I was so worried about Rocky and the dang server was down.  Glad he was diagnosed and that it was treatable at home.  I went through something similar with Belle when she was 6 months old.  She ate something and got salmonella poisoning.  The vets said that could have turned into pancreatitis.  Anyway, glad things are going in the right direction. Give Rocky extra hugs and kisses from me and my gang.

Thank you all for the tips, concern and emotional support for Rocky and I  as this is our first time going thur something like this  

Good news!! Rocky accepted his first tablespoon of bland mash with GSP eagerness with his first dose of antibiotic this morning. So far knock on wood, has kept it down. He even licked the spoon for more afterwards, so good ,

  Everbell, frozen  plain nofat yogert is a great tip to sub for real ice cream. Yogert is also good to take when on an anibiotic to restore the natural flora of the intestinal track. My Vet prescribed for now a powder I have to sprinkle on his food daily to help restore normal flora of his GI track. Rocky's next tablespoon in an hour will have a sprinkle of that on it.

Texas Belle, oh that had to be scary having a six month old pup going thur this So happy puppy Belle recovered well

TessaGA, I will try putting alittle mash in his Rebound  see what happens latter on.

WGSPR volunteers Becca and Jared's first adopted rescue Gunner has this.  He lives a pretty normal life, they just have to watch what he eats, for the most part, he eats almost everything until he has a flair up. It will level off Marie.  Wonder if he can have yogurt?  My dogs love all of them...boston creme pie, bananna, orange, apple, you name it... 

the yogurt is a nice idea, Marie. we used to use it when the dogs would get the runs, haven't used it so much lately as we switched from cooked meat to raw, but it's also a good calcium source. Glad that Rocky is ok, there is nothign worse than a sick puppy. Hope you're doing better as well, I know how stressful that can be.

Going to hold off on yogert now as I have the Vet prescribed sprinkles for that porblem. Also , yes the recipe for bland diet included 2 and 1/2 cups of brown rice  mixed with chicken broth plus eggs, cream of wheat and cottage cheese, so Rocky is loving this Probably won't want to go back to his normal food   Lisa, glad I will only have to do this menue if he has a flair-up

 Rocky ate his Bland Mash real good yesterday !! Well today he turned his nose up at it and would not touch it.  He also turned his nose up at the plain nonfat yogert. Did accept some bites of non fat cottage cheese. .....So right now I am taking gsp-fan's advice at boiling skinless chicken breasts. The package label reads 1% fat only on the chicken breasts. Plus I will boil some more brown rice.

What could I add to the yogert to make it more tasty, but safe for pancreatitis? ( vanilla, or juice from a canned fruit) I do have pineapple canned and pears canned in my pantry.

Also it is a bear to get him to take his ampicillin capsules. If I open them up and sprinkle he might turn his nose up on them. Is it ok to wrap them up in chicken when I get the chicken done cooking???

I have a challenge giving pills to Halo.  She can detect pills or other foreign content in chicken, cheese, or anything else and is expert at eating the good stuff and spitting out the pill.  So, what I do to make sure she gets medication is open her mouth. Hold your left hand over the top of the muzzle and press the dogs cheek in between their back teeth with your pointing finger and hold it there so they don't bite down. With the right hand you can help open the mouth. Once the mouth is open, pick up the pill with the right hand and push the pill a little way down the throat.  Very quickly close the mouth and hold it closed, and stroke the throat to get them to swallow.  It takes a little practice and your hand generally gets slimed, but they get the medicine down.  The other option is to ask your vet if the medicine comes in liquid, then you can draw it into a syringe and stick that in their mouth and squirt it into the back of their cheek.

Of course, if your dog is good you can wrap it in something yummy like the chicken.  if your dog catches food that is tossed at them, toss the pill wrapped in chicken as they don't think when they catch food, they usually just swallow.

Another optionis to bury the pill in with their normal food.  This does not work if you only feed kibble or if your dog is a slow or picky eater.  However, if they eat with gusto, then they eat the pill along with their regular food.  Since your baby is not eating well, this probably not a good option for you.  I put it in though as it does work for other instances of pill taking.

Oh gsp-fan, you are exactly right. Brown Rice is 1.5 % fat. And Rocky's dry Canadea is 14.5 % fat. So will have to find him a lower fat diet dry food . His can canadae which we mix just a tablespoon is only 6% fat so I could keep that. so will go back to the feed mill and see if they have a senior diet dry food with leass than 10% fat Thank you for the Info. greatly appreciatedRocky will be 7 yrs old next month so we can consider him a Senior

Yes, great ideas gsp-fan, we are definitely going to have to change some ways. Here is Rocky this morning. He is trimming up. Not cold at all no shiver with wind chills10 degrees, so he is a winter Wisconsin GSP with alot of body fat reserve

Oh!!! Rocky just loves the new Chicken breast and white rice mixture gsp-fan. He was spinning cirlces as I set the bowl pf 1/4 cup down. Rocky gulped it right down. Texas Bell, we failed the method  of getting a pill down the back of the throat. So what worked for us was rolling it up in a small piece of low fat turkey sandwich meat. He took that right down. Oh !! the challenges our GSPs present to us  Rocky is good with me taking anything out of his mouth that he is chewing on. But if I try to force open his mouth in any way to put a pill in it. He snarls with back lips going up showing teeth