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re: Dog food help
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:15 am to RobertFootball
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:15 am to RobertFootball
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Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:17 am to RobertFootball
quote:I really can’t speak for every shelter on the planet.
Will they accept an open bag?
How about this-
Some will, some won’t.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:18 am to RobertFootball
Does he have sensitive skin? Probably taste like shite. Just get regular pro plan
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:19 am to RobertFootball
I feed mine Taste of the wild ancient grains and he loves it. Spoke to his vet when I did the switch and the higher protein but keeping grains in the diet was a point that led me to this one. I do keep him active and will say his coat has never been healthier. I can't speak on being a picky eater because one of his favorite snacks is the whites of lettuce when I chop a head up.
I will warn though that the first couple of weeks when we switched the high protein diet did give him some eye watering gas until his body was used to it coming from Purina.
Taste of the wild
I will warn though that the first couple of weeks when we switched the high protein diet did give him some eye watering gas until his body was used to it coming from Purina.
Taste of the wild
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:20 am to RobertFootball
Get some Purina One Turkey. My two labs have been on it for over 10 years. Didn't feel like going to walmart and went to tractor supply and all they had was Purina One diet crap. Bought it figured they wouldn't know the difference. They did. They ate it, but not like the Turkey mix.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:22 am to RobertFootball
I have a lab mix with a sensitive stomach. First, I'd suggest buying food without chicken as the main protien. A few different vets told me that many dogs with skin/stomach issues have a chicken allergy.
My dog ate Purina (salmon flavor) most of her life. She seemed to like it, but probably had a stomach ache once or twice a week. It didn't impact her quality of life - I'd just give her a pepcid (per the vet's recommendation). I figured her stomach aches were due to eating crumbs she'd find from our kids dropping food.
When my older dog was diagnosed with cancer, I started cooking homemade dog food because he had a poor appetite. The change in my lab-mix was almost immediate. Her stomach aches are now few and far between, and even when she does have an upset stomach now, it as not "as bad" as before. I truly think the kibble was causing the majority of her issues.
I make a large pot of food about every two weeks. I use the cheapest ground turkey, frozen vegetables, frozen blueberries, and rice. She eats it up in record speed. Her coat is beautiful, she no longer licks the pads of her feet, and her energy is back to puppy-level, even though she is a senior dog.
Good luck to you and your pup!
My dog ate Purina (salmon flavor) most of her life. She seemed to like it, but probably had a stomach ache once or twice a week. It didn't impact her quality of life - I'd just give her a pepcid (per the vet's recommendation). I figured her stomach aches were due to eating crumbs she'd find from our kids dropping food.
When my older dog was diagnosed with cancer, I started cooking homemade dog food because he had a poor appetite. The change in my lab-mix was almost immediate. Her stomach aches are now few and far between, and even when she does have an upset stomach now, it as not "as bad" as before. I truly think the kibble was causing the majority of her issues.
I make a large pot of food about every two weeks. I use the cheapest ground turkey, frozen vegetables, frozen blueberries, and rice. She eats it up in record speed. Her coat is beautiful, she no longer licks the pads of her feet, and her energy is back to puppy-level, even though she is a senior dog.
Good luck to you and your pup!
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 8:23 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:22 am to RobertFootball
A couple of things…
Science diet is shite for food and is pushed by vets, in general it’s all they sale.
When switching from one bag to another, you should do it gradually. One reason is it could make them have the flying shits if you just switch it completely at a feeding. You just need to gradually have it become a bigger portion of the feeding over a few days.
If you live in or around Baton Rouge, go to Jefferson Feed Mart. Most of the folks that work at those 2 locations are pretty knowledgeable on their products and can help guide you.
My last 2 dogs have been interesting to say the least with food and they helped me out a good bit. I like to buy local if I can too.
Science diet is shite for food and is pushed by vets, in general it’s all they sale.
When switching from one bag to another, you should do it gradually. One reason is it could make them have the flying shits if you just switch it completely at a feeding. You just need to gradually have it become a bigger portion of the feeding over a few days.
