Binding dog's tummy

[zinny]

"Binding" sounds a bit odd, but it's the phrase the vet always uses.

My dog has had a lot of digestive issues, all sorts of allergies, etc. He was bitten a few times and put on antibiotics--which I think then led to him having further stomach issues, other dogs sensing he was weak and more attacks--etc. Very difficult cycle. He was eating all-natural cooked foods, and would stabilize to an extent for some periods. During this phase (during which I knew nothing re raw for animals or humans), when he would have bad bouts of the runs, the vet said to offer him plain rice with a little protein (cottage cheese or chicken) to "bind" his stomach back together. (I think of this as being like saltines when I was a kid and overcoming stomach bug.) When dog was still pretty sick he would not eat the rice, but when he was starting to get an appetite he would eat it and it did seem to do the trick in terms of being a first food and helping to stabilize his tummy.

The thing that totally changed his life was probiotics--and then not long afterward, I discovered raw foods. He's been raw for several years and generally does very well. However he does still get the runs sometimes and I don't know what is the appropriate raw version for a first food for him to bind his tummy. Any suggestions? (The vet is not a holistic one--her suggestion is to go with the cooked rice.)

[michigan roman]

ide try blueberries as theyve a rep for doing this

[ruffsongraw]

my dog has had a few digestive challenges. i go to a holistic vet. he is ALL ABOUT RAW for pets. he did say that broccolli, carrots and cauliflauer are good for tummies. (this surpirsed me). he also said that occassionally "loose" stool (not diarrhea) is ok and normal if one is in fact simulating a diet of a wolf, which VARIATION is important. he suggested rotating meat sources every week and he also suggested organ meat (like liver) once a week which MUST be organic.

he also said Boiled potatoes, which altho not raw, it a gut-soothing thing for a dog to eat.

he also said i can give human pro-biotics b/c they are far less expensive than the dog ones and they are the same anyhow.

goodluck!