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Hi Rei - I just picked up a bag the Pacific Stream variety Of Taste Of The Wild.
Thanks for the help everyone. The pup arrives tomorrow night after a long flight. Then the party begins, once again. Two years in a row with a new pup! Whew!
I want to qualify my post by saying that I don't have any experience with kibble. I was very lucky to get my first dog from a raw feeding breeder and that is all I have done.
Here is a link to a website that reviews dog food: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/ It is very helpful to first read the criteria they use when reviewing. There are some tricks that pet food manufacturers use in ingredient labeling and this helps you to become familiar so you can spot them when reading labels. The dog foods can be looked up by their rating or by manufacturer.
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Hi Shannon - I was just on that site. I'm printing a copy now to price compare the 6 star rated dog foods. The next time I purchase the best value food.
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Hi Shannon - I was just on that site. I'm printing a copy now to price compare the 6 star rated dog foods. The next time I purchase the best ...
Mary Strauss (WDJ) says repeatedly that if you use kibble, of course you choose the best, but you also allow for individual dogs when you decide which specific ones to keep on with. Some dogs do best with one and some with another. (I also *strongly* advocate variety, in kibble as in fresh.)
I guess that I am saying: There is no one perfect recipe of one perfect brand. Choose from the very best, and then see which ones the dog does best on.
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Hi Connie - How about alternating the three best priced 6 star kibbles? The only problem with alternating is it can create loose stools in many dogs. I've had some with iron stomaches and some that it took a week plus to get squared away with a new food. Another interesting thought might be alternating the various varieties within a specific brand of food.
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Hi Connie - How about alternating the three best priced 6 star kibbles? The only problem with alternating is it can create loose stools in many dogs. I've had some with iron stomaches and some that it took a week plus to get squared away with a new food. Another interesting thought might be alternating the various varieties within a specific brand of food.
I think that maybe something else is often going on with dogs who have trouble switching. Maybe less is needed of the new food, but the feeder unknowingly gives the same amount..... overfeeding is so common a diarrhea and/or vomiting trigger. Or the dog himself overeats the new food .... indicating that he wants more and receiving it.
Or the dog was a loooong time on one food, and then switched to one with much more fat or protein. Or the dog has a sensitivity to one of the new ingredients (probably not the most likely).
I don't have a lot of personal kibble-feeding experience. But I do talk to a lot of people who do. And I have switched many dogs from kibble to raw, of course. It does seem that switching problems sometimes appear to be connected to one of these factors that really have little to do with the actual switching concept itself.
I'd probably give more but smaller meals for a day or two when switching, just to be super-careful, but that's just me.
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Re: Puppy Kibble
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