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My dog has diarrhea after eating another dog's food. What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Poodle | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 1 month old | 40 lbs

My dog has diarrhea and cannot stop. She ate another dogs food which may have caused this. Is there anything we can do to help her and bring her comfort.

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Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on August 5th, 2017

Dietary intolerance is very common in some dogs. I recommend not feeding anything for 12 hours, and then start a bland diet of boiled chicken breast and cooked white rice for a few days. Water or pedialyte is ok. You can try a product like ProPectalin AntiDiarrheal Gel for Dogs

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