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Rick WMember
Thanks Susan. Interesting recommendation about the level of kcal and a sensitive stomach. Our 7 month old Goldendoodle has bouts of bad stool but then comes around with pumpkin added. We finally landed on NutriSource grain free large breed puppy but the whole kcal question got me wondering.
Any chance there is a list out there that sorts by large breed puppy and kcal per cup??
Thanks again
Rick
Rick WMemberI stumbled across what some might consider a âhole in the wallâ pet shop but inside that shop was a couple whose passion are your pets and solving riddles like what we were dealing with. When I described everything to her, she put our dog on a different food with different supplements. By the way, I forgot to mention above that he was dealing with bad eye drainage too which I didnât know was relevant until she asked. Bottom line?? We think he is allergic to chicken and everything we were feeding him had chicken in it. We are now on a the large breed puppy food from NutriSource whose main proteins are turkey and whitefish. Itâs grain-free as well. She also changed his probiotic from ProPlan version to a brand called Herbsmith. The specific probiotic is Microflora Plus. Last, we were giving him canned pumpkin and she suggested a more concentrated version (dehydrated) that we sprinkle on his food. The brand is Super Snouts and the product is called Pumpkin Latte. Itâs a mixture of pumpkin and whole goatâs milk.
Soon after switching over, he was much better and he no longer has all that drainage in his eyes. Glad we found her!
All that said…we just had another bout of diarrhea over the past few days, but we also had a training session which required lots of treats so we need to evaluate what was in those treats because nothing else has changed. Itâs always something…
Rick WMemberI forgot I didnât provide this group an update. I wanted to let everyone know that we solved the riddle in case others are needing the same help. I stumbled across what some might consider a âhole in the wallâ pet shop but inside that shop was a couple whose passion are your pets and solving riddles like what we were dealing with. When I described everything to her, she put our dog on a different food with different supplements. By the way, I forgot to mention above that he was dealing with bad eye drainage too which I didnât know was relevant until she asked. Bottom line?? He is allergic to chicken and everything we were feeding him had chicken in it. We are now on a the large breed puppy food from NutriSource whose main proteins are turkey and whitefish. Itâs grain-free as well. She also changed his probiotic from ProPlan version to a brand called Herbsmith. The specific probiotic is Microflora Plus. Last, we were giving him canned pumpkin and she suggested a more concentrated version (dehydrated) that we sprinkle on his food. The brand is Super Snouts and the product is called Pumpkin Latte. Itâs a mixture of pumpkin and whole goatâs milk.
Soon after switching over, he was much better and he no longer has all that drainage in his eyes. Glad we found her!
Rick WMemberWe are going to call on Monday and get her to see him. Better safe than sorry!
Rick WMemberI agree. I donât think surgery was the cause…just happened at the same time. Strange part was when we reintroduced it last night, the diarrhea came back. Vet said to feed very bland until there are 2-3 days straight of normal stools and then slowly reintroduce food.
Thanks for all the assistance!
February 10, 2018 at 10:26 am in reply to: My dog suddenly canât eat his food #110440 Report AbuseRick WMemberHi Pitlove,
Zero pain meds. He never even messed with the point of surgery. No cone or anything.
February 10, 2018 at 10:25 am in reply to: My dog suddenly canât eat his food #110439 Report AbuseRick WMemberThanks. We were going to go ahead and reach out today. Itâs just so strange that the upset stomach symptoms happen immediately after eating the kibble but not anything else. Thanks for the suggestion! If we figure something out, Iâll keep this thread posted.
Rick WMemberWell, in full disclosure, I should have said we WILL be using Frommâs Gold line which is not grain-free. We are finishing up a bag of Frommâs Heartland Large Breed Puppy which IS grain-free. We will see if he responses differently to that but thatâs the direction we will try to go. Sorry for the slightly inaccurate info. In my head we had already switched. 😂
Rick WMemberHere is where I landed but still tweaking the details. For kibble, we are going to feed Frommâs Gold Large Breed Puppy until he he gets old enough for the next thing but Iâll probably stay in the Frommâs line. This is not grain-free. Lots of debate about that issue. I finally was told that you really only need to worry about grain-free if you are seeing your puppy react adversely to grains. So, not worrying about that is certainly beneficial to the wallet. Iâm using that savings to put a few Northwest Naturals freeze dried nuggets in his bowl each meal for variety and additional protein since Frommâs is a little light on protein. I bought a couple cans of the Frommâs wet food that was large breed appropriate, but his stomach did like even a little bit of it mixed in the kibble. Might try it again, but not worth upsetting his stomach.
Thatâs it for now. This is a great forum and I have learned a ton…especially the issue with calcium in large breed puppies. Thanks!
Rick WMemberThanks Tyla. What do you use for a topper?
Rick WMemberWell, Iâm up to page 3 of page 48…
I have a 4 month old Goldendoodle (F1B if that matters). He seems to be doing just fine on Frommâs Heartland Large Breed Puppy formula but I havenât calculated calcium levels yet. Now that itâs almost 5 years later from some of the very informative posts, whatâs the most recent thinking/recommendations for kibble? I agree that Frommâs is pricey so Iâm all for cost effectiveness.
Thanks! Enjoying reading the dialogue.
Rick
Rick WMemberThanks for the suggestion on grain-free. Our previous goldendoodle needed grain free so I just assumed it was best to start that way. Certainly would be more cost effective if we didnât do grain free.
Actually, Fromm also has a regular (not grain free) large breed puppy food that is also 3.5% Max fiber. Iâll take a look at Precise as well. Farmina caught my eye but itâs pretty expensive.
By the way, the breeder didnât have food in the contract. I double checked after you mentioned it. Have a great day and thanks for the conversation.
Rick WMemberThanks! The breeder uses Life Abundance. Itâs a direct marketing company. I just assumed that there was better options out there. Iâll look at other brands and check fiber content unless you have some suggestions regarding food with less fiber.
Thanks!
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