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Could a fish heavy diet cause loose stools? I've been feeding Orijen 6 fish and potato since we made the switch from raw, but now Bentley's poop keeps being really soft. He's not showing any other signs of illness and i'm starting to think it's the diet change. Can fish diets be that rich in oils that he gets a loose stool? Should we try to switch to something new and see if his poop hardens? Thanks, Rachel |
Is the protein count higher in the new food? If so it could be the problem. Boomer didn't do well on high protein food and once I switched him to a lower protein formula his stools returned to normal. |
How much are you feeding? Most loose stool problems on Orijen arise from over-feeding and it's VERY simple to do. Jackson eats 1/2 cup per day of Orijen and he is 15lbs and I don't think he could ever do more than that on Orijen. Acana, he can eat up to about 3/4 cup per day. Orijen is very high in meat content (which is a :thumbup: good thing!) so you need to feed less. But every dog does different on something different, so it very well could be the food. Jackson seemed to get gas on Orijen Adult (and he NEVER has gas) but he did perfect on Orijen Regional Red. It's all a matter of finding that great balance- have you tried Acana? |
i think it's doing well on Sadie. but i think i might have to get something else to feed Bentley. i hate to feed different diets to both dogs because then Sadie could get ahold of chicken stuff and get sick, but i can't find anything besides fish diets that don't have chicken. i don't know what to feed. i'll try and look at the acana foods and find something else to feed. i love the orijin but i think it's the cause. |
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Orijen Regional Red contains no chicken, and it's 38 percent protein. This is the Orijen that Jackson does best on. Otherwise, I LOVE Acana! It seems to do well with ALOT of dogs, and it's the same company as Orijen, so I am very confident in what I am feeding. Jackson does amazing on it. The Grasslands formula contains no chicken. |
i was looking at that. Acana grasslands, or lamb and apple is their signature hypo diet, and then the red diet for orijen. i'll transistion to one of those this week...the vet, i love her dearly is highly recommending hill's d/d but i just can't pay the same price for nothing but potatos and pork fats with a little salmon in there. i don't agree with hill's foods at all. |
I think I've heard that lamb is higher in fat. Max can do chicken and does not like fish. He's now on Wellness Simple Solutions duck and rice and the protein content is not that high. |
we decided to go back and try the raw again for right now and see where their stools go from that change. i have pheasant at home that has never been left out so it didn't spoil when we went on the trip like the ones i took out did. i'll try it for awhile until we can buy another bag of dog food for them. i still kinda prefer the raw diet, but it's too expensive and it's a pain in the butt to deal with when ur traveling or having someone else watch them. today i'll have mike go get some acana. |
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