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Try a home made diet using a carbohydrate source like rice or brown rice. This will slow down the GI tract and firm your dog up. Or use a commercial diet that has rice instead of grains or potatoes as a second choice. Great basic recipes can be found in How To Cook For Your Pet, c. 2009.
I don’t agree that Royal Canin or Hills are bad foods.

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Never heard of it..check the FDA website or AVMA.org website for dog food recalls before decidingon a brand

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Go with Hills Science Diet Puppy Healthy Development. Pits don’t have great immune systems so they need every bite to be excellent quality. Hills is the most copied (by competing dog food companies) dog food on the planet, and it is NEVER recalled for quality issues. Once sold only by veterinarians because of its quality it can be found at good pet stores and veterinarians. Make sure you get him/her vaccinated properly.

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The American Veterinary Medical Association, does NOT recommend raw food diets for dogs. For more information go to the website: http://www.avma.org

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Her GI tract is moving food through at too fast of a rate. To slow things down and firm up her stool look for food with rice or brown rice. The rice contains fiber that will firm up the stool and it also absorbs bacterial toxins that are present, thus reducing the irritability of the intestine, and slowing it down to a more normal clip. It is hard to find food without poultry, but Hills science diet has some. Or consider making your own homemade dog food with fresh ingredients. Try the recipes w vet author http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/howtocookforyourpet.html

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Poms and most toy dogs are very selective about their foods. Most are fed tasty high priced canned dog foods, but more people are making home made foods-try recipes in How To Cook For Your Pet, c. 2009

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You are right, grains aren’t what dogs need in their diets. Grains are put into kibble dog and cat food as a filler, and the grain is used as part of the protein and carbohydrate analysis noted on every bag. Unfortunately, grains are difficult for dogs to digest (they don’t have four stomachs like a cow; multiple stomachs use bacterial fermentation to break down the rough grains). Dogs need easy to digest carbohydrates like potatoes and rice in a ratio of about 2 parts carbohydrate to one part protein in the food. This is easily accomplished by following simple recipes for homemade dog food-recommend a cookbook called HOW TO COOK FOR YOUR PET, c. 2009.

Raw food for dogs-not recommended by the American Veterinary Medical Association, and veterinarians. Possible food poisoning with Salmonella, E.Coli bacteria, and is poorly digested by dogs. Cooked foods are more digestible, and healthier.

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