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Originally Posted by MommysBabyRoxy  Ever since Roxy was a puppy she has been getting Eukanuba...
I have tried to change her, and the only thing that DIDNT make her sick was changing her from puppy to adult.
I have tried changing her food because I know the terrible things that are in the food that I give her...
But as we all know, Yorkies have sensitive stomachs... Everytime I change her food she throws up & gets bad diarrhea.
I dont know what to do... I want to change her to a better Dog Food, something with no "By Product" in it...
But without the Eukanuba, it seems she gets really poopy and vomity, and I know lots of Yorkie's shorten their lives from Chronic Diarrhea and Chronic Vomiting...
Please help? |
I really feel your pain on this topic. I've been going through the same thing for the past couple weeks with my Rocky.
Rocky is 4 years old and Daisy is 3 years old.
After the age of 1 year they both went on Natural Balance Ultra Premium dry kibble (No stomach issues). Little over a year ago I introduced them to Natures Variety Raw Beef Medallion (No rejection, loves them). I would keep the dry Natural Balance kibble out all day and feed them both 1 beef medallion each day.
Couple of weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to switch Rocky & Daisy off Natural Balance dry kibble and change them over to Natures Variety Instinct kibble, this way they would be on the same brand and totally on a Grain Free diet.
The switch was very gradual, and right away Rocky got slimy diarrhea and of course throwing up. I weaned back on the new kibble and Rocky still had the same symptoms and then I saw blood in his poop. Someone here gave some great advice on Bene-Bac gel, and that helped greatly.
Rocky had 3 days of that bloody, slimy, diarrhea so of course he is back on the Natural Balance Kibble with 1 Natures Variety Raw medallion a day. Daisy never had a problem at all with the switch, but I've decided to keep them both on the same thing.
The over all goal was to switch to one brand and be grain free. Natural Balance has 3 other dry formulas that are grain free, and I'll probably try a switch in a couple months.
It's so hard for me to see my little guy when he is sick like that. He is very active and when he went through this his symptoms were shivering, always sleeping, throwing up 8 times a day, loose slimy bloody stool, drinking lots of water then throwing some of it up.
Your doing a great job in trying to switch. Just make sure you keep the receipt of the new dog food. Most stores are very nice and will allow you to bring it back, if your dog is having a bad reaction.
Maybe sometime in the future you could try Nature Variety Raw Beef Medallions. Rocky & Daisy both went to this without any bad reactions.
http://www.naturesvariety.com/
The petstore I go to for this allowed me to take a sample home to try it first. They both gobbled it up and acted if it was more of a treat then a meal.
Best of luck.