fluids for dogs ?

[anneasquith]

i want to encourage my dog to drink fluids today, but he is reluctant to have water, can you suggest anything, TIA

[rsvp]

My dog needed to drink regularly and I was advised to put a little salt in her drinking water - it worked for her and appeared to do her no harm.

[roxie_09]

I give mine a cup of tea, sounds silly but she loves it, hasn't done her any harm :) x

[barb1314]

Add a teaspoon of honey to sweeten it..salted water will dehydrate a dog even more.

[jules77]

Mine wont drink water when they are out, but they will drink goats milk. They like the rehydration drinks when they are not ill too.

[didoatwork]

If they are thirsty they will drink.

[rsvp]

not according to my vet barb 1314 - you only put a little in but it increases the fluid intake more than enough to compensate.

[woofgang]

stew up a little meat or fish in loads of water, no salt and give the dog the strained juices. overcooked rice or pasta also holds a lotos water and can be given with or instead of the normal food. Can I ask why your dog needs to drink more?

[anneasquith]

thanks........... problem solved, he had diarrohea, i boiled some chicken breast and gave him the broth, back to normal .. :)

[woofgang]

I put a measure of rice into six times the measure of water with a little chopped chicken, bring to the fast boil to cook the chicken then cover , remove from heat and allow to cool. The result is a tasty very soggy rice mix that you can feed to settle the tum and rehydrated.