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How to treat my 5-month-old puppy's liquid diarrhea at home?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Female | unspayed | 5 months and 27 days old | 6 lbs

My mom made the mistake of feeding my 5 month old puppy a cheese puff. Since then, she has had liquid diarrhea for 3 days straight. It just won’t stop, and she keeps having accidents everywhere. How can I stop it from happening?

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Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Published on November 11th, 2017

As long as Kylie is behaving normally otherwise, you can try managing the diarrhea at home. Withhold food for 12-24 hours. Allow small amounts of water or unflavored PediaLyte in small amounts. Resume feeding a bland diet in small, frequent amounts. Begin with 1 tablespoon of food every hour and gradually increase the amount of food. Once the stool is normal, transition slowly to the regular diet. If the diarrhea doesn't resolve or if Kylie develops vomiting, lethargy, loss of appetite or abdominal pain then have her examined by your veterinarian. A bland diet can be plain white rice mixed with one of the following: cottage cheese, boiled boneless/skinless chicken breasts, cooked/drained ground beef or cooked/drained ground turkey. Mix the ingredients in a 1:1 ratio.

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    Answered By Angel Alvarado, LVT

    Licensed Veterinary Technician

    Published on August 29th, 2019

    As long as Harlowe is behaving normally, you can try managing her symptoms at home. Withhold food for 24 hours. Allow small amounts of water or unflavored PediaLyte. Resume feeding a bland diet in small, frequent amounts. begin with one table spoon of food every hour and gradually increase the amount. Feed bland until the stool is normal then transition slowly to her regular diet. A bland diet can be made by mixing plain cooked white rice in equal parts with one of the following: cottage cheese, cooked/drained ground beef, cooked/drained ground turkey or boiled boneless/skinless chicken breasts. Symptoms that should be addressed by your veterinarian include persistent diarrhea in spite of conservative care, lethargy, vomiting, loss of appetite or abdominal pain.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

    Published on March 5th, 2017

    Poor pup! This diarrhea can be caused by a GI illness, eating something rotten, a foreign body, intestinal parasites, or a sudden change in diet among other causes. I can give you a home remedy to try to see if that helps before having to take him into the vet. Withhold food for 12-24 hours, then feed a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) and white rice in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in his normal diet. If the diarrhea continues on the bland diet, he starts vomiting food, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, he will need to see a vet right away.

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

    Published on February 4th, 2019

    Poor Theo! At this point since the home remedies haven’t worked, it’s time to see the vet. It could be he has something like intestinal worms causing his diarrhea, and that requires a deworming treatment. Please take him into the vet in the morning. Best of luck.

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