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06-09-2011, 09:19 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mississippi
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| Guess we need to switch - please help with brand of dry food Sophie has been on Wellness Super 5 Small Breed for quite some time. She eats it fine, and I have been happy with it. The problem is she does have eye gunk, and I've read there are some brands out there that make this happen more than others, Wellness being one. She also has VERY stinky gas all the time. Just sitting at my computer the last hour she has passed gas at least 5 times. Surely this is due to her food. I know NOTHING about researching a good brand of dry dog food. Does anyone know of a good one they would recommend? I'd like to get one that doesn't make her poop smelly and alleviates the eye gunk. I will also need one that I can buy online, and if you know a site where it is more reasonable, that would be so helpful. The only place I have local to buy dry food is Petsmart, and they really only have the Wellness and Blue Buffalo. I tried the switch to BB several months ago, but even doing the slow transition, she had diarrhea....so I don't think that would be a good brand for us. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
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06-09-2011, 09:25 PM | #2 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Are you sure there are no small hardware-type stores near you that sell food? You can often find TOTW at Tractor Supply stores, etc. We just started TOTW and I am super pleased with it so far. His eye boogers have been practically non exsistant all week, his poop has been small, hard and formed and not that smelly from what I can see. He never has gas (but did not have gas on Acana, either). Does your Petsmart sell By Nature? Some do, some don't. It's a pretty good food but not grain free. Castor & Pollux is also a decent line at Petsmart, I believe.
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06-09-2011, 09:27 PM | #3 |
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| She may have had diarrhea due to too high a fat content. I know that is what makes Uni get it. I have her on Honest Kitchen which is a dehydrated raw food, and she is doing really well on it. They have several formulas. I also frequently visit http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com I love their site, it's really easy to understand why certain ingredients are good or bad. Just for fun I check out the one star foods. Maybe not for fun, for horror, but you know what I mean. If you have a PetSmart near you, there MUST be a Petco nearby too? Petco has more higher quality brands there now. I'm sure you can order online too.
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06-09-2011, 09:27 PM | #4 |
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| Haha Brit, how did I know you were going to be all over this?
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06-09-2011, 09:32 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mississippi
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| No Petco anywhere nearby. Closest town to me is Tupelo, and they only have a Petsmart. I'd have to go to Memhis or Jackson, MS, to get to a Petco and that is just too far We do have a Tractor Supply I believe. I will have to check there. Thanks.
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06-10-2011, 06:40 AM | #6 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| HA! Hey when you're bored at 1:30am and can't sleep, what better than to be on YT and talk dog food?
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06-10-2011, 09:38 AM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Van Alstyne, TX
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| We've had good luck with Nature's Variety. We feed the Prairie formulas (grain inclusive) but their Instinct formulas are grain free. I buy it online at PetCareRX.com. They have very good prices and you get free shipping on all orders over $35. My maltese does have a little bit of tear staining though. Not sure if that is from the food, the grains in the food, or what. I've thought about trying the Instinct but haven't yet due to the high fat and protein contents. It is not too uncommon for dogs to have loose stools for a short time when switching foods, but that should stop after a short time. I avoid all foods made by Diamond now due to gas problems with all of them I've tried. This includes Diamond lines as well as other brands that they make for those companies, including Chicken Soup, Premium Edge, Diamond Naturals, Kirklands, Canidae, Solid Gold, Wellness. My dogs had the worst gas on any of those. We've had amost no gas at all with Nature's Variety. |
06-10-2011, 10:40 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| I have had no complaints with Halo. It is a four star dog food, and you can order directly from the website. If you join their newsletter, you get coupons every month. I have had no gas issues. |
06-10-2011, 01:13 PM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Draper Utah
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| Moses is on Nutro Ultra, it's a holistic food that comes highly recommended. He never has gas and has few eye goopies. You can find it at Petsmart and Petco. It's the only food he will eat, and he is still picky as all get-out! |
06-10-2011, 01:32 PM | #10 | |
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my dogs have always had tear staining with every food we tried EXCEPT for nature's variety. We also use the prairie kinds, the pieces are small and my dogs seem to enjoy it very much. The tearing is gone and improved the first week they were on it.
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06-17-2011, 03:26 PM | #11 | |
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06-17-2011, 03:30 PM | #12 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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| We recently switched from Wellness to Nature's Variety. It is much smaller and grain free. The furbabies like it. Pam |
06-17-2011, 03:36 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| ZoE is on Blue Buffalo. She loves it & is doing great.
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06-17-2011, 04:39 PM | #14 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Glad to know!!! We are feeding the lamb formula (Sierra Mountain) and he LOVES it!!
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06-17-2011, 05:51 PM | #15 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: palm beach gardens, FL, US
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| I didn't realize eye crud was due to dog food. My daughter has been feeding Lily Purina One small bites and Lily had them. She had to go to the vet for dehydration and she's been on Hills I/D and she doesn't have them now. But I need to switch to something else. I'm going to try her on Natural Balance Fish and Sweet Potato canned food because of low fat, moisture, and it's supposed to be easily digestible. I'll watch for the eye crud. |
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