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05-11-2011, 09:45 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Dunstable UK
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| How to find the right food? Hello everyone I realise my question will have been asked a lot, and I have read through some pages but not quite found the answer! How do you find the right food for your yorkie and wheedle out was in the food affecting their bowels? Stanley is 11 weeks old, he was fed by the breeder on raw tripe and chicken, I cannot do this as I could not handle the meat. Have spoken to the vet who said to just try a variety of dried foods to settle his stomach ... so we have tried 4 well known not cheap dry brands, one morsel brand and one tinned meat brand. All of which have left Stanley with a runny tummy. My old yorkie was fab and one food was all she was on for life .. but Stanley is proving hard to find the food that will settle in his stomach. He has plenty of water to hand, has never eaten "human" food, not even a nibble of our food. He goes to the toilet anywhere from 10 - 15 poohs a day and none of them solid yet he remains bright healthy and alert. We spoke to a nutrionist in pets at home and now trying another brand which is doing the same. Does anyone have a way of finding out which or why it affects Stanley so much .. he cant have green colourants, so now he is on a science food. And yes I do mix the food first and keep him on it a week to see how he goes on it. Many thanks if you can help Stanley .. and me as it driving me nuts with so many poop patrols and washing the yard down! |
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05-11-2011, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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| There are so many people here better qualified to answer this question than I am, but I will say that switching foods a lot will cause pups to have bowel issues. Some dogs have issues with grains upsetting their tummies, some have issues with chicken (my non-yorkie dogs have issues with it), some need more protein, some less...the list can be rather endless. I would go with what you know, since your little one cannot have the green dye, and stick with the food for a while (say a few weeks), then if the pup is still having a bowel issue try mixing another food with it to get them used to the new food slowly instead of a full up switcheroo. I wish you much luck, I know it is hard to find the right combo that makes your little one just right in the tummy area.
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05-11-2011, 10:40 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Dunstable UK
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| Thank you for your reply :-) actually you did say one bit there that made me realise all the dried pellet food and tinned meat has been chicken or chicken/turkey based because I went on the basis chicken was the blander one and given when poorly! I know what you are saying about the switching of food and I do feel a bit guilty but then feel guilty for him going to the toilet so often ... catch 22. Thank you for that and will see about a beef or lamb dried food .. did wonder about the maize so this one we are trying now is supposed to be the wonder of all dried foods ) |
05-12-2011, 05:20 AM | #4 |
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| Ya, it depends on the dog really and it can take some trial and error to find a food that they like and works for them. My Alice (I learned last week) gets loose and even runny poops from too much red meat, so no beef or venison for her. How was the poop when you got him? If he was only on a raw meat diet at the breeder's and the food you're trying now all have grains in them, could be he can't handle grains. There are alot of great kibbles that are grain-free (since you're in the UK, not sure what brand to tell you, you'll have to see what you can get). The other thing you can use (if he did well on raw at the breeder's), if you're willing, is pre-packaged raw pet food. You buy and store it frozen and it only looks like a hamburger patty, so it's not gross (I personaly think canned dog food is way more gross lol). You may want to give his tummy a break for a few days first though by feeding a bland diet before trying the grain-free or pre-made raw - boil white rice with 4x the normal amount of water and let it simmer for about 30 minutes (it will get really mushy). Mix that with some boiled chicken breast and a bit of canned pumpkin (UNspiced). i'd do that for a few days, then try the next food and since he was on chicken before - look for a grain free food with chicken as the main protein course. Good luck
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05-12-2011, 06:22 AM | #5 |
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| First I would have his stool checked... collect 3 samples, one each day for 3 days (refrigerate in a plastic bag between days)(can keep them in the same bag) then mix them together and submit it to your vet as one sample to check for parasites, microbes and bacteria. (do a float, a direct, and send some to the lab for analysis) Then I would ask the vet for some probiotics with digestive enzymes to put on the pup's food. I would feed him homecooked chicken and rice (1:1) with a teaspoon (15 mL) of plain canned pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie mix) 4 times a day for 1 week. (if he doesn't like the pumpkin, you can give apple instead, no skin or seeds, just the meat) This will stop most diarrhea overnight. By then, the stool check results will be in, and he'll be on medication if anything was found. If nothing was found... Feed homecooked chicken and rice with no pumpkin for 2-3 days, with the probiotics and digestive enzymes. On the 4th day start adding in a quality puppy food kibble with chicken as a main ingredient. If the diarrhea starts (assuming it has stopped), stop the puppy food, do the chicken, rice and pumpkin or apple till it stops, then add some beef based puppy food. If the diarrhea starts again... Check the ingredients for any meat meals. If these are in the puppy food, find puppy food that has chicken meat (not meal) as a main ingredient. If Diarrhea starts, switch to beef meat based food, not meal. If he's still having problems... PM me...
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05-13-2011, 09:46 AM | #6 |
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| Okay so I use Wellness Super5Mix... here is the ingriedient list. Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Salmon Meal (a source of DHA - Docosahexaenoic Acid), Ground Brown Rice, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Tomato Pomace, Rice Bran, Tomatoes, Natural Chicken Flavor, Rye Flour, Carrots, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Ground Millet, Ground Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins [Beta-Carotene, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement], Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Choline Chloride, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative), Taurine, Chicory Root Extract, Garlic Powder, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation products, Rosemary Extract. This is a naturally preserved product. Could the first few ingriedients affect stool. Kody's stools have been looser since on this and he has had two bouts with diarrhea - I'm wondering after prolonged use is the Wellness causing the diarrhea - all other tests check out fine at the vet.
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