If you live in or around Baton Rouge, go to Jefferson Feed Mart. Most of the folks that work at those 2 locations are pretty knowledgeable on their products and can help guide you.
My last 2 dogs have been interesting to say the least with food and they helped me out a good bit. I like to buy local if I can too.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:24 am to sc2anni
quote:
I just recently started boiling up some chicken parts or ground turkey with rice and vegetables and giving a serving spoon of that along with a dog food topping.
We did that with Sally last year... went half and half with real, cooked food and kibble.
She got fat, lol... we had to back off, we had our balance out of whack. We need to do it again though, it has to be better than bagged kibble.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:26 am to HebertFest08
quote:
Science diet is shite for food and is pushed by vets, in general it’s all they sale.
Not true.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:28 am to RobertFootball
Mix in some animal fat (bacon fat, tallow, etc.) with the dry food and he'll probably eat it up.
After looking at reviews and ingredient lists, we've been buying the Costco brand of dogfood for years. No issues.
After looking at reviews and ingredient lists, we've been buying the Costco brand of dogfood for years. No issues.
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 8:39 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:31 am to RobertFootball
We have a 7 yo lab who had a weird elevated copper blood result. We moved some time ago to Royal Canin. It may be the best food out there. All she eats and we also use it for treats since the wife sleuthed out the majority of dog treats are high in copper content.
Anyway the plain adult lab mix is the best we have found hands down. I’m sure other top shelf food is good too. I highly recommend this food for labs. Oh and she has never been picky so maybe this would help you get your lab to eat. We go through Chewy to order.
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Anyway the plain adult lab mix is the best we have found hands down. I’m sure other top shelf food is good too. I highly recommend this food for labs. Oh and she has never been picky so maybe this would help you get your lab to eat. We go through Chewy to order.
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This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 8:32 am
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:31 am to RobertFootball
Blue buffalo chicken and brown rice
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:32 am to RobertFootball
I have a 100 lb. Golden Doodle. Very sensitive stomach. and Allergies
I tried all foods and the ONLY food that he can stomach is a food called WILDOLOGY. He loves it and zero stomach issues now
I tried all foods and the ONLY food that he can stomach is a food called WILDOLOGY. He loves it and zero stomach issues now
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:34 am to S
We had success for years with Blue Buffalo. Switching to the limited ingredient salmon and potatoes formula helped one of our older dogs that was having skin issues.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:51 am to RobertFootball
Place the bowl down every morning at the same time. If in 30 minutes he hasn't eaten it, then remove it till the next day. Repeat Dailey and he will eat
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:53 am to RobertFootball
quote:
I went with the sensitive skin and stomach
Posted on 1/8/26 at 8:53 am to RobertFootball
We rescued a lab at 8 weeks old and he's been eating regular dog chow along with our other 3 felons and is fat as a tick.
I don't understand all the ruckus about dog food. This is all I've ever bought.
I don't understand all the ruckus about dog food. This is all I've ever bought.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 9:39 am to RobertFootball
SD is not known for the palatability of their foods. I only feed them to my animals if there's a specific health issue that needs to be addressed.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 9:41 am to RobertFootball
We give our golden purina pro plan beef and rice and she gobbles it up (but she'll eat anything). For the first 3 or so years we gave her the lamb and rice formula, but Chewy was OOS on it for a while, so we switched to beef and rice
Posted on 1/8/26 at 10:09 am to RobertFootball
Buy a small bag of the old food and start mixing new with old a litte at a time over a week or so.
Last time I changed foods, my dogs had the shits for days. They had eaten the same food for 3 years and it was discontinued. It took them about a week to adjust to the new food- that's when I learned that trick. I'll never switch foods abruptly like that again.
Last time I changed foods, my dogs had the shits for days. They had eaten the same food for 3 years and it was discontinued. It took them about a week to adjust to the new food- that's when I learned that trick. I'll never switch foods abruptly like that again.
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