Post by CampGreyhound on Mar 31, 2011 10:07:35 GMT -5
Often in the late winter and early spring, as the snow melts it reveals yucky stuff that's been sitting there all winter. Our dogs love yucky stuff, and love to investigate fully. Then they come home and start throwing up and having diarhhea, and we think we've fed them something wrong.
Here's the protocol to follow, whenever your dog has the above symptoms:
Dose with colloidal silver, 1/2 tsp every 15 minutes for the first hour, then 1x per hour for the first day (or until symptoms subside), and then about 3x day for the next few days.
For feeding. fast the dog for the first day,or until the diarrhea has passed, and the second day give home made chicken broth with a bit of the cooked chicken, and then slowly ease her back into her regular diet.
Keep an eye out for dehydration, which can happen quickly - to do this, check for skin tenting - gently pinch your dog's skin together, a well-hydrated dog's skin will spring right back, a dehydrated dog's skin will tent up and stay like that for several seconds. If you think your dog is dehydrated the best thing to do is go to the vet and get IV fluids. Those of you who know me know how rarely I suggest going to the vet, but this can be serious, dehydration can kill a dog, and there's really no way to re-hydrate them quickly at home. Home made pedialyte can help, but in severe cases you should be off to the vet. You can still use CS for treatment, even though they will push antibiotics on you, it's your choice, but the CS does not seem to harm the beneficial bacteria in the gut the way that antibiotics do, so it's a great option. It also works extremely quickly - as soon as the CS comes in contact with the intruding microbes, it goes to work.
You can find Colloidal Silver in Farm Co-op stores and Health Food Stores, make sure it is Colloidal Silver and not some other form of silver. Also, make sure the PPM is not too high, it should be between 5ppm-20ppm, no higher, no lower. Start using it right away and you'll see a cessation on symptoms almost immediately.
We do carry CS in our webstore, if you're local to us you can call and pick some up, but where ever you get it, your best bet is to keep some on hand so it's available for immediate use.
If your hound's digestive tract becomes irritated from the frequent stools, you may see some blood. If it's a small amount and fresh, adding some slippery elm bark powder (SEBP) to his broth can help soothe the irritation. Just add a bit of broth to the powder and let him lap it up. For a small dog, you can use up to a tsp., for a larger dog 2 tsp. or even a tbs. for the big guys. You really can't use too much. When it comes out the other end, it will look like mucous, this lines the digestive tract while it's healing. Keeping adding it until your hound is back to normal.
Slippery Elm Bark powder is available in bulk at most larger health food stores. The capsules are not as convenient to use, as you have to open them up.
You can also use Loperamide Hydrochloride, that's generic Immodium, for severe cases to stop peristalsis. Only use when you're sure there are no lurking microbes causing the diarrhea.
Here's the protocol to follow, whenever your dog has the above symptoms:
Dose with colloidal silver, 1/2 tsp every 15 minutes for the first hour, then 1x per hour for the first day (or until symptoms subside), and then about 3x day for the next few days.
For feeding. fast the dog for the first day,or until the diarrhea has passed, and the second day give home made chicken broth with a bit of the cooked chicken, and then slowly ease her back into her regular diet.
Keep an eye out for dehydration, which can happen quickly - to do this, check for skin tenting - gently pinch your dog's skin together, a well-hydrated dog's skin will spring right back, a dehydrated dog's skin will tent up and stay like that for several seconds. If you think your dog is dehydrated the best thing to do is go to the vet and get IV fluids. Those of you who know me know how rarely I suggest going to the vet, but this can be serious, dehydration can kill a dog, and there's really no way to re-hydrate them quickly at home. Home made pedialyte can help, but in severe cases you should be off to the vet. You can still use CS for treatment, even though they will push antibiotics on you, it's your choice, but the CS does not seem to harm the beneficial bacteria in the gut the way that antibiotics do, so it's a great option. It also works extremely quickly - as soon as the CS comes in contact with the intruding microbes, it goes to work.
You can find Colloidal Silver in Farm Co-op stores and Health Food Stores, make sure it is Colloidal Silver and not some other form of silver. Also, make sure the PPM is not too high, it should be between 5ppm-20ppm, no higher, no lower. Start using it right away and you'll see a cessation on symptoms almost immediately.
We do carry CS in our webstore, if you're local to us you can call and pick some up, but where ever you get it, your best bet is to keep some on hand so it's available for immediate use.
If your hound's digestive tract becomes irritated from the frequent stools, you may see some blood. If it's a small amount and fresh, adding some slippery elm bark powder (SEBP) to his broth can help soothe the irritation. Just add a bit of broth to the powder and let him lap it up. For a small dog, you can use up to a tsp., for a larger dog 2 tsp. or even a tbs. for the big guys. You really can't use too much. When it comes out the other end, it will look like mucous, this lines the digestive tract while it's healing. Keeping adding it until your hound is back to normal.
Slippery Elm Bark powder is available in bulk at most larger health food stores. The capsules are not as convenient to use, as you have to open them up.
You can also use Loperamide Hydrochloride, that's generic Immodium, for severe cases to stop peristalsis. Only use when you're sure there are no lurking microbes causing the diarrhea.