Making cottage cheese and rice for dogs? Here are easy steps for a simple upset stomach meal.
Okay, so let me tell you about the time I ended up feeding my dog, Buster, cottage cheese and rice. It wasn't some fancy diet plan, believe me. Buster just got hit with a nasty bout of tummy trouble. You know the kind – wouldn't eat his regular food, looked miserable, and well, let's just say things coming out the other end weren't pretty.
I remembered hearing about bland diets for dogs, and cottage cheese and rice kept popping up. Seemed simple enough, less scary than trying to figure out complex ingredients. So, I decided to give it a shot. Didn't even call the vet right away, figured I'd try this gentle approach first for a day or so, see if it helped calm things down.
Making the Mix
First thing, I needed the stuff. Went to the store. Grabbed:
- Plain white rice. Nothing fancy, no brown rice or seasoned stuff. Just basic white rice.
- Low-fat cottage cheese. Heard the low-fat part was important, less likely to cause more tummy issues. Made sure it was plain, too, no pineapple chunks or anything weird.
Got home and started cooking. I just boiled up a batch of the white rice. Cooked it longer than usual, actually, made it kinda mushy. Figured it would be easier to digest that way. Let it cool down completely. You don't want to give hot food to a dog, especially one with an upset stomach.
Once the rice was cool, I mixed it up. Didn't really measure precisely, just went for about, maybe, three parts rice to one part cottage cheese? Stirred it together in his bowl. It looked pretty unappetizing to me, just a white mush. But hey, it wasn't for me.
Feeding Time and How It Went
I put the bowl down for Buster. He gave it a good sniff. Hesitated for a second. I wasn't sure he'd even touch it, especially since he'd been refusing his normal food. But then, he started eating! Slowly at first, but he ate it. Maybe not with huge enthusiasm, but he finished a small portion.
I gave him small amounts like this a few times a day. Didn't want to overload his system. Just small, frequent meals of the cottage cheese and rice mixture.
The results? Well, it seemed to do the trick. Over the next day or two, things started to... firm up again. Yeah, let's put it that way. He seemed a bit brighter too. After about two days of just the cottage cheese and rice, I started slowly mixing in a tiny bit of his regular kibble. Gradually increased the kibble and decreased the mush mix over the next few days until he was back on his normal food completely.
So, yeah, that was my experience. It worked for Buster that time. Just simple white rice, low-fat cottage cheese, cooked soft, served cool, small meals. Pretty straightforward stuff, really. Definitely seemed to help settle his stomach when he was feeling rough.
