Doggy Update

I wrote the last post about my dog Saturday evening. We made it through the night without him having to go out, and he seemed back to normal Sunday. So we resumed his regular food. Eeeeeh, not so fast.

We arrived home Sunday evening and soon noticed he had the runs again. He has been making it outside, so no yucky accidents to clean up – thank goodness. But we skipped his breakfast.  Boy has he ever moped around today. I don’t know about other breeds, but the two bassetts we’ve had seem to be all about food. So, he’s very sad that we haven’t given him any, poor doggy.

So, for dinner tonight, he’s going to have some chicken and rice. I’m cooking about a quarter cup (dry) of rice. I will chop up some chicken my husband is grilling and mix that into the rice. I’ll probably need to continue that for a few more meals to get his system back on track. Anybody out there have any healthy recipes for dogs?

ADDED NOTE: It took about a week of chicken & rice to get him back to normal. The initial rice I made above was a trial run. The batches I made after that consisted of 1 cup water, 1 cup chicken broth, and 3/4 cup brown rice – cooked until liquid was absorbed and rice soft. Then I mixed in whatever chicken I had available. The last couple of days I started mixing in some dry food, gradually increasing the amount. He is now back on dry food only. We haven’t yet re-introduced any canned food.