Honestly, I do not feel that the food is the issue.
Wellness has meat protein in its top 5 so it is going to take a little longer to digest; remaining in the intestinal tract for up to two days so that the body can absorb all the vitamins and minerals it can from the nutrient dense mash. However, simple products like corn, may pass through in just hours.
When you say you "take them out" is that for a walk or just in your backyard. The reason for my query, is that walking stimulates the digestive tract in many animals. If you have not been walking her before bed, I would truly suggest it as a first course of action, before changing her food; as the change will not help with her behavior of defecating in the crate, no matter how small a space you make.
Maybe if you feed at 6pm and then walk within a half hour to get the GI tract moving. I feel that changing her food would only illicit more issues than you already have.
Good luck, hope this helps. |