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Sheldonsmom · 05-28-2012, 04:15 AM

Hi there, welcome tomyorkietalk! I am a new member and a new yorkie owner as well.
Sheldons brother was adopted by a lady who lives in my town, when we got them the were fed purine because that is what the rescue group could afford, I gradually changed him to now by petcurean and Sheldon's brother Howie started the transition to wellness, Howie's mom told me as soon as she made the switch he started to have diarrhea so she put him back on purine. Not sure what she is feeding him now.

So this is the only Close experience I have had with wellness, I think there a re few here that feed that to their babies and they do really well on it.
Have you checked the ingredient list on both foods? Maybe he is sensitive to one of the ingredients in wellness that tots does not have.

I had Sheldon on Now by petcurean, it is a great food but it had 3 forms of protein and potatoes and he was very itchy. He is on Natures variety grain free limited ingredient, NV does not have potatoes, they use tapioca. Since I changed his diet the itchiness has stopped and he has less eye discharge.

Here are a few brands I think are really good, assuming you want to feed a grain free kibble diet. I am sure there are more but I can't think of them right now. Good luck!
Btw, most of this brands have canned food as well.

Now
Fromm
Lotus
Canine caviar
Natures Variety
Pure Vita
Acana
Orijen

05-28-2012, 04:15 AM	#2
Sheldonsmom YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Trumbull, CT, USA Posts: 457	Hi there, welcome tomyorkietalk! I am a new member and a new yorkie owner as well. Sheldons brother was adopted by a lady who lives in my town, when we got them the were fed purine because that is what the rescue group could afford, I gradually changed him to now by petcurean and Sheldon's brother Howie started the transition to wellness, Howie's mom told me as soon as she made the switch he started to have diarrhea so she put him back on purine. Not sure what she is feeding him now. So this is the only Close experience I have had with wellness, I think there a re few here that feed that to their babies and they do really well on it. Have you checked the ingredient list on both foods? Maybe he is sensitive to one of the ingredients in wellness that tots does not have. I had Sheldon on Now by petcurean, it is a great food but it had 3 forms of protein and potatoes and he was very itchy. He is on Natures variety grain free limited ingredient, NV does not have potatoes, they use tapioca. Since I changed his diet the itchiness has stopped and he has less eye discharge. Here are a few brands I think are really good, assuming you want to feed a grain free kibble diet. I am sure there are more but I can't think of them right now. Good luck! Btw, most of this brands have canned food as well. Now Fromm Lotus Canine caviar Natures Variety Pure Vita Acana Orijen