Homemade Diet for a Sick Dog

Sick dogs need a nourishing daily diet to help them recover, but many dogs show little appetite or refuse to eat entirely while sick. Offer bland foods and appealing food to encourage your pet's appetite and help it keep its food down. Feeding a basic homemade bland diet can help your dog get better a lot faster, and requires only ingredients most people have at home.

Things You'll Need

  • Cooked low fat meat
  • Cooked brown or white rice
  • Live culture yogurt
  • Boiled sweet potato
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Instructions

    • 1

      Combine one part low fat meat, such as chicken, turkey or boiled hamburger, with two parts cooked brown or white rice. You may substitute boiled potato or cooked oatmeal for the rice. This forms the base of the bland diet.

    • 2

      Combine two to four tablespoons boiled sweet potato and one to three tablespoons plain yogurt with live, active cultures. Do this just before each meal.

    • 3

      Combine the basic diet with the sweet potato mixture at feeding time. Provide the amount of food your dog will eat. Begin with one or two tablespoons, fed every few hours. Increase the amount as your dog improves.

    • 4

      Mix in small quantities of dry food as your dog's appetite improves. If you see signs of digestive problems, reduce the amount of dry food and return to the bland diet.