[nagdu] finding the right food

[Hannah Chadwick]

Jenny,
Thank you for this tidbit. I've been gradually adding her food in to the
rice and chicken mix because she was sick the last few weeks. she was on
rice and chicken and doing fine, but as soon as I added taste of the wild,
she began to have loose stool again; this is why I'm thinking that it's due
to the food and not to something else. Her giardia is all cleared up and
nothing showed up in the stool sample she just had.
I'm really hoping that the new food I get will work great!
On my way to the pet store!
hannah

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Jenny Keller
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:55 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] finding the right food

Hi Hannah,

I don't know if anyone has told you this, but you need to switch foods
slowly.

1.  Start with a quarter cup of the new stuff, and three quarter cups of the
old stuff for a week.

2.  Go to a half cup of each for another week.

3.  Do three quarter cup of the new stuff, and one quarter of the old stuff
for a week.

5.  You're done, you can go to the new food fully.

some people wouldn't agree to do it a week at a time, but it is, in my
opinion, better for the dog's stomach and less traumatic, to do it every
week instead of a few days at a time.

JMO,

Jenny
On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Thank you for the responses so far. I'm going to look in to a couple 
> more brands of food before I go to the prescription because she was 
> doing ok on the science diet. I just wanted her to eat something 
> healthier with less fillers so I made the food change.
> I am thinking about going over to natural balance, and see how that 
> will work out.
> Best, Hannah
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:56 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] finding the right food
> 
> Hannah, I feed Iams mini-chunks, in the blue bag. If you think the dog 
> is having a lot of stomach sensitivity, I am wondering if you should 
> see the vet about putting her on a prescription diet?
> 
> Cindy Lou
> 
> 
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