I started feeding Roxy & Bubba Wellness Core Ocean Forumula kibble
For Dogs - Grain-Free, Protein-Focused Formulas a couple of weeks ago, and I'm not sure I am happy with it. What has your experience been?
Briefly their food journey - fed Innova - really liked everything about this product, but began noticing they were both licking their paws - Roxy more so, Switched to Merrick's Before Grain, because suspected the licking was due to the grains - they were on this for a few mths, but still saw some licking - that was the Buffalo and chicken formula. Roxy at this point was the only one licking - so is it food allergies, boredom or habit
The pet store, suggested trying the Wellness Core Ocean - as it is the only grain free that is also free of chicken, at least that they carry (and they have a huge selection of top products)
They have the Ocean formula with a bit of Missing Link sprinkled on and water on top of that.
Within 2 weeks of changing the food, both dogs have black stools, and are straining to go. Lots of large pea size pieces - very atypical for them. So for the past 4 days I have been also giving them pumpkin and also 2 of those days they had some yogurt. Now they seem to be going a bit easier, but the stools are still black.
Something is not right - I'm considering now switching to a product that has grains but no chicken - so unsure about what the allergy issue is
And just not as pleased with the food as I wanted to be.
The other thing is I feel bad for Bubba, want to feed them the same food, so he is suffering as I try to find something that works. Of course my biggest fear is he's allergic to one thing and Roxy to something else