The dog food search continues... I'm getting frustrated!!!!

scrbear11

Since I have nothing better to do on my afternoon off I've been researching Taste of the Wild and other foods. I found a bunch of reviews for Taste of the Wild and now I'm a little concerned... http://www.rateitall.com/i-982882-taste-of-the-wild.aspx Some of the people said that after feeding TOTW for a few months their dogs got runny poo and started getting very gassy. This seems to have been Zehen's problem. He started out just fine, and recently- in the last month or so he's had diarrhea on and off or he's been constipated and gassy. I'm wondering if I should just try a new food. Worst case is I put him back on the TOTW.

His problem is that he's so allergic to everything. His skin was great on the TOTW (recently he's been having the folliculitis around his nose and lips- maybe the food? who knows...) but his digestive system sucks. He needs to be on a fish formula. Any ideas? I was looking at Solid Gold but I hate the fact that it's salmon meal.

I'm thinking about switching to Natural Balance, http://www.petco.com/product/13791/Natural-Balance-L-I-D-Sweet-Potato-and-Fish-Dog-Food.aspx Problem is, it's very low protein, very low fat- I'm wondering if Zehen, who's a hard keeper, will be able to keep his weight up on this. Anyone have any luck?

Blah- I wish i could just find Wellness CORE ocean formula in my area, then he'd be on that! Anyone know any websites online that offer free shipping?

weimdawgs · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

Where are you?? Wellness Core Ocean formula is available at Cutter's Mill. They have everything!!!!! See if there is one in your area.

Good luck!!!

bluepup · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Where do you live? I order Wellness Core from dogfooddirect.com. They have low shipping cost and fast shipping, especially in the midwest.

Underdonk · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

FWIW, I switched Enzo to Blue Buffalo Wilderness not too long ago and he's doing great on it. Loves the stuff. Which is awesome. Not too expensive, either.

AmazingGrayce · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject:

Grayce eats Flint River Fish and Chips (Trout and Potato) and does well on it.

cgmayeaux · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

I am in the same boat. Horrible skin issues, missing hair....just put him on Natural Balance after Avoderm broke him out. So frustrating.

scrbear11 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:07 am Post subject:

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weimdogmom · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:03 am Post subject:

I agree that the Wellness Core is worth a try. We recently changed to that, just to try grain free. If you have a store that carries other Wellness, but not the Ocean Core, you might check and see if they will order it for you. One of the places we can find Wellness here is at feed stores...

Another to try if you can't get the Ocean Core might be Nature's Variety Salmon Meal and Brown Rice.

http://www.naturesvariety.com/prairie_dog_kibble

cgmayeaux · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

How is the natural balance working so far? I've read good and bad things about it. There were lots of recalls on it last year, so I'm not sure... I need to find something soon. I'm getting to a good point in this bag of TOTW to find a new food.[/quote]

It has only been two weeks. As far a hearing bad things, I have heard things about so many of thr foods, that it becomes very confusing. I had him on Nutro and he was doing well, but I heard so many horrible things so I changed to Natural Balance by recomendation. I just don't know what to do.

scrbear11 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

Wooo hooo!!!! The food search ends. I found wellness CORE ocean formula in the LAST place I thought I would find it. There's this pet store called "The Pet Supermarket" that's kind of cheap looking from the outside, sure enough there it was. I'm going to try Zeh on that and see how it goes.

My vet tried to talk me into feeding him science diet sensitive stomach... I told her "I'm not going to feed my dog that CRAP." She laughed at me.

weimamama · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject:

scrbear11 · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

cgmayeaux · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:36 am Post subject:

CheechakoWeim · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:23 am Post subject:

Wow I guess I missed something, but what's the problem with salmon meal? We live on salmon here and Leshiy gets cooked salmon leftovers (what little there are - carefully examined for bones of course)...