[D. M]

Hi HDM,

Thank you for all your work on this topic.

I have been having a nutrition dilemma with our (now) 7 month old English Lab. Our breeder recommended Earthborn Holistic Coastal Catch – she uses it with all her Show Dog Labs. We started our pup on it, but at about 5 months she developed loose stools that eventually became liquid stools. Our vet put her on Metro, and that didn’t work. We tried boiled chicken, beef, rice, sweet potato, Nature’s Balance, Earthborn Great Plains – nothing seemed to help until the vet put her on Purina DCO and Tylan. She is thriving, her weight is at 60 lbs., her coat is beautiful, she is lively, happy, calm – but I am worried about having her on the DCO. Our vet thinks/hopes this is developmental, and that she will grow out of the digestive issues. We don’t intend to keep her on the DCO forever! But I am worried that she in not eating a high quality food during her first year. I have tried mixing in the Coastal Catch, and her stools are softer than with just DCO, but still acceptable. What are your thoughts?