Gren has been living a chaotic life these past few weeks, adjusting to new people, new places, and new food. He’s also been eating a lot of random objects on the side of the road, and that can wreak havoc with a puppy’s digestive system.
If your dog has a bit of a traveler’s gut, diarrhea, or is constipated, there is a quick and easy solution, and I will let you in on the secret.
Ready?
It’s pumpkin.
I’m serious. It has all this lovely fibre in it to help ease a dog’s digestion, without the sugar of your regular fruits. I’m sure it works on people as well.
You can give your dog up to a tablespoon of pumpkin purée a day. Just plop it in the dog’s food and all will be well. I give Gren a teaspoon in the morning and one at night and he’s good to go.
I also add a teaspoon each time of plain yogurt, to make sure his little tummy has all the good bacteria in it that it needs.
Make sure when you’re buying pumpkin in a can that you get the plain stuff, not the pumpkin pie filling. Your dog doesn’t need the spices and the sugar.
And because you probably won’t need to go through a whole can before your dog’s gut is back to normal, you can freeze the pumpkin in individual serving sizes (like I did here in ice-cube trays) for the next time you need them.
Ali Does It Herself 
Pumpkin is good for other critters, too! I supplement the Fat Green Chicken’s diet with pumpkin and sweet potatoes, because his parrot species is prone to vitamin A deficiencies, and he’s particularly liable to get them.
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I love the idea of freezing the pumpkin in ice cube trays – that way it gives you the perfect-sized serving. Thanks for the tip!
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Wow, good to know. Our eldest dog was very sickly when we got him. We had to feed him rice.
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Rice is also a good thing to calm an upset stomach. It’s nice and bland.
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I know I’m bumping up an old thread here, but this works wonders. I have an English Bulldog, and they are notoriously gassy. Adding 2 TBSP of pumpkin to his food everyday has almost eliminated his …uh… “air freshener”
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Haha, oh yeah, Bulldogs and Boston Terriers are the worst for the windy-pops! Gren loves his pumpkin so much he kept licking people’s jack-o-lanterns when out for walks recently. I mean, he poops orange, but at least it’s solid poop, right? (Also it’s so weird how obsessed I am with my dog’s digestion.)
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