OY VEY!!

Wrench · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:

Libra here too so I totally understand that balance and facts thing=)

Some dogs easily take 3 months and not just a normal 2-6 weeks to settle on a food...unless they are runny poo's or throwing up I say give it longer.

hoochmamas · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:38 am Post subject:

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peppernaei · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:

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hoochmamas · Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

oh and BTW, we give Hooch a mix of oatmeal, yogurt and peanut butter frozen in a kong for a snack.. this passed week he has been getting it daily, but we ran out of plain oatmeal and have been giving him multi grain..
i noticed his eyes and ears were really pink, lots of head shaking and scratching.. thought it was outdoor allergies.. then the light bulb went off..

i think he has an allergy to the rye and the wheat in the multi grain oatmeal.. he's been off of it for 2 days and doing much better.. so for those of you that feed oatmeal.. i suggest keeping it to straight up.. no twist. Wink

as far as the food quest goes.. has any one researched and found a food close to the ingredient list in the original all stages canidae yet? i am about to do an ingredient check list.. in all of my spare time.. but if someone already did it, i'd love to know the result. thanks.

svolk · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

I've switched to Wellness Core within this past week - honestly I'm just curious how they do on it. My mix has to be on grain free and I've had them on Natural Balance Limited Ingredients and they both did great on that - coats look good, solid poops, no gas, etc. But honestly I just wanted to see how they do on Wellness Core, and I'm of the opinion that they should switch foods every now and then anyways.

The first 2 days of the Wellness mix were great - solid poops, and they seem to like it (I haven't ever found anything they DON'T like though lol). Then last night: we all went to bed fairly early and in the middle of the night I awoke to Molly pacing around. I figured that with the early bedtime maybe she just didn't get to pee one last time. I let her out and she came back in fairly quickly. I crawled in bed again and she was still pacing around. I told her to lay down - and then I heard the loudest stomach rumbling I've ever heard! I asked if she needed to go out again and we both ran to the back door and I kept her out there for awhile. It was too dark to see what her poops were looking like, but all I thought was, "oh no, it has to be the new food...." I've honestly never had a problem switching foods, and she didn't get into anything weird that I know of. Maybe it was just a one time thing, we'll see what today brings. This morning she was acting fine though and ate her breakfast as if nothing was wrong.

Wrench · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:40 am Post subject:

No Wrench is 9 months old and not yet fixed...we plan at about a year, see how it goes. He has not shown much sign of domincance and what he has we have been able to nip in the bud quickly...he has started marking...and at the store thats not good! not in our hosue at all so we are working on that...he's FAST!

scrbear11 · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

svolk · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:22 am Post subject:

ritsap · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:17 am Post subject:

Hello - I actually found a food that seems very similar to the original Canidae Lamb and Rice. It is called Dog Lover's Gold. We switched Tilly very quickly, within 3 days, and she never had a stool issue. Prior to Canidae she had serious stool issues, mushy, 8-10 times a day, gas, puppy acne...the works. She is doing fantasting on the Dog Lover's Gold. We also add Missing Link. She also gets the pumpkin/pb/oatmeal thing in her kong for a treat. Might be something worth looking into.

We started off rough with UTI when on Nutro Natural and she had seizures when she was on Purina brand (breeder recommended). Since Canidae she had been fine until the formula switch, which we all know what that caused! So happy to find the Dog Lover's Gold.

Good luck to all of you in the search for the perfect match for you and your dog...

hoochmamas · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:00 am Post subject:

i can't find that food anywhere near me, but glad you found a switch that wasn't painful..
i think i am going to add in orijen and see how he does.. i have a sample bag that i give for treats, and he has had no issue with me mixing it in with the CORE when i am running low.. the kibble is just so small.. i don't even think he chews it.. maybe i'll pick up a sample bag of innova evo large bites, too..
he is doing well on the CORE.. just not perfect.. HAHA.. like we will ever achieve perfection..
and i want to be able to rotate his food..
weims are so sensitive.. right now he has dry raised red bumps on his front elbows.. but the ears are less itchy and red.. i suppose it was the rye and not the wheat in the oatmeal because he has had treats with wheat in them and has been just fine..
it's always something with the lumps, bumps and rashes.. Confused

LunaBrown · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:38 am Post subject:

hoochmamas · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:42 am Post subject:

going for orijen.. wish me luck.. i start transitioning today.

peppernaei · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: