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dog poop consistency question again
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Angela S
Memberi posted on here a couple of months ago about my dog. she often has soft poop that is difficult to pick up out of the grass. a reader on here suggested upping the fiber content. i did that; i am feeding her american journey salmon and rice with 6% fiber. it does not seemed to have helped. i want to change the food anyway, because it has peas and pea protein, and i want to get away from beans after the stories Iāve heard about the possible relationship with heart issues and beans in diets. Before this food, she was eating whole earth farms chicken and turkey grain free. her poop was still pretty soft on that. before that, she ate royal canin SO (crystals in urine causing blood in urine and sometimes issues with holding urine), which i took her off of after feeding it to her for 8 months. the vet said i could try her on the SO food for a while and take her off to see how she does. sheās been off of it since june 2017 and has not had issues with her bladder. any suggestions as to what could be causing the issue with the poop? we have a vet appointment in September, so iām definitely talking to my vet about this, but wanted to get feedback from folks on here with their experiences/suggestions. thanks!
joanne l
MemberHi, Angela it seems that the foods you mentioned are grain free, try a grain in diet with less fiber. I donāt know what protein the dog is on, but there is holistic select you can try ask your vet about that one. Look on their web site and see the formulas it is for digestive health and you can also review it on chewy. For right now try adding some white rice to her diet. Oh and ask the vet about probiotics. There is one called Forti flora on chewyās web site read about that. I am using that right now and it works. Hope it works out for you.
Angela S
Memberthank you!
pugmomsandy
ParticipantIāve been feeding or mixing in some āraw green tripeā for years. Raw tripe now but years ago I fed canned tripe. Even a small amount in one meal per day might help and decreasing the amount of kibble.
You might also try crumbling up a nugget or two of a freeze dried raw food such as Primal Freeze Dried if you do not like raw frozen. Itās pricey per pound so just a few pieces will do. Bone matter helps to make formed stool. There are several brands of raw foods (frozen, dehydrated and freeze dried) to choose from.
Primal also had frozen grinds (meat and bone) and frozen mixes (meat/bone/some veg) in small chubs.
Sometimes, just decreasing the amount of food helps.
Susan
ParticipantHi Angela,
sometimes itās hard to find that perfect dry food that firms poo, doesnāt cause stomach problems & doesnāt cause urinary problemsā¦
Is your dog small & how were her poos when she ate the Royal Canine S/O vet diet?
maybe try a dry food that has healthy grains that has fiber at 3-4%Have a look at
* āWellnessā Complete Health Small Breed Turkey & Oatmeal ā has grains
āWellnessā Core ā Small Breed grain free
āWellnessā Simple ā grain free or grains* āCanidaeā Pure Wild ā grain free
āCanidaeā All Life Stages Platinum ā grains
https://www.canidae.com/dog-food/products* āNatural Balanceā Potato & Duck Grain free the the fiber is 3% NO Legumes https://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/dog-formulas/special-category-limited-ingredient-diets
Angela S
Membermy dog is 48 lbs. when she was on royal canin, her poops were smaller and firmer. i donāt want to go back to that food, though, because she doesnāt seem to need it, and it was very expensive. iād put her back on it in a second, of course, if her bladder issues return. thank you for your suggestions. iāll look through them.
Susan
ParticipantHi Angela,
look at the ingredient list to the Royal Canine S/O & pick a dry food with simliar ingredients Rice, Chicken & wheat & see how she goes, the fiber is only 3.4%max in the R/C S/O formulaā¦
Grain formulaās have less fiber then some of these grain free formulaās⦠stay around 3-4%max for her fiberā¦Angela S
MemberHi Susan, I am going to be ordering Iams pro health soon and transition her to that and hope that will works. It has similar ingredients. Thank you for your advice!
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