. And feed your pup some plain boiled rice and chicken too in lieu of their regular food.

No guarantees but it often works for our dogs.

 

[Sabine]

Thanks DKS! The stomach pyro-technics have stopped for now, but I think I will try crushing the tablet in some soda. Her food doesn''t have corn in it, and we''re pretty sure the problem is more emotional than digestive related. (Well, sometimes, most of the time when she throws up it''s just acid from having an empty stomach, which the vet assures us is normal, it''s like people have acid reflux). But emotionally, any change in her schedule throws her off and gets her upset, and then she tries to make herself throw up by eating anything she can (she just now ripped shoelaces off my shoes and took a bite of her blanket before I got to her. Ususally once she starts the only thing we can do for her is take her outside and let her eat grass until she throws up whatever she has eaten. But it''s pouring out here, and I couldn''t even get her to go outside! It''s been rough because this year FI is doing away rotations for med. school, he''s got 7 weeks left where he''ll only be here on the weekends. And school just started for me again 2 weeks ago, so she''s been pretty worked up. We were always the type of people who thought taking dogs to doggie day care or putting them on anxiety medicine was a little out there...but we might need to rethink this!

 

[door knob solitaire]

Ah Sabine...that sounds so uncomfortable for the kid. I feel sorry for her.

You know I forgot to mention the grass thing. My vet says there is no value other than variety. Hog wash I say. Because like your baby that is the first thing they want when the tummy is upset. We had a terrible winter this year. 12 inches had fallen...the Cougar was lurking and I wasn''t going to let the girls out by themselves for nothing. All they wanted was grass. It is a specific blade. I was familiar with it...so at 3 in the morning...with bucket in hand I went out in danger....and got them a bucket of grass. Brought it in and they both ripped through it as if it were a tbone. Wonder if you should try to grab some. You only need a hand full...they won''t eat it after 20 minutes of pulling or ripping from the ground. I wonder if wheat grass would be an option for you? You can get it at whole foods and pet stores too! I really hate that your munchkin is unsettled...and often. sounds like there is no fix...just treatment?

Neat Freak ....cool about the pumpkin!! I never knew that. We feed our kids really well. They eat green beans daily, flax meal, oatmeal, molasses for iron, honey for immunity, cooked carrots for beta carotene...and they get a variety of other things. I never thought of pumpkin. I keep it in stock year round. Gonna try it at lunch tomorrow. See if they will eat it...and then fall back on it when their tummies are gurgling.

DKS

 

[door knob solitaire]

Hows the baby? Any better today?

DKS

 

[gemgirl]

Hi everyone, I''m new to the hang-out but thought I''d chime in because we had a beagle/dachsie mix that had the same digestive problems for years. She has since gone to the great doggie playground in the sky, (we miss her a lot), but she lived til almost 15 with multiple health problems and that was considered pretty good for a dog in her debilitated shape. She had all types of health problems.

I can tell you positively for certain that two regular over the counter meds are perfectly safe for dogs. One is Pepcid AC.
My Brandy had bleeding ulcers at the end of her life and Pepcid twice a day helped enormously. The second is Maalox or Maalox Max. They taste good, so the dogs gobble them up very quickly. The Maalox will soothe the stomach very quickly.

When their stomaches are particularly tender, feed them Cheerios soaked in warm apple juice until they bounce back and every few hours, give them a few unsalted saltine crackers. Mashed banana will also help to replace their lost potassium. You can turn a banana into "banana pudding" very easily buy whipping it with a fork.

Now our two young healthy dogs like cheerios, apple juice and bananas because they got used to all three from their sister, but it''s OK for them to eat. It''s healthy and all natural. This does not substitute for food, it''s just healthy snacks for a well dog.

 

[door knob solitaire]

Great info Gemgirl. Your little one left knowing it was truly loved. How great you have 15 wonderful years to love her!

Neat Freak...I just made a pumpkin cheesecake for hubby and scooped out 4 tablespoons of pumpkin before. Put on plates and presented it to the children from NeatFreak. They looked at me as if to say, "FromWHO?" took a couple of sniffs and went to bed. I thought drats! Took the plate to them as they laid in bed...and lap lap lap up that pumpkin. Mommie, is there any more of that yummy stuff? No honey, it is in daddies cheesecake. Oh, well, will you get us more next time you go to market? Yes honeys I will.

