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Originally Posted by hugz4all4  i wasnt going to post but I changed my mind  and I know that Im going to get grief from this BUT.. he is MY dog and honestly that is all that matters to me. IN the past week he has been doing so much better and I really cant understand it myself.. anyways here is my story.. When I got Tucker he was on puppy chow, he was constantly itching and just seemed generally uncomfortable. Within the first week of having him and after reading several posts on this forum about good food /bad food, I slowly started putting him and my other dogs on a better food. I choose chicken soup puppy for Tuck and Taste of the wild for my other dogs. Tuck didnt like the chicken soup much so I slowly put him on totw. During this time his itching didnt change much and he ended up with a nasty ear infection. After being on TOTW for 2 ish months, he was gaining well and the itching seemed to be localized to just his sides however I did notice that his coat felt very dry, not fluffy or soft like a puppy's coat should and he had terrible gas issues that effected his inguinal hernia that he would scream out in pain. I took him to the vets last saturday for his checkup and she told me that he should be on a puppy food, that she didnt trust TOTW cause it was a new food, if I insisted on keeping him on it to at least mix it with puppy food. So I did. I went to my local feed store and they now carry some wellness products, dogswell and of course Science diet. Since they didnt carry wellness in the puppy food and dogswell was als I bought SD puppy ( I know gasp). I also bought some canned dogswell to mix with the puppy food. I slowly adjusted his food and just after 2 days of the SD and a small amount of the dogswell canned (it is a grain free food) his gas issues were gone, he had more energy and by the end of the this week is coat was starting to feel soft again and his itching has just about stopped. Now I dont know if its the puppy food or the combination of the 2 brands but Im glad that I switched over. I know that SD is considered a garbage food however it has made Tuck feel better and to me that is all that matters. I have also switched my other dogs off TOTW and onto dogswell. They seem more satisfied on the dogswell. I will probably switch Tuck over to the dogswell dry in a few months but for now he is staying on the SD. |
That's great that your baby is better! That's all that counts! Just like you said, he's your dog and that's all that matters! Everyone's dog is different and some dogs have reactions to certain foods. Certain food works better with certain dogs, whether it be SD, Purina or Wellness. As long as your dog is happy & healthy, that's all that matters! I'm glad you posted!