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11-13-2008, 06:17 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN
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| Eukanuba now Wellness Bad gas & poop Hi! I have a question. I have six yorkies and recently started reading about their diets. I switched them from Ekanuba to Wellness foods. Now, they have extremely stinky gas. Also, they have been having huge poops (compared to the ones they had on Eukanuba). Has anyone else noticed this? I was under the impression when I switched them they would feel better and have smaller terds? What do you guys think? (for our six babies) |
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11-13-2008, 06:27 PM | #2 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa
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| Sometimes it takes some babies a bit longer to get their digestive system used to a different food. Introducing the new food over a 3-4 week period is a good idea. Sometimes some will need longer. When I switched mine to LIfe's Abundance back in June it took me about 3 week. Since then they have had less turds as there are no additives in the food. I'm very happy with it. Lastly, I also have a 16 year old dog who ALWAYS had the stinkiest GAS! OH MY GOSH! He could gag a buzzard on a dead fowl wagon! There were times our eyes would just water and you had to resort to mouth breathing if you stayed in the same room. I can honestly say he is now always welcome in the room with us. He still has gas because he's, well, and OLD dog , (they are audible) *giggle* but they don't have the gag-factor! LOL
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11-13-2008, 06:48 PM | #3 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN
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I'm wondering if I should switch to Life Abundance? Maybe that will be the magical mixture? Levi, Rocky, Petie, Bubbles, CoCo & Sprinkles say thanks for your help!! | |
11-13-2008, 06:53 PM | #4 |
No Longer a Member | I have had my yorkie (Hooks) on wellness puppy since I got him. I am a little obsessive with smells so it always reeks to me, but his doesn't compare to my shih tzu on the same food. Leo (my shih tzu) wakes me up out of my sleep when he goes to bathroom on the puppy pad it is that bad.... it may just be different for every dog. |
11-13-2008, 07:20 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
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| Lady didn't do very well on Wellness Sweet Potato and Whitefish formula. She had horrible gas and frequent, soft stools. Several members on another forum I belong to said they had the same problem with Wellness and Merrick, too. |
11-13-2008, 07:28 PM | #6 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| We feed ours Welliness and they seem to do pretty good on it. We have noticed that Kayla's tee tee smells to high heaven. I wonder if the food could cause that. Maybe should ask the vet. It just smells really strong and gaggy. She drinks enough water so I don't know. Maybe we should try something other than Welliness. |
11-13-2008, 10:36 PM | #7 | |
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But wanting to do better for my crew...I slowly switched them to Wellness. Gassy, smelly poos finally made me switch them to Canidae. None of them liked it. Not a one of them! I switched them to NV Instinct and am at the botom of our first 20 lb bag. I will NOT be buying it again. Poo's were huge and they all went twice as much. I will be switching them to Merricks. If I do not have good results with that...I may just go back to the Eukanuba. Who knows!!
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11-14-2008, 01:35 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: IA
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| Ok, so i just switched Bella to Wellness Puppy a month or two ago, and her gas is just horrible! I guess i never even associated it with her food, but now that you mention it,it did seem to start after we switched her from Eukanuba to Wellness. Should i switch her to something else? Is it bad for her to be gassy? Or do we just plug our noses? |
11-14-2008, 07:35 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham, AL
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| I know what you're talking about. I actually posted a thread recently about having issues with more stools with Wellness puppy. I switched Teddy to Wellness from Purina over the period of 3 weeks. His stools increased from 3 a day of purina to 5-6 a day with Wellness. These stools were larger and stinkier too. I was shocked. I completed the switch about 3 weeks ago. However, over the past several days, Teddy has only pooped 3-4 times per day (smaller too) so I'm hoping he's finally starting to adjust. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I will switch to something else when his current bag or Wellness runs out since he really seems to like this food. I'll continue to monitor I guess. We haven't had any issues with bad gas though...thank goodness.
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11-14-2008, 07:45 PM | #10 | |
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11-14-2008, 08:10 PM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: WV
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| I am thinking of trying the Lifes Abundance?? Any good/bad opinions from anyone? Where is best place to order it from? That is where you get that stuff to put in their water for their teeth too isn't it? THANKS |
11-14-2008, 08:47 PM | #12 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: santa clarita, CA
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| Ted is on Life's abundance..breeder recommended. So we put Wallace the Lab on it too. His coat is now beautiful and shiny and no more scratching. I think someone here may sell it. Just type in Life's Abundance on the net and you can order it. My 40 pound bag came in two days. It seems expensive, but they need less of it than the store bought brands. |
11-14-2008, 09:25 PM | #13 | |
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11-14-2008, 10:37 PM | #14 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: miami,fl
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| i switched my yorkie from eukanuba to solid gold and shes doing pretty good it is way better than eukanuba i recommend it |
11-15-2008, 08:40 AM | #15 | |
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