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Originally Posted by pokidee  This is my experience with raw:
I gave Paris who is 8.5 pounds (great weight for her size but she is kinda on the thin side) Stella and Chewy's on average daily 4 dinner patties since she is too picky in eating and I'm not used to a pet not going right to their food and eating it. She started vomiting like in total 3-4 times after eating Stella and Chewy's a couple of days after. The doctor did X-rays and a Parvovirus exam and everything was fine and told me to just feed her a bland diet and change the raw dinner patties I was giving her since it was not agreeing with her. They gave Paris a shot and a pill and they told me if she vomits again then to contact them immediately. She has not vomited since then, her stool became normal again. I don't know if the patties had any cause or is it because I changed her diet from Blue Buffalo to Stella and Chewy too soon??? But I stopped feeding her raw after that since I'm scared she starts feeling bad again. I also feel like there is too much protein and fat in the raw patties of Stella and Chewy's compared to a typical recommended protein and fat diet for a dog. I put her back to Blue Buffalo since I'm comfortable with the ingredients they have more so than most dry foods and so far she eats when she is only hungry and she is back to normal. Again, this is my experience with raw food and I'm not an expert in raw and general food diet for dogs. Just putting out my experience here. |
Changing the diet too soon could have been part of the issue. I went on the Stella and Chewy's website to take a look at their protein and fat content for their dinner patties, and their numbers are through the roof: 48% protein and 28% fat minimum. Compare that to Blue Buffalo: 26% protein and 15% fat minimum. The recommendations from the book Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, 5th edition are: 15 to 30% protein and 10 to 20% fat for a healthy young adult dog and 15 to 23% protein and 10 to 15% fat for a healthy mature dog. Blue Buffalo's numbers are within the range for healthy young adult dogs, but Stella and Chewy's numbers are almost double that. Such a sudden change could have been a shock to the system.
I'm not going to debate the superiority of one dog food over another (at least not on this thread
) but I'm glad that there is a diversity of products available and that you found a food that works best for your dog. We always try to do what's best for our dog, but once you find a product that works well for your dog, unless there is a compelling reason to change it, it's best to stick with what works.