Thanks...as you can see from their comments, they love it! I am sure they will be attentive next time I hear a grumble. And now with Gemgirls suggestions we will be ready for anything.

DKS

Oh, I forgot to explain....the greenbeans, in a can, without added salt replace the grass component that they crave. Hubby learned this from some website written by a Vet. He said there are times when grass is not practical. Whip out the canned green beans! They have SO many nutritional aspects, we choose to feed them everyday.

 

[Sabine]

Thanks for even more great remedies! Neatfreak, I''ll have to remember about pumpkin, you must have been posting at the same time as me because I didn''t see this until I logged back on today. Gemgirl, these sound like options I can definitely try too...and talk about coincidence, but my baby''s name is Brandy too! DKS, wow, I''m impressed at the lengths you went to for your pups! Talk about devotion, to put yourself in danger to gether the grass for them!

My Brandy is doing much better today. She finally fell asleep with me rubbing her belly, and although she got up a couple times to throw up, she finally stopped eating things she shouldn''t. Saturday I prepared an arsenil of pumpkin, cheerios, and maalox, but I after she was finally able to eat some grass, she finally stopped throwing up! I think I will need to go the extra mile and pull up some grass myself for her if this ever happens again (which unfortunately it probably will). Who knows, maybe I could even grow some in an indoor window box garden type thing to keep on hand for her?

I really do appreciate all of your suggestions! It was also good to hear that my doggie isn''t the only one out there with such terrible stomach problems. I often worry about her even though the vets tell me it isn''t a sign of any other larger problem.

 

[gemgirl]

Yes, we do go to great lengths for our furbabies. For us, because we have no children, they are the center of our home life.
When we got our (now) eldest dog Cassie (the 6 yr old) my husband went on a mission to find the purest healthiest dog food made. He wouldn''t hear of buying supermarket dog food anymore. So both of our babies eat Wellness made by the Mother Hubbard Co. It''s human grade food, pure, wholistic, natural, no fillers at all. Their snacks are bananas, yellow delicious apples and Mother Hubbard doggie treats (there''s lots of them too). They also get Smuckers all natural reduced fat peanut butter on saltines. They LOVE their peanut butter. People laugh at how I take care of my dogs, but I don''t mind. They''re always with us, they know that they''re loved and they get hugged and kissed all day long! We recently had a barbecue with 14 people, seven of which were kids, and my husband was worried about having the dogs out in the yard while we had so many people over. Everyone remarked about how well behaved and affection they are. I was SO proud of them!! They played so nicely with the kids which was weird because we don''t have kids of our own and they''re always around adults.

Last thing about the lengths we go to for our babies...... neither of them likes to leave the house. It makes them nervous. So we have a wonderful House Call Vet who comes every year to give them their annual physical and all their shots, and will drop in whenever I need her to in an emergency- like when Cassie got bitten by and ate a whole squirrel. Eeewwww! They got a rabies booster just as a precaution. I LOVE the house call Vet thing and so do they.

I know, we''re nuts!

 

[door knob solitaire]

Gemgirl...

We are the same way...the girls are our children. When it is all said and done...I want to have no regrets on the things I have control over. Health care and Nutrition, and of course safety. We also treat with great foods. They love sweet potato, apple, ORANGES, some fresh broccoli, whole wheat pastas, nuts, etc... and peanut butter. We use fresh ground peanuts and add flax oil and seeds. What is the peanut butter thing? I dunno...but they love it. A great day for them is a car ride, and peanut butter. Stick a fork in them!! (be certain your peanut butter has NO artificial sweetener such such as aspartame or sucralose or any tol.)

No way on the squirrel thing! Your baby must be like lightening! Our girls are always a 1/16th of a second too late. Hubby says it will never happen. We have these squirrels that will come down the trunk of a tree and stay a foot off of the ground...but circle the tree just to tease them. The girls are a tag team...they take off after a squirrel in the yard and one goes high and the other goes low. To watch them work is incredible. But nay...a squirrel tail we have not! Yippee!

Sorry to hijack Sumbride...the squirrel thing got me all riled up. I knew it was impossible.

DKS