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My dog has diarrhea after switching food too fast. What helps?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

I switched my dogs food too fast. Will his diarrhea go away eventually?

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 14th, 2016

Typically if you give your pet probiotics this will help with the diarrhea. I would recommend giving Culturelle over the counter to the food daily and hopefully this is enough to get things back to normal. However some pets will have severe bacteria dysbiosis (imbalance) which requires an additional antibiotic to get things to clear up completely. Typically I prescribe Metronidazole and this does great to get pets back to normal fast.

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