Hi Christin, I read you put the Tums with the food, an ant acid medication should be given without any food to let the ant acid med work & settle the stomach.. Tums are like Mylanta tabs, I use to get the Mylanta Tabs & put 1 down my dogs throat, the Mylanta tab would slowly digest & line the stomach & bring relief & then after 30mins-60min offer a small meal but if the dog doesn’t want to eat that’s OK dogs are very smart & know when to rest their stomach & bowel, it’s actually good for them to fast for 1 day, the stomach & bowel has a rest & can heal..
Slippery Elm is very good for the stomach & bowel, you buy the Slippery Elm powder, get about 1 teaspoon of the Slippery Elm powder & add about 1/4 cup boiling water & mix & mix till it starts to thicken, if its tooo thick add a little bit more boiling water till the Slippery Elm is like gravy consistency, then I would cover cup with some foil & put in fridge… I would put 1 teaspoon of the slippery mix on a plate & see if Patch would lick it up, he did the first time but not the next time, so I just got a teaspoon & put the Slippery Elm mix in his mouth or use a 20ml syringe, if the mix is cold you take out a small amount & heat up till warm & the syringe can suck it up…Slippery Elm even firms up their poos…
