Rice? Ha!

CoverTune · 10-02-2009, 01:58 PM

Chicken and rice is often suggested as a nice "bland" meal for dogs, especially if they have an upset stomach etc.

My question is... how the heck do you get your dog to eat rice?? No joke, my dogs wont touch it. I don't want to try adding all kinds of stuff to it because the point is for it to be bland, lol.

Anyway, not a huge concern, my dogs are fine.. I'm just asking for future reference.

Binkalette · 10-02-2009, 02:23 PM

My dogs love plain rice.. But if they didn't and I need them to eat it, I would probably add a little bit of chicken broth.. or, put the chicken and rice in the food processor and blend them together.

phoebespeople · 10-02-2009, 02:53 PM

My choice for a mild or bland meal for a dog that is having health problems or recovering from surgury would be just ground chicken or ground turkey. I don't know why adding a starch, carbohydrate, grain such as rice would help the situation. (technically rice is a grass i suppose) Healthy dogs shouldn't eat grain, so why should a sick dog?

Binkalette · 10-02-2009, 02:59 PM

I believe the reasoning for feeding rice is that rice soaks up a LOT of water when you cook it, and feeding it to a sick dog will help them to replenish fluids. Plus, rice (espeically soggy, over-cooked rice) is very easy to digest..

Junior · 10-02-2009, 04:57 PM

try a sprinkle of parmesan cheese...

Michiyo-Fir · 10-02-2009, 05:03 PM

Nia won't eat rice either. When I put chicken in the rice, she won't even eat the chicken because there's rice on it...

Now even when she has diarrhea, I still just give her her kibble since rice she won't eat and ends up losing more weight.

phoebespeople · 10-02-2009, 05:47 PM

If your dog is not well the last thing you want to give them is salt and dairy (parmesan cheese). If the intent is to inrease their fluid intake, ground raw chicken or turkey is easily digestable and full of water.
If phoebe was sick, I would feed her ground raw turkey necks, no rice. If you really want your dog to eat something like rice thoguh , put a few drops of wild salmon oil on it. It's something they should be eating a little bit of anyways, and dogs love the smell and taste.

Michiyo-Fir · 10-02-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by phoebespeople

If your dog is not well the last thing you want to give them is salt and dairy (parmesan cheese). If the intent is to inrease their fluid intake, ground raw chicken or turkey is easily digestable and full of water.
If phoebe was sick, I would feed her ground raw turkey necks, no rice. If you really want your dog to eat something like rice thoguh , put a few drops of wild salmon oil on it. It's something they should be eating a little bit of anyways, and dogs love the smell and taste.

Just wondering, if a kibble fed dog is having diarrhea or some kind of stomach upset, it is advisable to suddenly change him/her to raw chicken(new food)? Won't that upset the digestive system even more?

shets114 · 10-02-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by phoebespeople

(technically rice is a grass i suppose) Healthy dogs shouldn't eat grain, so why should a sick dog?

Who really says that dogs shouldn't eat grain at all? I wish this person could really show some data that relates to real life and canines. Most of this information is nothing more than internet nutritionists.

Kathyy · 10-02-2009, 08:17 PM

I cook the rice and chicken together but my dogs adore rice anyway. Sassy makes good and sure each and every grain get eaten and Max checks her bowl after she is done. Make sure the rice is really mushy?

The small amount of fiber is probably better than high fiber but better than no fiber in plain defatted, skinned raw chicken. Kibble feeders would not be happy with the poop from chicken meat alone and I think it would be a big shock to the system.

I would feed raw fed Max plain raw chicken if he ever got sick but not cooked fed Sassy.

STPFAN · 10-05-2009, 11:56 AM

Put your chicken and rice in a chopper/processor...you can add some chicken stock mix to it as well.

ioreks_mom · 10-05-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Michiyo-Fir

Just wondering, if a kibble fed dog is having diarrhea or some kind of stomach upset, it is advisable to suddenly change him/her to raw chicken(new food)? Won't that upset the digestive system even more?

well, switching a kibble fed dog to boiled chicken and rice is switching it suddenly to a new food as well, it is just cooked.

my dog constantly (2 times a day every day) had diarrhea when he was eating kibble. i switched him cold turkey (hahaha

) to raw and he did fantastic. no more stool issues. i am not saying that this will work for every dog, but it really worked well for us. i am pretty sure that iorek has food allergies on top of environmental allergies.

SunnyPaw · 10-05-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by phoebespeople

My choice for a mild or bland meal for a dog that is having health problems or recovering from surgury would be just ground chicken or ground turkey. I don't know why adding a starch, carbohydrate, grain such as rice would help the situation. (technically rice is a grass i suppose) Healthy dogs shouldn't eat grain, so why should a sick dog?

Hi! According the "The Complete Holistic Dog Book" (by Allegretti & Sommers, DVM), they say that "most dogs do well on a diet that falls within these guidelines: protein 30-60% of daily diet, carbohydrates 30-60% of daily diet, and vegetables 10-30% of daily diet." They also say that thousands of years of domestication have allowed their digestive tracts the ability to digest whole grain carbs, and to get beneficial nutrients from them (like fiber, iron, minerals, etc)-- and dogs that have high energy requirements really do need them nutritionally (bear in mind, there are some dogs, like people, that have difficulty digesting certain carbs, and they will do better with a low starch diet). Dogs that have HIGH ENERGY REQUIREMENTS could include dogs that are recovering from surgery, pregnant/nursing dogs, and dogs that are extremely active and have high energy needs.

Our dog did very well with occasional meals of boiled chicken and brown rice. Do not use chicken broth or boullion, as it contains way too much sodium, and possibly garlic and onions (which can lead to hemolytic anemia). I would buy a small organic chicken, put it in a pot with enough cold water to cover and add one peeled organic carrot; bring to boil, then lower heat and simmer uncovered for a few hours until cooked through. Remove the carcass from the broth, allow to cool, and strain the broth. Cook the rice in some of the broth, mix in some chopped chicken (no bones of course), and a little of the boiled carrot chopped. I usually did a 2:1 ratio of chicken to rice.