May 23, 2011
My 6 month old pup gets fed both Beneful kibble and natural diet (chicken and beef). He gets diarrhea off and on during the day. What is your opinion?
Full Question:
Ed,I have been feeding my 65 lb six month old male raw chicken thighs, raw ground beef, and Beneful kibble three times daily for 4 months. Of course increasing the amount as he grows. He is up to one cup kibble and 1/4 lb chicken, and less than 1/4 lb meat. He has been walking about 2 miles 4 times a week in the morning early enough (8:00am) to beat the heat in Georgia. I know he enjoys the walk but he is having diarrhea off and on during the day. I'm worried because the stools are not brown water stools but not pudding stools- a mixture of light brown mucus type and he has log stools during the day as well. No rhyme or reason to the movements. He plays well and seems to be fine. He is growing proportionate. I hesitate going to the Vet because they did not take kindly to the Natural style diet. They actually refused to feed him his diet one time when we boarded him. What is your opinion on this?
Michele
Cindy's Answer:
Hard to guess from an email. At 6 months he can go to twice a day feedings. Keep him SKINNY – you may be over feeding.
You should be adding yogurt to the food for stomach enzymes. I would also recommend the PROBIOTIC powder that we sell and use in our kennel – this helps with digestion. You can read about it in our health food section of my web site. All of our dogs get this. I think it's very important.
I would also back off of one kind of meat over the other for awhile. (2 weeks) Pick one and see – then after two weeks switch meats to see if one of these causes problems. Try and isolate the problem – if there is a problem.
Incidentally, The Whole Dog Journal had an article telling people not to buy the Beneful food. It is not healthy for the dog.
You should be adding yogurt to the food for stomach enzymes. I would also recommend the PROBIOTIC powder that we sell and use in our kennel – this helps with digestion. You can read about it in our health food section of my web site. All of our dogs get this. I think it's very important.
I would also back off of one kind of meat over the other for awhile. (2 weeks) Pick one and see – then after two weeks switch meats to see if one of these causes problems. Try and isolate the problem – if there is a problem.
Incidentally, The Whole Dog Journal had an article telling people not to buy the Beneful food. It is not healthy for the dog.
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