Dog foods...

[Purr]

I seriously need some help with dog food! I had my dogs on Canidae until very recently (because I haven't found a place who sells real dog food here, yet ), and Beethoven's stomach could never really handle it. He didn't throw it up; I just ended up with enough gas to heat my whole house through winter .

Right now, I'm disgusted with the fact that I am having to feed my dogs "grocery store" dog food (purina, to be exact!!!). I was going on about it to my mom just yesterday....."I can't believe I'm feeding this to my dogs...."

I really need some help finding a REAL dog food, that Beethoven could actually digest. Bear and Shelb did fine on Canidae, and, for anybody who is wondering, I would reccomend it in a heart beat. Thoven just couldn't digest it LOL.

Thanks guys!!!!

 

[RD]

Have you considered California Natural for Beethoven? Dogs with digestive problems seem to do well on it.

 

[Purr]

Awesome! Thanks Rip! I'll look into it!

 

[Renee750il]

Purr, if you'll go to www.naturapet.com there's a store finder that will give you a good idea of where you can get their products (California Natural, Karma, Innova).

 

[Athe]

It's strange, but, my Dobe and Rottie also had problems on Canidae. They do fine on Nature's Variety, Holistic Blend, Wellness, Solid Gold...but, they do not do good on Innova or Canidae. I wonder what it is about these 2 foods that don't agree with some dogs...???
I know they are great products. I am just mulling this over

 

[Renee750il]

The Innova has a broad spectrum of foods included in it, which could account for some dogs having problems. So many dogs are turning up with food allergies now. I believe the Karma and California Natural lines are more geared toward a narrower spectrum of foods.

 

[Purr]

Purr, if you'll go to www.naturapet.com there's a store finder that will give you a good idea of where you can get their products (California Natural, Karma, Innova).

Thanks Renee I'm definatly going to look!!

Athe, that's a really interesting question....I can't imagine what it could be about these foods that some dogs can't tolerate...

 

[showpug]

Maybe in the mean time you could cook for them? Then they would never want kibble again! LOL! I had to cook on occasion for my dane who had inflammatory bowel disease. I usually made him oatmeal, chicken, eggs and veggies. With a vitamin supplement. This was only temporary though.

 

[Purr]

LOL Pugs! I could try....I'm afraid if I switched them over to a "home cooked" diet permanently, I would end up leaving out some vital mineral or something...It's worth a try though, until I find a decent kibble.

 

[showpug]

LOL Pugs! I could try....I'm afraid if I switched them over to a "home cooked" diet permanently, I would end up leaving out some vital mineral or something...It's worth a try though, until I find a decent kibble.

I had that worry too, and that is why I only did it on occasion and gave a multi-vitamin with it. There should be recipes on line, or maybe Mordy's site would have some info on home-cooked diets for dogs.