Rice and Water

3 meals of Rice and beef broth (breakfast, dinner, late night snack); his coat looks good, he’s drinking enough water, urinating clear (dark yellow this AM), hasn’t lost weight (39 lbs), not lethargic, and he’s maintaining weight.

Isaac had a touch of loose stool still this AM (not horrible) so I’ve kept him on rice. Seems that everything I’ve read says to either fast him for 24 hours or put him on a bland diet. If I didn’t give him ANY food I think he’d eat Noah and/or Bethany. Since the stool is loose (not constant out of control liquid), he’s hydrated, not lethargic, and his fecal flotation came back clean I’m going to stick with bland over complete fast.

There will be no Schutzhund training Sunday morning and hope to have him on half rice half Canidae by lunch tomorrow (we’ll see). If he’s not cleaned up by Monday evening I suppose I need to go back to the Vet (though I think their diagnosis of Colitis is broad enough that they are guessing just like I am (other than the fecal float). OK maybe not guessing, but just like people doctors I this it’s a lot closer to voodoo than actual science. I mean we aren’t talking E=MC^2 or F=MA!

Here’s a pic of Isaac chowing some white rice cooked in beef broth. Oh and no exercise when he gets the rice…seems like with a heavy sticky substance sitting in his belly the last thing we need to deal with right now is bloat…..

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