Does Your Dog Get Diarrhea?

Who knows what upsets a doggie tummy now and then? And who enjoys trying to force a dog to take a pill - or Milk of Magnesia?

If you dog suffers from occasional (or chronic) bouts of diarrhea, you'll be glad to know of a simple cure I learned about recently: Coconut Macaroon Cookies! Almost no one has trouble convincing a dog to eat a cookie.

Sounds crazy, but according to several reports I've read, the cookies work for both dogs and humans. For humans the recommended "dose" is two cookies per day. For dogs a half cookie usually does the trick.

The reason why it works has to do with the oil in the coconut causing the body to digest food more easily. And in fact, humans who suffer from irritable bowel disease have found relief by taking a couple tablespoons of coconut oil daily - or more, depending upon the severity of their illness.