[nagdu] finding the right food

Jenny Keller jlperdue3 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 14 20:16:37 UTC 2012


Anything I can do to help.

this list and the people on it will sometimes be the quickest way to get help when you need it in a hurry.

As I've said, I have had good luck with Natural Balance, but you have to use your gut about foods.  I can say though, that when Brooks' poop was squishy, Natural Balance Duck and Potato, when gradually changed, firmed it up nicely.

Jenny
On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Hannah Chadwick wrote:

> 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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