Nutro, Royal Canin, and Evo not working, what dog food do you use? - Page 3

Dogs have in their digestive tracts bacteria that aids digestion, most dogs digestive tracts are populated with bacteria that can handle basic proteins. Most kibbles have pro-biotics(digestional bacteria) mixed in with their food, to help the dog's digestive tract cope with the new food. The chicken is something dogs can, generally, deal with. Rice adds bulk, which helps firm up the stools. Many posters have stressed that food changes need to be done slowly, I think I outlined this in my previous post, however, if your dog has been having chronic issues with diarrhea, you need to make a trip to the vets. Take a stool sample with you. As I posted above, a digestive system that is continually stressed, as frequent food changes will, may need medicine to help calm it, only your vet can prescribe this. Even if your dog does not have parasites, chronic irritation of the intestines can cause other problems, & even good bacteria can over grow & cause problems. Your dog can't tell you, "'Dude, I think I'm sick." You have to be proactive. Good luck! Keep us posted, please. jackie harris

I wish T would TRY to grasp the gradual food change concept more seriously, maybe pass up  remnants of various foods carelessly left in vacant kennel runs and crates once in awhile... but I'm betting he won't.
:-/
SS

Hi Jack,

We feed TOTW Salmon, plus a partial raw.

There is a contact in the area (Candy) who not only has been feeding RAW 100% for years, but also sells raw green tripe, organ meat rolls, etc.  She is an excellent source of RAW info and knows her data,

Will email you the info.

my trainer uses Purina Pro Plan Professional and swears by it.

My dog had the best dry food stool results with Solid Gold Barking at the Moon, but that food stinks to high heaven.  It's enough to drop a horse.  My entire house smelled like old fish and gym socks.  And "best" is relative...semi-squishy instead of total ick.

When I switched to raw, he had no diarrhea at all and his stool improved dramatically--it's half the size, the squish factor is gone, and it turns to chalk-white crumbles in a day or two.  It's much easier on the lawn and the pooper scooper.  

I have been feeding the Kirkland chicken to all the dogs since October. They ALL have solid stools, good energy levels and their coats are very nice. I know that this food is made by Diamond. I have feed some of the more expensive foods such as Solid Gold, Eukanuba, AvoDerm and Natural Choice. We seem to have the best luck with the Kirkland.

So far my results with Kirkland have been identical to Eukanuba Premium Performance, (now $58./40 lbs!)  which I used for 20 years with NO serious problems. (not so the Euk GSD or Mainenance formulas, BTW) I do have to feed a little more of the Kirkland but the cost offsets that increase in rations.
SS

"I have a friend who breeds GSDs who had the worst time finding a food her young male could tolerate with out digestive or skin issues."

Hope this dog (and it's relatives) is not in her breeding program.

taste of the wild works great on all my dogs!!!

I feed raw(not pre-mades) and supplement every few days with  a meal of TOTW salmon.  Hard to find good fish source that the dogs like.  No problems though I notice Onyx has gas when I feed the TOTW!